Wonderful job! This was real RESTORATION, with use of the old parts, not a full replacement of parts as we see around! The result was amazing! Great bike! Congrats!
OMG what a great video. Super production value. What a piece of fine art. The bike and the video both. Relaxing, and therapeutic. I will watch this 1000 times.
Awesome, both the bike (I love the Shimano 600 set, almost looks like art) and the video! And nice touch with the edits - you took "throwing a chain on it" literally. :)
early SR's were sold as framesets- the bike shop then got the group of parts together. as a 'price point' bicycle- most shops/clients opted for the 600/EX group- which met the price point from shimano. some bikes were dura-ace equipped if the customer specified/paid for it. those bikes are hard to find- but they are out there. nowadays- most serious roadies scoff at 600 parts- even the overrated, so-called arabesque derailleurs/shifters. the quality/strength of the miki bicycle frame is whats amazing- they are some of the toughest cromoly frames around. these were inch-sized frames- 21, 23, and 25-inch models. and the colors were copies of some famous automotive colors from the 50' and 60s. for instance, i have a 25-inch semi pro racer from 79 finished in dusk pearl metallic paint from 50's chevys. but it has an avocet/suntour group so i think it may be an old theft recovery bike.
@@tommurphy4307 The SR frame in this video is fairly low-end. It isn't chromoly, it's mild steel. It's a small step up from a typical 1980s department store "10-speed" frame (those are also made of mild steel tubing) only because it's lugged and brazed rather than non-lugged and poorly non-TIG welded. Being lugged allows for thinner wall tubing (which reduces weight) because the lugs provide additional strength at the joints where it's most needed. To take it a step further you would use, e.g., chromoly instead of mild steel and you could use even thinner-walled tubing because the steel is stronger. To take it a step further beyond that, you could use double-butted chromoly tubing. Beyond that, if you were to use modern air-hardening chromoly, such as Reynolds 853, double-butted, eliminate the lugs, and have a skilled welder TIG weld it, you'd get the lightest possible steel frame while still being plenty strong. You'd lose the classic look of a lugged frame though.
Beautiful work young man. Could you send me the list of tools you used, and the approximate price. As I have the same horse. Lol and, I'm wanting to do a complete overhaul as well. Thanks
There’s too many tools to name but the main ones you should have are the ones for the bottom bracket, headset and some cone wrenches. You can spend about $40-100 depends if you want new tires or brake pads. I would always do new chain cables and bar tape.
I had a bit of a memory recollection as to why SR bikes came to an end... Besides all the business politics, the final nail on the coffin was they got a two or three containers of SR bikes from Japan where all the Aluminum crank arms were so over tighten that they could not be pulled off unless they were cut off! By that time I was working at OBC the Japan group not far from my old bike shop. I was sent to SR in San Diego to investigate to try and find a solution to the crank arm problem. Right after that visit I was sent straight to the factory in Japan also to investigate how they were over-tightened and find a solution. Sadly a month or two after I returned from Japan, Mr. Pedia (I think that was his name), decided to shut down the SR operation.
I recently buy an Azuki road bike, with suntour drive train, diacompe breakes. I dont have idea about the year of the bike, have you any clue? The Azuki logo has no the imperial flower, it has the olympic rings, the azuki leyend and the two arrows on it
Muy chichipata esa restauración era mejor haberla pintado completamente con base pintura laca color base color secundario calcomonias y poliuretano, o barniz al gusto
I sorry if I offended anyone. Well would use 26 1/4 rims ( lightweight) lace a coaster brake rear wheel put on a rack and sell them as beer bikes. There are many high quality Japanese bike from that era Fuji is one, My employer was president of the Miyata fan club. Japanese bike's geometry is different from an Italian bike the larger the frame the further from the ground is the bottom bracket.
