Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Umm, maybe not. I have WE serial numbers lower than yours. BTW, I'm assuming you meant KE07436.
T-Mar, I'm sorry, I've made this confusing. The initial letter IS a W, not a K. I had it backwards in my initial post, where I said it was a K. The problem was a touch of dyslexia combined with my trying to carry the serial number from the bike shed to the keyboard in my leaky head instead of writing it down. To clarify once and for all: the SN is WE07436. Problem solved--the W indicates 85 or later, and the E indicates 85. Sorry to have muddied the waters unnecessarily.
Incidentally, thanks for your willingness to share all that you know about Japanese bikes of that era. My Nishiki and my Miyata Nine Twelve are my two favorite bikes, I think.
JV