![]() ![]() Most manufacturers started building for the new model year around September. The component code does indicates August 1975. It's obvious that it is not a 1974 model. ![]() Of course the shifters may have been replaced but it could also mean a 1975 model. Yours has the redesigned graphics and Maxy II, yet has stem shifters. The 1976 had redesigned graphics, a Maxy II crankset and bar end shifters. The 1974 used the original graphics, a Maxy crankset and stem shifters. We have a couple of known reference points for mid-1970s International based on surviving literature. Finally, and most disturbing, it does not appear to be pre-1975 model. Second, that the saddle is an obvious replacement and the bar tape was also probably replaced, to match the saddle. First, it is in immaculate condition for the age. Seeing the pic brought a flood impressions. So probably mine is a 1974 Nishiki International but I'm not sure on the specific date. Here is what I got:ĭerailleur is SunTour VT Luxe 4532 with stamped code of RH? That's a 1975 part. I recently bought a Nishiki International off of Craigslist. Was the Bush Pilot the Norco version of the Nishiki Bushwhacker? Both names starting with "Bush" is suspicious. What models of MTBs where being sold under the Nishiki name during 1984? Just Bushwhacker (or Bushwacker)? Was the Cascade model available in 1984? I could be wrong and if someone can prove this wrong that is fine. Therefore I am inclined to believe that this is a Nishiki rather than a Norco. I have found pictures on the internet of an early Nishiki Bushwhacker that has spherical bosses. Also the Norco Bush Pilot has DSBM serial number, which I believe stands for a Tiawan company Dodsun Bicycle and Machinery. The brazed on cable bosses are "spherical" as opposed to "cylindrical". ![]() If it's Nishiki, it's almost certainly a Bushwacker. Do you know for sure it's a Nishiki? Given the serial number, it could be a Norco. That's a really low serial number from 1984, so it should be a 1984, as opposed to 1985 or 1986. ![]()
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