Trevor H’s 1984 Niitaka 10 Speed

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1984 Niitaka Racer

Bike is a 1984 Nittaka Mens Racer Location_Adelaide, South Australia Spotted this baby when riding to my moms about a week ago. It was a hard rubbish find that a guy had picked up and he was selling it at a garage sale. I paid $40 for it. Only needed a clean and polish. The bike looked like it was almost brand new and you could see it had not been used very much. The Niitaka only has lower end components and I was surprised to see that they still made bikes with cotter pin cranks in 1984. I think the dyno light may have been an ad on. I have seen a few Niitaka BMX online but not too many Niitaka racers.

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  • BeaterRezQ

    Trevor H., beautiful. Nice find and nearly picture-perfect. Love everything about that classy ride. BRQ

  • Owen P

    The headbadge is making me thirsty for some Pepsi! The shorty fenders are sweet. My ’85 Roadmaster has the same cottered crank.
    Old bike boom 10 Speeds are like, uh, old Dodge Darts (best thing I could come up with). There’s a million of them, but each has its own personality and unique features.

  • otto_von

    very nice, and it cleaned up beautifully! are those knock-off shimano derailleurs and shifters?

  • Tifosi Fratello

    Very nice! In 1977, my father bought me a Niitaka 10-speed (Silver) with Suntour derailleurs and shift gear. It had a leather bag behind the seat, a hand tire pump, a plastic water bottle, and a speedometer. Mine did not come with fenders. I rode that bike at least 50 miles a day. I could keep up with 35 mph traffic and could max out at just under 42 mph on level ground. I used to try and get up to 60 mph going down this hill in La Mesa, Ca. The street was called Cinnabar Dr. I never made it to 60 mph. I could get to 57 mph and that was it. Thinking back now, I was crazy because I had no helmet. https://goo.gl/maps/ACF4AzP2fc22, https://goo.gl/maps/nS97tdRieGo

  • Erwin

    Hai…i have same bike but not sure what year that bike it was. My question is how do you know the production year of that bike and also i’d like to know your bike serial number thanks in advance