cyrano138

Here's the copy from my local CL ad. I've got it posted there for $225, I've got $200 and a fair amount of labor into it, so I'm just trying to get that or something close to it back: I bought this bike for my wife, but halfway through the project we found a frame that fit her better.

It's been thoroughly serviced and, among other things, I replaced all cables and housing, adjusted and repacked the bottom bracket and headset, and adjusted the derailleurs and brakes.

The frame and fork are tange2 butted cromo. The paint is yellowed somewhat in places, chipped here and there but has no rust problems. No dents or dings. It's somewhere between 53 and 54cm.

The original sakae modolo bars were steel and heavy as heck, so I upgraded those to aluminum sakae modolos.

Brakes, levers, derailleurs, and shifters are original Shimano exage sport and working beautifully.

The saddle and pedals are not original, and down the road could be upgraded. Pedals are wellgos and the seat is a no name, but both work fine.

At least one of the wheels is not original (maybe both -- they are not from the same set), but I trued both and they work well. They're alloy and probably comparable to whatever came on the bike originally.

It rides nicely, and it's reasonably light for a classic road bike. These were originally manufactured by a company better known for mountain bikes, but. this is a nice road bike for what it is, in my opinion. According to someone on this forum, it was a mid level sports bikes in its day, retailing for about $450.

Thanks for looking!

**and before anyone says anything, yes. I know the bar tape is wackadoo. I don't normally use hood covers, or levers that don't run the cable out of the top, so I was a little confused about what to do. I tried wrapping as I normally would, but it looked really weird, so I wrapped a bit around the hoods.

Jack

afm199

Yokota was a Taiwanese company that made some really nice bikes back then. They used some high quality tubing, and good components, then copied frame design from successful manufacturers. My 30 plus year old El Capitan MTB was remarkable. I rode the damn thing thirty years and had to replace cables and chose to replace the brakes. The DeOre shifters were still working perfectly when I sold it.

cyrano138

It's a great bike, honestly. I guess I'm asking too much for it, though, because I haven't even had a bite. It's listed on Craigslist, Facebook, and here.

afm199

If only we could get what they are really worth! They made excellent bikes.

cyrano138

Yeah it's tough when it's a lesser known brand. I wasn't buying it to sell so I didn't worry about it then.

clubman 

More props for Yakotas. My wife's mtn bike when I met her 26 years ago. Shouldn't have sold it.

cyrano138

Dropping the price to $125 plus shipping. Need to make space.