Author Topic: Kuwahara Laserlight GOOD PRICE? Now Home With Pictures (Read 6127 times)

skki3330 · « **on:** April 03, 2013, 07:01 PM »

Ok gave my mate Â£300 for this Laserlight looks like the only things missing is the Redline 400's

Rear MX1000 and the XC11 pedals. I have the pedals and rear brake so thats a result but think the 400's are going to have to wait. BONUS got the OG manual for the bike

So i reckon a nice lil survivor build coming on

pickle · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:02 PM »

Are you sure Craig? Bite his cooking hands off!

Peter J · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:04 PM »

Rip his hand off

skki3330 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:06 PM »

Thanks Guys looks like im out on a mission tomorrow then

pickle · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:08 PM »

I've tipped him off already Craig, he now wants £600

skki3330 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:10 PM »

Quote from: pickle on April 03, 2013, 07:08 PM

I've tipped him off already Craig, he now wants £600

Hahahahaha GIT!

pickle · « **Reply #6 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:10 PM »

best of luck mate

skki3330 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 03, 2013, 07:14 PM »

Cheers Rob

Pictures will be up tomorrow afternoon

skki3330 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2013, 12:40 PM »

Well the chrome was not as bad as first thought

monkian · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2013, 12:45 PM »

Man, that's a bargain

Looks like a KZ-4 but could be that it came with a Takagi 175 OPC as stock.

Peter J · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2013, 12:46 PM »

bang tidy

bodamus · « **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2013, 12:51 PM »

Proper result

Build it with a one piece crank setup it came with a one piece option in other countries.

Ian

pickle · « **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2013, 12:51 PM »

top score!

Jaan · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:02 PM »

Quote from: monkian on April 04, 2013, 12:45 PM

Man, that's a bargain
Looks like a KZ-4 but could be that it came with a Takagi 175 OPC as stock.

Sweet score

One of the ways to tell if its a later KZ-4 is if it has Kuwahara stamped on the rear brake bridge - does it?

skki3330 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:05 PM »

Quote from: monkian on April 04, 2013, 12:45 PM

Man, that's a bargain
Looks like a KZ-4 but could be that it came with a Takagi 175 OPC as stock.

Yes its a KZ4 i thought id seen some with opc's but i thought the 400's were stock, looks like a bit more swatting up and if it did come with a Takagi 175 i think i have one

skki3330 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:06 PM »

Thanks guys well please cant wait for the weather to gets better now

monkian · « **Reply #16 on:** April 04, 2013, 01:34 PM »

Quote from: skki3330 on April 04, 2013, 01:05 PM

Quote from: monkian on April 04, 2013, 12:45 PM
Man, that's a bargain
Looks like a KZ-4 but could be that it came with a Takagi 175 OPC as stock.

Yes its a KZ4 i thought id seen some with opc's but i thought the 400's were stock, looks like a bit more swatting up and if it did come with a Takagi 175 i think i have one

Sorted

skki3330 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 04, 2013, 05:22 PM »

So what type of power disc and chainring did they use?

Wez · « **Reply #18 on:** April 04, 2013, 05:23 PM »

sweet as f f ff foook

kuwahero · « **Reply #19 on:** April 04, 2013, 05:33 PM »

Quote from: skki3330 on April 04, 2013, 05:22 PM

So what type of power disc and chainring did they use?

In 84' Kuwahara brought out a Laserlite with lower end parts, to make it more affordable. That model was called the Survivor.

I think yours is a Laserlite but has had some parts changed. As it would have had Black Ukai Speedlines, not Araya's 7X like yours has and a Sugino stem, not a Suntour.

Anyway the see pic below

The powerdisc and chainring were Sugino.

i'm pretty sure the opc cranks were Sugino too and not Takagi

monkian · « **Reply #20 on:** April 04, 2013, 05:41 PM »

I've heard a few stories that some bike shops would just swap out the cranks and use parts they had to replace them.
Hard to pin down exactly what's what and how reliable the stories are tbh. A while back I found a KZ-3 with a Takagi set-up.
The seat clamp wasn't right but the rest of it looked right: