Originally Posted by
bikemig
Parts can be changed. Is that the original paint? I would have guessed a top end Sekine as well because of the full chrome underneath the paint.
There are still a few parts left that match the vintage, such as the side pull tourney brakes and silstar cranks, which don’t match any SHX I’ve heard of.
I’m assuming it’s original due to the lug tracing, but there is a thin layer of white between the red and the chrome. Also I was wrong about the decals; there is a single, tiny gold decal at the bottom of the seat tube that says “SEKINE CANADA”, which would have me believe the paint is original to the factory at least.
But this is also strange, because the serial (Y9 3800) would have me believe it was built in Japan.
I'm starting to wonder if this was a custom order frameset.