Originally Posted by jtyr71

I caught a unicorn:

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer Serial

1974 Bridgestone Kabuki Diamond Tourer

It's in pristine shape, by the chain and the still golden freewheel saw very few miles. A rare bike by any standard in a color never sighted before.

I'll post more info and extensive photos to an existing thread dedicated to this bike: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...urer-info.html

Most everything jives with this 1974 US catalog: https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...64376fc350.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...877140ebed.jpg
--though interestingly the fork crown with two points does NOT match the three point crown shown in the US catalog. (Though that is true of all 1974 Diamond Tourers I've seen in the US.)

Even more interesting the color and fork crown match this DF Diamond model in the 1974 Japanese catalog: The catalogs of Japanese vintage bicycle