@@retro_rev Well, the frame isn't what I'd call junk, but it's only a slight step up from absolute bottom of the barrel (which would be the frames they used on typical department store bikes). It's mild steel (that's what the euphemistic "High Tensile" / "Hi-Ten" sticker means), the same as a department store bike frame. The only thing that [slightly] elevates it above a typical department store bike frame is that it's lugged and brazed, rather than non-lugged and poorly non-TIG welded. I have one with a frame that's pretty much the same thing; probably made in the same factory: made in Japan, lugged and brazed, mild steel (complete with a "Hi-Ten" sticker on the seat tube); but mine was made for and branded by Puch. Its original parts include a SunTour front derailleur and shift levers, Shimano Tourney rear derailleur, Dia-Compe center-pull brakes and brake levers, Sugino cranks, a Kuwahara headset, and Araya rims, so not just the frame set is made in Japan, but all of the components are too, though none of them are anywhere near high-end. I do like those center-pull Dia-Compe brakes though.
Wow, I thought the world forgot about SR bikes which were based near San Diego Calif, and owned by business company in Mexico city. TRUE STORY: In the late 70s I worked at a bike shop in Glendale So Calif called MAGIC MUSHROOM where they sold SR bikes. The Japan Group office (i.e. Shimano, SR, ARAYA etc, where I eventually worked at) was only 2 blocks away and they were very involved with the development of SR bikes. The Shimano staff from Japan got into the habit of always dropping by to pick my brain as I was the head mechanic. They often told me that I sold more SR bikes and SR Semi-Pros than anyone else in North America. At that time Touring was the thing so I used to modify new SR Semi-Pros with frt and rear racks and I sold them like Hot Cakes at a carnival. One day a whole crew from Japan and the owner or SR bikes came to the shop and asked me if I wanted to design a Touring version of the Semi-Pro? Of course I said Yes. So they gave me four new SR Semi-Pro bikes in the box, and wrote a check I think for $1,000 to get parts and to pay a bike builder to weld and braze on things like pannier mounts etc., and gave me two months to finish one bike. They told the shop owner and I that we can keep the other new bikes and left over money as payment for the job. My boss was thrilled and so was I. Two months later they came to pick up the bike and they were very happy. They named it SR Semi-Pro Touring, and turned out to be their best selling model three years in a row, until SR mysteriously disappeared. Rumor has it that SR Japan and SR owners in San Diego had a fall out over the Japanese SR brand. So if you ever see a SR Semi-Pro Touring grab it, my favorite was the beautiful metallic sky blue.
they had DOZENS of blue paint choices- some were pearls- some were PU and many were automotive colors. SR bicycle was owned by windsor industries of national city and was not related to sakae-ringkyo of japan. i have a '79 XL racer in dusk pearl metallic- a GM color from the 50's. i've never seen another SR painted in that color.
Wonderful job!
This was real RESTORATION, with use of the old parts, not a full replacement of parts as we see around!
The result was amazing! Great bike!
Congrats!
Appreciate it 🤟
the original shimano 600 group was just a bunch of entry-level parts.
OMG what a great video. Super production value. What a piece of fine art. The bike and the video both. Relaxing, and therapeutic. I will watch this 1000 times.
I'm starting to watch these bike repair videos for relaxation. Almost like meditation. LOL!
While not an exact match, the paint you used really made a difference, and kept the integrity of the original intact😊
Amen
i disagree- a big part of the appeal was windsor industry's incredible palette of available colors.
That autosomal metal polish is good I use it myself great restore😊
Awesome job! About to do my first restoration on Fuji 85'. Learnt a lot from this video. Thank you
Beautiful bike and great job with the resto! I hope you are thoroughly enjoying it as it should be...on the road.
Ofc
Awesome. I learned a lot here that will be very useful !
Awesome, both the bike (I love the Shimano 600 set, almost looks like art) and the video!
And nice touch with the edits - you took "throwing a chain on it" literally. :)
Thanks so much!!!
That’s no ordinary 600, it’s arabesque model. I like tri color, it’s a bit later.👍
Great job! 🏆Congrats!
Thanks!
Looks good, enjoy the ride
Great video, Nice job! I’m picking up a white Maruishi RX-7 soon to restore. My first, should be fun…🤙🏽
Two things I like most about this restoration: Shimano 600, and no more dork disk.
entry-level parts. a dura-ace group was available for only $200 additional, but try to find one that hasn't been parted out.
