1986 Gan Well Pro MTB frameset

My brother-in-law, Kousuke Nishiji, a now retired Keirin racer, introduced me to Gan Well in 1983 when I got my first bike a couple weeks after landing there my first visit. Based in Kyoto, Gan Well is a builder/ retail shop that caters to building custom frame sets for Keirin racers. Still cranking them out apparently. This might have been their first custom-made MTB frameset; I argued with the builder for 30 min. (in Japanese, cigarette hanging out of the corner of his mouth) about the pros-cons of a unicrown fork vs. lugged fork; thought I had won the argument for a unicrown but ended up with a lugged fork (which got destroyed). Just repainted by Matt Assenmacher's shop in Swartz Creek, MI (http://www.assenmachers.com). Couldn't get an original decal set so I got the next best thing; Grant Peterson's (Rivendell Bicycle Works: http://www.rivbike.com) "Resurrectio" decals for just such repaints of frames where original decals are unavailable. Aren't they lovely? Yes, this was the original paint scheme. Came with SunTour XC component group. Not sure what I'll build it up with now. Will post a photo of the original condition frame before sending it in for the repaint; it wasn't pretty after 20 yrs. of hard use, mostly commuting. I decided I'd give it a 20 yr. birthday present.... still owned by Tim Potter. See more pics from Assenmacher's shop after the repaint and a couple of it before the repaint here: http://velospace.org/node/6412
More pics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msubikeproject