After seeing biltzen’s post, i figured I’d share mine.

Not much ‘mod’ here. Tried to keep things near the same period. I’m the sole owner of this bike. It sat in my garage for 20+ years until one day the bug bit me and I just started working on it.

The biggest change was to have it powder coated. I never liked the original paint much. Had the logos recreated as water slide decals. Kept the original headset badge.

I drilled and rivnutted the bottle cage mounts. That was a bit scary.

At one point i had put indexed shifters(brifters) on it, but went back to friction. It just fits better.

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago

That is a gorgeous blue, and beautiful lugs.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    That's a beauty.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I like your decision to keep the down tube shifters. Those can be indexed too but being able to trim is nice. The powder coating looks good with that lugged frame.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Love the pinstriping on the lugs. Sexy build! Who did you use for the decals?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Nice! I had one of those ubiquitous Japanese sport tourers back in the 80s and did almost everything on it. I regret selling it.

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