Charles,
> Those are indeed eye-catching and, were one to find its way to
> me, would certainly not be repainted. Thanks for sharing the
> picturesa - Is that the same frame under different builds or do
> you have several of them?
I had 3 of them in the last 2 centuries. :) The campaequipped is the setup of an dentist who sold me one of the frames I owed. Even in the original setup (Deore LX, trekking handle bar) it is a really good bike.
2 of my Kuwaharas were stolen, one was crashed by an accident. It looks like thiefs have a good taste here in hamburg (well to tell the truth: I hadn't locked them, I fear.).
If finteresting, a catalogue of the 91 Kuwaharas (german language, sorry) is
availlable at
http://www.mtb-kataloge.de/
A lot of older catalogues can be found at http://www.mtb-kataloge.de/
best regards,
Richard Timm
Hamburg, Germany.