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Originally Posted by pcb
Nice ride!

Just gonna pipe in with the useless information that hearses in Japan are primarily black/gold, and Suntour Japan staff were mystified why anybody would want to spec an all-black bike with gold accents. They were more surprised when it sold well, and C'dale continued the spec and added models. Internally they were referred to as either "hearse bikes" or "death bikes."

Just snagged some pix. They kinda look like mini-temples dropped on an El Camino. Sometimes more black than gold, or more gold, or I LOVE GOOOOOLD!


I like that. I'm going to start calling it my "Herse". I don't know any Francophiles, so I doubt there will be any confusion.
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