It’s funny—when you think you can get both OEM parts and aftermarket parts anytime, you don’t stock up.
It’s the same with restaurants—if you can go anytime, you don’t bother. But the moment they announce “We’re closing at the end of this month!” suddenly there’s a huge line. Haven’t you noticed that strange phenomenon?
Limited edition, closing sale, time-limited sale… it runs deep.
The Yoshimura Showa 41φ long fork (I think it was 800mm?) was being reissued back then.
Nobody seemed to catch on, and it just vanished from the world before we knew it.
The bottom case is special and the caliper mounting boss position is pretty niche.
It’s 90mm pitch, but apparently only around 300φ rotors fit, so you’d need a support bracket anyway—that means custom work costs—which makes it expensive, so popularity was… well.
I prefer the Yoshimura KYB 40φ myself (*’ω’*)
Do you remember the Moriwaki Monster Frame for Z? It was around the early 2000s.
You might find it if you dig through magazines.
It was for racing, but they sold frames without numbers, right? I think it was under 200,000 yen.
How many people actually got their hands on one back then?
OVER KR1000 Replica
An absolutely incredible machine I saw in Club Man magazine.
If only I’d taken out a loan and bought it back then… it’d probably be worth double, maybe triple now.
If I’d speculated and bought 20 FX3s… that would’ve been genius.
Suzuki doesn’t skyrocket like that though.
Yoshimura Ti bonneted pipes, banana pipes, straight pipes
These were only loved by a handful of people, so rarity wasn’t that high.
But once they become unobtainable, (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ tonight it’s Yahoo Auctions again~ (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ
Considering all these examples, I think you should buy when you can!
