Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
I noticed your Swedish Miyata has a different head tube decal. All the American Miyayas i have seen use a variation of this "gear" design (this is a 1987 "Competition" model 512).
If the Swedish bikes used a different head tube decal, maybe they changed the contrasting head tube feature as well.
Yeah, they have a different head tube decal, the painted on sweeping 'M' and the painted on badge with a gear. I must say I'm more of a big fan of the US designs, but after riding my 3 week old (to me) Miyata 1000 - a minor detail like that is soon ignored! 3 Miyatas in 3 weeks has actually happened!...
Originally Posted by
T-Mar
The OA and RA numbers are the factory applied serial numbers, indicating the first fortnight of 1986 & 1989 reapectively. However, the latter ycle wears Shimano New 600Ex, which was only the 1986 & 1987 model years. A 1989 would have 600 Ultegra. Conseqently, I believe the RA is actually PA, representing 1987. This would make it another 912 but one model year newer.
Thanks T-Mar, so I almost have 912 twins!