Saturday, August 23, 2008 11:25

TW pic of the day: Some of you have noticed amongst our range of SR custom & cafe parts a few mentions to the TW's. This is mainly because there are cross over parts that work on both bikes. So does Vanem supply TW parts as well? Yes! We have done so for quite a while, so for those of you looking for more TW parts, just ask us about the range of goodies we supply and we will send you some details. For the TW owners in the know, we don't need to be telling you we sell an extensive range of custom TW parts! For those who didn't know, now you do! The hardware for TW's includes many parts similar to those we stock for SR's, seats, tanks, exhaust and light kits etc...Virtually any custom part available for the TW [within reason] can be ordered... and we stock many parts not shown in our online store & all of it is made for the TW specifically! Anyway enough of us giving ourselves a plug.. "Need TW or W650 custom parts", just ask! p.s parts selection will be online soon!!

This Peyton Place SR is one of the nicest SR builds you will ever see! We captured some great pics while at Peyton Place and as you can see when you click on the image, the attention to detail is second to none... Thanks to the guys at Peyton Place we were able to take some great pics of their bikes. All that we saw had attention to detail that only professional builders can achieve. To sum it up PP bikes are simply stunning! The full series of pics will be shown as a feature on our website at some stage, so look out for the posting in the future. Till then enjoy this glimpse at a very nice ride..

The humble SR has carried the tag of being a cult bike in Japan for several decades. It is such an icon of the streets of Japan that TV producers choose to feature them in TV drama series shows quite regularly. We weren't completely surprised that this edited footage from a Japanese series has shown up on You-tube.

Japanese drama series are not high on their export list so we don't see a lot of this. We are also unlikely to sit down to watch a Japanese tear jerker love story drama show anyway… but if you are in Japan and turn on the tele you may just see some famous old and new rides on the screen [maybe helped by the marketing depts?]…

The SR has also had its fair share of features in commercials, fashion mags, billboards and even video games and it is not alone. The T dub [TW200] also being such a figure on the streets of Japan for the youth of Tokyo [and all over Japan] means they also get a start in main stay Japanese media occasionally not to mention the odd drama shows [especially if the show was made several years back...]

If you have spent some time in Japan you may recognise some of the scenes in this clip. It does well to depict what you see a lot of in Japan; cool SR's and custom rides in the small side streets and roads almost everywhere you turn [maybe I am always looking for it??] It is not uncommon to hear the sound of singles all night long in Tokyo [well up until midnight most nights]. You just need to go for a walk around the streets and you will trip over bikes like this…

BTW, forget catching a cab to Narita airport [as seen in the vid at 0:25] It is a bad idea! Cost, mmm well it is about $250 bucks AUD from Tokyo station! Never miss the last train to get you to your flight on time! Enjoy the clip of the week [or at the very least enjoy checking out the bike in the clip of the week!]

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