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adiec72

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Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« on: November 28, 2006, 12:38 PM »
just bought this  -  any ideas what it is?

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2006, 01:02 PM »
got a pic, ad?

adiec72

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2006, 06:27 PM »
not till I get out of work, home, blah blah blah... Told it's a Kuwuhara? Did Tange make their frames...? Rear drop outs have only a single hole and I always thought the LaserLite had three? Also it's a looptail and all the pictures of Kuwuhara I can see aren't...

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2006, 07:07 PM »
if it has one hole its now a kuwi (i  think ) tange made most good race frames bitd (there are a lot of superb exceptions obviously) still you cant beat tange build quality instanty reconizable welds chrome geo , nice

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2006, 07:30 PM »
if its a looptail frame with single hole droput (& the rest of it looks like a Kuwahara) it sounds like an ET frame sometimes known as a KZ2.5

obviously a pic would be more than helpful  ;)

now we've seen it has no gusset then its loking more & more like a Cro Mo Burner :-\
« Last Edit: November 29, 2006, 11:08 PM by showtime »

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2006, 07:33 PM »
T3J 3265 means Tange made in October 1983  :angel:

T = Tange made
3 = 1983
J = October
3265 is individual item number  :daumenhoch:

adiec72

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2006, 08:12 PM »
thanks all - will get posts up when rechromed and restored...

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006, 08:14 PM »
be nice to see a pic of it now so we can tell you exactly which model it is!
point you in the right direction for your resto too  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2006, 10:57 PM »

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 11:01 PM »
it looks like my mk1 tange cromo burner to me.

that has a single hole in the rear dropout.

same chainguard aswell :daumenhoch:

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2006, 11:05 PM »
here's a pic of my bottom bracket on my mk1 cromo burner ;)


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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2006, 11:12 PM »
as far as i know Kuwahara never stamped "Tange Japan" under their BB's!
if there was a factory stamp it would just say Kuwahara not Tange!

i reckon the only kuwahara it could have been is the Trimoly Nova
But they are stamped differently under the BB as shown below so its still looking like a cromo Burner!
which funnily enough has a mild steel rear end so is really Trimoly  ::)





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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 11:19 PM »
it looks like my mk1 tange cromo burner to me.

that has a single hole in the rear dropout.

same chainguard aswell :daumenhoch:

I think you're right - looks like a cromo burner to me  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2006, 10:39 AM »
you gonna have to stop taking jamies word as gospel adam. he only has one or 2 of each model and even says he doesn't know that much and goes off what others tell him. mail him and ask him, he is allways a bit vague.



looks like a nove to me.
« Last Edit: November 30, 2006, 10:42 AM by Townshend BMX® »
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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2006, 06:37 PM »
i use Jamies site as a reference along with some of the guys on V, i always use pics from Jamies as its so quick to find them  ;)

i was thinking Nova until the guys with Burners in front of them posted pics with identical stamping etc so now i'm leaning more towards that  :-\

plus its pretty unusual to have anything more than the number stamped into a pre 84 Kuwahara  :-\

we're all still learning & remembering everyday ::)  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2006, 10:20 PM »
too true mate, but i am convinced jamie knows just as much(or little) as you and I. both them pictures are from the same sale. i have never seen a burner that looked like a nova ::)
« Last Edit: December 01, 2006, 10:22 PM by Townshend BMX® »
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Re: Tange Japan SN T3J 3265
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2006, 05:32 PM »
What is the brake bridge like? flat or round tube?
Was it the one on ebay? if so did you want to sell the wheels? and did you buy any of the other bikes he had for sale?

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