1989 Muddy Fox Limited Edition 16"

[narcotitlan]

The frame for the 1989 is pretty special. Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was fillet brazed by Masaaki Ishigaki (founder of Toyo).

Looks to have an Ishigaki decal on the seat tube.

 

[Synthiaks]

The frame for the 1989 is pretty special. Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was fillet brazed by Masaaki Ishigaki (founder of Toyo).

The co founders are on the Facebook forum, but their memories are hazy on details like that, but its def possible.....

lots of views

 

[Synthiaks]

Looks to have an Ishigaki decal on the seat tube.

Ha....well spotted.

 

[narcotitlan]

Toyo is where my RM Avalanche was made - nicest bike I've ever owned. Good to see they're still making bikes. Nice little promo video here with some fillet brazing going on: https://toyoframe.com/about-toyo-frame/frame-building/?lang=en&v=bf2d2dd166e7

 

[PhillB]

The frame for the 1989 is pretty special. Someone can correct me if I've got this wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was fillet brazed by Masaaki Ishigaki (founder of Toyo).

It certainly was

 

[Synthiaks]

Odd the 89 Ltd in the Catalog looks black crackle with a different looking stay....MF liked a varient.





1990 had some very nice looking machines, anyone ever seen any of these?

 

[kingoffootball]

I asked the seller about a frame number, but they are out the country at the moment and thinks when they checked before the paint was too thick to read it.

If someone on here gets it, I would be interested to know the format. I think it might be four digit, rather than a classic Toyo format, but hopefully we'll find out.

 

[kingoffootball]

If someone on here gets it

I'm definitely not bidding, it's much to small for me. I'm just watching .........

 

[Synthiaks]

its too small for me too but bid regardless as its a work of art.....also at that point it hadn't been outed...I also asked about the frame number and had the same response.

 

[Synthiaks]

Seems they definitely made more than one in this size as the 'Hatfield' MF LTD Edition was the same finish and frame size......i did think it might even be the same frame someone had stripped all the shiney bits off, but its not as theres tell tale decal scratch etc different. But shows it possibly was kitted out with more than the usual bling like the one below. thereby def making a spec rebuild tricky to say the least. Also different to the black one in the catalog.

Yet again Muddy Fox muddy the waters with oddball varients.