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Too many bikes...My 1989 model year Kuwahara Sierra XT has a lugged frame with seat cluster details similar to your frame, as well as having similar style top tube graphics and a 1" headset as well. I do not know of any Canadian market Kuwahara with lugged frame construction from 1990 model...

Nice frame. I can tell you it was not a Canadian-market model; quite possibly a model destined for Europe or perhaps the domestic (i.e. Japanese) market. Interesting that Kuwahara continued using lugged frames in (at least some) non-North American markets, but went to welded frames almost...

As I type, 15 riders and 9 in various stages of completion, all Kuwahara.

Read The World Without Us. The book describes what would happen if, suddenly, the human race just stopped being. What would survive? Toilets.

Kuwahara dating Hi. I've owned over 15 Kuwahara mtbs over the years, and there is precious little on them available except German-market models of the early nineties (which differ markedly from Canadian market models of the same era). Your Savage is likely from 1990. For the 1989 model year...

Chromoly.

Take it a step or two further. You have a bike that you've owned since new some 30 years ago. You maintain it fastidiously, replacing worn out original parts with exact replacements with the same date of manufacture. Since it has been used regularly for decades every part has been replaced...

As an enthusiast of Kuwahara mtbs, I cannot tell you how rare it is for someone to not confuse Kawamura with Kuwahara in connection with Nishiki. Thanks for getting it right.

Greetings all, I've been lurking for quite some time. Very cool (and informative) site. My interest in bikes and biking really took off (was forced?) around 1990, in large part because I was too broke to afford a car... Over the years I've had a '92 GT Karakoram, a '93 Marin Pine...