Sorry to drag up an old thread but having bought an S&G Muddy Fox MB-MF 26B last year I got a bit more interested and started having a look around the internet trying to get some history together.
Just a few days ago I managed to score a silver MB-MF 26A which at the time was Arayas 3rd from top spec mountain bike. Built from BMX tubing as mountain bike specific tubing was still not available so I am guessing around 1983.
If you are interested in the Araya bikes that S&G cycles imported here is a link to the 83 to 85 catalogue scan for Araya.
http://araya-rinkai.jp/wp/wp-content/up ... 983-85.pdf
Arayas top spec bike at the time was the MB-MF 26DX, if anyone should own one of these I would love to see a picture.
Also if anyone else owns an MB MF26 A I would love to see pics of these too.
Paul