Help to identify vintage touring frame with "S" embossed seat stays.
02-20-21, 07:10 AM
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Help to identify vintage touring frame with "S" embossed seat stays.
I'm trying to identify this frame. A unique feature is the "S" embossed seat stays.
"S" embossed seat stay
"S" embossed seat stay
02-20-21, 08:02 AM
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Shogun is my guess
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02-20-21, 08:12 AM
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02-20-21, 08:34 AM
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02-20-21, 12:39 PM
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Looks like it may be a late 1980s Shogun Alpine GT. Serial number? Full drive side pic?
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02-21-21, 09:19 AM
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There's a model number on the top tube. It looks like it may be '500'. In the early 1980s it was a sports model, being re-designed as an entry level grand touring bicycle around 1985. This one looks heavily modified, with non-OEM bars, brake levers and rear derailleur. If the OP is interested, the serial number will tell us the exact year.
02-22-21, 03:55 AM
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^That may be the clearest serial stamping I've seen.
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02-22-21, 06:14 AM
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The serial number indicates very late 1985 manufacture, so it's almost certainly a 1986 model.
