Japanese road bike Worth anything???

[pick]

Picked this up free today. Don't know a thing about it. I'm not a road bike guy, especially when it's a girls bike. Brand name is Takara. It appears to have been an internal 3 speed at one time. Shifter is gone & cable is gone as well. Is it worth anything? I am assuming it is a 70's or 80's bike.

Any input is appreciated! :?: :?:

 

[Hsean]

If you put the shifter back on and clean it up to look very nice you could proberly get 150$ for it, Here you can anyway,in most citys they go for that, though I repack the bearings and stuff and sell em for that or less

 

[subadrew]

as long at it rides ok as is, it'd be ~$80-100 here as it sits. And a fast sale at that.

 

[Green Dragon]

Nice find, free is great - I have the same bike in medium green I posted in fresh finds a couple weeks back, paid 15.00 for mine and thrilled at that price.

cool.

 

[pick]

Nice find, free is great - I have the same bike in medium green I posted in fresh finds a couple weeks back, paid 15.00 for mine and thrilled at that price.

cool.

Sure you don't want another one???? :lol: It's not old enough for me, BTW any what approx. year it might be? :?:

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Here, 30-60...

a handful of cities up, $100-150 :roll:

 

[subadrew]

You can probably get a date from a component. Check here http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm

 

[Blueboy5000]

A Takara! Holy Bejeebus! Takara is the company that makes Transformers! That bike is worth a pretty sum.... er wait ... did I say that? That bike is worthless, you should donate it to me j/k.

But yes that is quite valuable. Do to it's rarity (Takara sold it's bike division to another little know company called Shimano) in that condition is a solid 400 beans man.

To a 30+ year Transformer collector, that thing is worth a whole lot more. I'd slap some Autobot logos on it!

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

A Takara! Holy Bejeebus! Takara is the company that makes Transformers! That bike is worth a pretty sum.... er wait ... did I say that? That bike is worthless, you should donate it to me j/k.

But yes that is quite valuable. Do to it's rarity (Takara sold it's bike division to another little know company called Shimano) in that condition is a solid 400 beans man.

To a 30+ year Transformer collector, that thing is worth a whole lot more. I'd slap some Autobot logos on it!

Hey, that's really cool :wink: Would have never thought that, nice find

 

[ratina]

I had one last year, different than yours. Couldn't even get $60 for it and it was lightweight with alloy wheels.

 

[lambohaha]

I always liked the Takara BMX. Didn`t know they done anything other than that, c 8) 8) l