Lake Biwa NSR Meeting
West Japan (Kansai)
Sunday, June 27th, 2004

The Kansai NSR meeting organized by my friend Momo of IJITTERUKAI? was held on June 27th, 2004. The weather was not exactly the greatest again and the weather forecast predicted chances of rain. It was slightly sunny in the morning when I left, them it got a bit cloudy and even rained a few drops on the way there. Luckily for us it did not rain anymore and eventually turned into a nice sunny day. The ride down was fun. We took the highway and made pretty good time. We arrived just in time for the 11:00AM start time. Most others were there already and a few other NSR owners showed up soon after that. In total only 9 NSR's showed up, plus two TZR250 owners and a RVF400 owner that also has a NSR that is presently being restored. I am pretty sure a lot more owners would have showed up if the weather had been better.
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Right:Momo, Eiji and the bikes stopped on the highway A police car passed by us, so we waited a while till he was out of sight
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Right: NSR owners and friends.

Left and Below: The NSR's

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The kind people at Tyga Performance were kind enough to share some cool Tyga Performance goodies for everyone who attended. Paul at Tyga was so generous he decided to give away a complete Hi-Flow reed valve kit for one lucky NSR owner. The winner was chosen by a Rock, Scissors and Paper contest which is a popular and fun way of deciding stuff in Japan.
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The finals
The winner
Runners up

45K - Click for full size image Everybody showing off their new Tyga T-shirts. Thanks to the staff at Tyga for those!! Everybody was really glad. 25K - Click for full size image
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Friends talking
Spot the Tyga sticker?
My NSR

Overall, it was a great day!! I got to make some new friends, see a bunch of NSR's and had a great trip. Lake Biwa was really nice and which is also Japan's largest lake. I am sure there would have been a much larger turn out if the weather had been a bit better in the morning. I had a great time and hope to make it to the next meeting which will be held in HAKONE or around GOTEMBA in the eastern part of Japan, not too far from Tokyo. For you Tokyo or Kanto residents this is a great chance to meet up with other NSR owners and make some new friends. Date is scheduled for Monday, July 19th, 2004.

Special thanks to Momo of IJITTERUKAI? for organizing this fun event and much more, to the owners who showed up and also to the staff at TYGA PERFORMANCE for the prizes, T-shirts and other goodies!! Thanks everybody !!


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