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Post by green96 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:42 pm

Nothing really TRX related. I'm off to Japan tonight. :r1p: You would not believe some of the crazy bikes over there. Stay tuned for pictures.
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Re: japan

Post by idl1975 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:32 pm

green96 wrote:Nothing really TRX related. I'm off to Japan tonight. :r1p: You would not believe some of the crazy bikes over there. Stay tuned for pictures.
Last time I was in Tokyo, they were all riding scooters of various sizes. Once in a blue moon you'd see an old bannana framed GSX-R-4. So what's in fashion this week?
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Re: japan

Post by Tarwetijger » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:37 pm

So, were are the pictures? :D
I've always been told 400cc bikes are very popular over there because of tax reasons. Is this true?

And could you grab some nice stuff for my Yamaha Tricker? :P Can't buy anything here for this small bike.
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Re: japan

Post by idl1975 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:45 pm

Tarwetijger wrote:So, were are the pictures? :D
I've always been told 400cc bikes are very popular over there because of tax reasons. Is this true?

And could you grab some nice stuff for my Yamaha Tricker? :P Can't buy anything here for this small bike.
It used to be a graduated licensing thing with Japan - they had capacity limits and you had to do multiple tests. 400cc bikes were OK with, I think, two tests. The unlimited licence you'd need for a TRX used to be harder to get than the International 'A' Licence in Gran Turismo ( :wink: ), hence all the 400cc replicas of larger bikes.

I believe they've abolished that now. Max would presumably know (isn't he in Japan?)
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Re: japan

Post by Quan-Time » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:59 am

Max is not japanese, altho he does indeed live in japan.

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Post by Max » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:47 am

idl1975 wrote:

I believe they've abolished that now. Max would presumably know (isn't he in Japan?)
The "large capacity" (above 400cc) license still stands, but they've eased up on it a lot. They now also have a special one for "automatics" (big scooters). #-o
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Re: japan

Post by idl1975 » Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:24 pm

Max wrote:
idl1975 wrote:

I believe they've abolished that now. Max would presumably know (isn't he in Japan?)
The "large capacity" (above 400cc) license still stands, but they've eased up on it a lot. They now also have a special one for "automatics" (big scooters). #-o
Aha, so that explains all the big scooters I saw...
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