IRIBE + ULTRA RARE NITTO "TSUBASA" HANDLEBARS Featured Bike! on 03/30/2010






IRIBE
NITTO "TSUBASA"
HATTA SWAN
AEROSPOKE/ SHIMANO / WHITE PANARACER
H PLUS SON / SHIMANO / WHITE PANARACER
SUGINO TRACK / HATTA
TURBO / THE ONE AT THE STORE THAT FIT
MKS / THE SAME 1/8 CHAINS THEY USE ON MAMACHARIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep4JAf8hECE
A Nitto Tsubasa handlebar is virtually impossible to find. Produced during the 70s for a short duration of time, they were always limited in quantity. Someone told me there are less than 50 left in the entire world. To find one in mint condition for sale is near impossible. Needless to say, I found one in a really shitty condition. I had BP Factory in Nerima-ku fix it up and re-paint it. They did a fantastic job. I had it up on Yahoo auction in Japan with the starting bid at ¥135,000 yen, then it dawned on me that this would look killer on my Iribe frame which I had stored for a later build. So I took it off the auction, resulting in a few angry bidders. I'm glad I did. Never would I have imagined it would come out this good. The bike shop that put this together put it up on their blog.
In such pristine condition, the handlebars in itself is worth more than the frame.
Anyone interested in taking this beauty off my hands, give me an offer.