uncle uncle

I think your kidding, but the bike shop I worked at... back in the seventies, way before I got their, they sold Kabuki's with those cast aluminum lugged frames. History probably views this design as "klunky" and "heavy", but the gentlemen who was working there at the time (and still does) said that they were on par with a lot of bikes sold at the time. For one thing, they used a lot of japan made components (that worked as well or better than euro ones) and they came more assembled than euro models (time = money) . And, most importantly, they were available... whereas Schwinn's (it was a Schwinn authorized dealership) were non-existent.