(Head badges)
09-11-09 | 09:52 PM
#1
Thread Starter
aka: Mike J.
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,405
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From: between Milwaukee and Sheboygan in Wisconsin
Bikes: 1995 Trek 520 is the current primary bike.
(Head badges)
(This is bad)
(But I'm really starting to like that Kabuki headbadge)
(I wonder if the next owner of the bike would miss it)
(Typing this in parens because I don't want to type outloud)
(It's probably a C&V sin to remove a headbadge from an intact bike)
(But I'm really starting to like it)
(I shouldn't and probably won't remove it)
(Probably)
(Okay I'll leave it alone)
(And start to keep an eye open for a damaged frame bent fork Kabuki to pull a headbadge off of)
Whew, that was close.
edit to add pick link without waking up the thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...0&d=1252667741
(But I'm really starting to like that Kabuki headbadge)
(I wonder if the next owner of the bike would miss it)
(Typing this in parens because I don't want to type outloud)
(It's probably a C&V sin to remove a headbadge from an intact bike)
(But I'm really starting to like it)
(I shouldn't and probably won't remove it)
(Probably)
(Okay I'll leave it alone)
(And start to keep an eye open for a damaged frame bent fork Kabuki to pull a headbadge off of)
Whew, that was close.
edit to add pick link without waking up the thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...0&d=1252667741
Last edited by treebound; 09-12-09 at 09:37 PM. Reason: added link that may or may not work
09-13-09 | 05:30 PM
#3
juneeaa memba!
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: boogled up in...Idaho!
Bikes: Crap. The box is not big enough...
Kabuki was the popular stage drama in 18th-19th century Japan, contrasted with Noh dramas, which were considered high art. What you like is copied from a Japanese woodblock print of a Kabuki actor, collected in Japan sort of like we might collect autographed movie stars' pictures. What you really want to do is start collecting these little puppies. They aren't astronomically expensive (usually) and you could really get to like the whole Edo approach to art, if you like that headbadge.
09-13-09 | 09:01 PM
#5
Thread Starter
aka: Mike J.
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 3,405
Likes: 60
From: between Milwaukee and Sheboygan in Wisconsin
Bikes: 1995 Trek 520 is the current primary bike.
I thought I recognized the Kabuki name from somewhere, thanks for the reconnection.
Probably a real good thing for me that nobody made a bicycle with a Maori styled headbadge.
I'm gettin' me an idear about this bike, and I almost have the parts to do it. Gotta measure the chainring BCD. This might be fun.
Going to look into to Kabuki figures and artworks too.
Probably a real good thing for me that nobody made a bicycle with a Maori styled headbadge.
I'm gettin' me an idear about this bike, and I almost have the parts to do it. Gotta measure the chainring BCD. This might be fun.
Going to look into to Kabuki figures and artworks too.
Last edited by treebound; 09-13-09 at 09:07 PM.
09-13-09 | 09:38 PM
#6
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 278
From: Chicago, the leafy NW side
Bikes: 1974 Motobecane Grand Record, 1987 Miyata Pro, 1988 Bob Jackson Lady Mixte (wife's), others in the family
Someone recently had a few auctions of groups of headbadges and I'm sure Kabuki was among them. They were something like 10-12 badges in each group. Auctions ended a week or two ago--but maybe there are more?
09-14-09 | 07:53 AM
#8
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