@@tommurphy4307 Shimano 600 was not entry level when it was new. It was "Ultegra" level before there was something called Ultegra.
Great job!
Thanks!
That would look so good with the grip wraps and seat in dark red leather.
so satisfying
Thx
Nicely done 👍🏻
Thanks!
Una restauración fabulosa.felicidades .
Good job,amazing bicycle amazing shimano 600 👍🏻👍🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Thanks!
early SR's were sold as framesets- the bike shop then got the group of parts together. as a 'price point' bicycle- most shops/clients opted for the 600/EX group- which met the price point from shimano. some bikes were dura-ace equipped if the customer specified/paid for it. those bikes are hard to find- but they are out there. nowadays- most serious roadies scoff at 600 parts- even the overrated, so-called arabesque derailleurs/shifters. the quality/strength of the miki bicycle frame is whats amazing- they are some of the toughest cromoly frames around. these were inch-sized frames- 21, 23, and 25-inch models. and the colors were copies of some famous automotive colors from the 50' and 60s. for instance, i have a 25-inch semi pro racer from 79 finished in dusk pearl metallic paint from 50's chevys. but it has an avocet/suntour group so i think it may be an old theft recovery bike.
@@tommurphy4307 The SR frame in this video is fairly low-end. It isn't chromoly, it's mild steel. It's a small step up from a typical 1980s department store "10-speed" frame (those are also made of mild steel tubing) only because it's lugged and brazed rather than non-lugged and poorly non-TIG welded.
Being lugged allows for thinner wall tubing (which reduces weight) because the lugs provide additional strength at the joints where it's most needed. To take it a step further you would use, e.g., chromoly instead of mild steel and you could use even thinner-walled tubing because the steel is stronger. To take it a step further beyond that, you could use double-butted chromoly tubing. Beyond that, if you were to use modern air-hardening chromoly, such as Reynolds 853, double-butted, eliminate the lugs, and have a skilled welder TIG weld it, you'd get the lightest possible steel frame while still being plenty strong. You'd lose the classic look of a lugged frame though.
@@MaximRecoil you have to find a 70's SR to get a miki-built chromoly frame. good luck with that.
80s japanese bikes are great
actually, most of the eighties SR bike frames were made from tange tubesets- so, not really all japan-made.
Excellent work, subbed up.
Thanks!
Can the Autosol metal polish be used on chrome as well? I noticed you used another polish as well.
Yea it works on chrome
Beautiful work young man. Could you send me the list of tools you used, and the approximate price. As I have the same horse. Lol and, I'm wanting to do a complete overhaul as well. Thanks
There’s too many tools to name but the main ones you should have are the ones for the bottom bracket, headset and some cone wrenches. You can spend about $40-100 depends if you want new tires or brake pads. I would always do new chain cables and bar tape.
I had a bit of a memory recollection as to why SR bikes came to an end... Besides all the business politics, the final nail on the coffin was they got a two or three containers of SR bikes from Japan where all the Aluminum crank arms were so over tighten that they could not be pulled off unless they were cut off! By that time I was working at OBC the Japan group not far from my old bike shop. I was sent to SR in San Diego to investigate to try and find a solution to the crank arm problem. Right after that visit I was sent straight to the factory in Japan also to investigate how they were over-tightened and find a solution.
Sadly a month or two after I returned from Japan, Mr. Pedia (I think that was his name), decided to shut down the SR operation.
Wow, nothing was stuck! There's always something stuck.
Good job❤we share hooby😊
Nice 👍👍
Looks really good! Are u using enamel paint on the frame?
No I actually used acrylic paint that’s meant for pottery which took over a week to dry
@@retro_rev thank you for your reply! A lot of patience was required I guess
Awesome restoration
Thanks!
@@retro_rev
Your welcome
I recently buy an Azuki road bike, with suntour drive train, diacompe breakes. I dont have idea about the year of the bike, have you any clue? The Azuki logo has no the imperial flower, it has the olympic rings, the azuki leyend and the two arrows on it
put the serial number up, and someone can tell you when it was built and who the frame builder was.
I came here to see a restoration, not a work of art.... let talk to your manager! just kidding! Man, wow... great work!
Thanks!
What exactly was, “ultrasonic time”?
So sick
Good restauration
Thanks!
you have bike for sale. if there's ps inform me. thanks.
Muy chichipata esa restauración era mejor haberla pintado completamente con base pintura laca color base color secundario calcomonias y poliuretano, o barniz al gusto
they had dozens of color choices.
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Ese cuadro seria mejor kitarle la pintura vieja y pintarle entero,yo le pintaria negro
We used to sell those Japanese imports for 50 cents a pound. poor geometry...poor engineering...I wouldn't waste time
so you sold these bikes for $150? you lost your ass on that deal.....the frameset was more than that. maybe you were thinking of bridgestone crap.
Thanks for the input, throwing the bike away immediately. What a piece of junk
I sorry if I offended anyone. Well would use 26 1/4 rims ( lightweight) lace a coaster brake rear wheel put on a rack and sell them as beer bikes. There are many high quality Japanese bike from that era Fuji is one, My employer was president of the Miyata fan club. Japanese bike's geometry is different from an Italian bike the larger the frame the further from the ground is the bottom bracket.
Gotcha I guess I took it the wrong way No hard feelings Take care
@@retro_rev Well, the frame isn't what I'd call junk, but it's only a slight step up from absolute bottom of the barrel (which would be the frames they used on typical department store bikes). It's mild steel (that's what the euphemistic "High Tensile" / "Hi-Ten" sticker means), the same as a department store bike frame. The only thing that [slightly] elevates it above a typical department store bike frame is that it's lugged and brazed, rather than non-lugged and poorly non-TIG welded.
I have one with a frame that's pretty much the same thing; probably made in the same factory: made in Japan, lugged and brazed, mild steel (complete with a "Hi-Ten" sticker on the seat tube); but mine was made for and branded by Puch. Its original parts include a SunTour front derailleur and shift levers, Shimano Tourney rear derailleur, Dia-Compe center-pull brakes and brake levers, Sugino cranks, a Kuwahara headset, and Araya rims, so not just the frame set is made in Japan, but all of the components are too, though none of them are anywhere near high-end. I do like those center-pull Dia-Compe brakes though.
Wow, I thought the world forgot about SR bikes which were based near San Diego Calif, and owned by business company in Mexico city.
TRUE STORY:
In the late 70s I worked at a bike shop in Glendale So Calif called MAGIC MUSHROOM where they sold SR bikes. The Japan Group office (i.e. Shimano, SR, ARAYA etc, where I eventually worked at) was only 2 blocks away and they were very involved with the development of SR bikes. The Shimano staff from Japan got into the habit of always dropping by to pick my brain as I was the head mechanic. They often told me that I sold more SR bikes and SR Semi-Pros than anyone else in North America. At that time Touring was the thing so I used to modify new SR Semi-Pros with frt and rear racks and I sold them like Hot Cakes at a carnival. One day a whole crew from Japan and the owner or SR bikes came to the shop and asked me if I wanted to design a Touring version of the Semi-Pro? Of course I said Yes. So they gave me four new SR Semi-Pro bikes in the box, and wrote a check I think for $1,000 to get parts and to pay a bike builder to weld and braze on things like pannier mounts etc., and gave me two months to finish one bike. They told the shop owner and I that we can keep the other new bikes and left over money as payment for the job. My boss was thrilled and so was I. Two months later they came to pick up the bike and they were very happy. They named it SR Semi-Pro Touring, and turned out to be their best selling model three years in a row, until SR mysteriously disappeared. Rumor has it that SR Japan and SR owners in San Diego had a fall out over the Japanese SR brand.
So if you ever see a SR Semi-Pro Touring grab it, my favorite was the beautiful metallic sky blue.
Awesome story thanks!
they had DOZENS of blue paint choices- some were pearls- some were PU and many were automotive colors. SR bicycle was owned by windsor industries of national city and was not related to sakae-ringkyo of japan. i have a '79 XL racer in dusk pearl metallic- a GM color from the 50's. i've never seen another SR painted in that color.