Shogun Appreciation Society
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby find_bruce » Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:34 pm
Getting close Eugene. Go to the album you listed https://photos.app.goo.gl/kYRMBciiWYkJJaxL9, select a photo, right click on the image & paste it in the image tags.Eug1 wrote:
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby mgnovenie » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:54 pm
My understanding was that from lowest to highest was:
Ground Breaker
Trail Breaker
Prairie Breaker.
Where does a slick rock fit in?
But then I discovered there was a Prairie Breaker Pro and Expert...but then I recall seeing a Trail Breaker Pro somewhere on the internet.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby am50em » Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:19 pm
http://members.optuszoo.com.au/~am50em/ ... etails.pdf
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:32 pm
My perspective on this was that they were different models, not necessarily comparable. So the Trail Breaker 3 was a step below the Trail Breaker 2 which was a step down from the TB1 etc. The Priairie Breaker 3 was a step down from Prairie Breaker 2 and so on and so on, so in that sense they were a bit different to the roadies Katana - Ninja - Samurai equation.mgnovenie wrote:Does anyone know what the hierarchy for Shogun mountain bikes was?
My understanding was that from lowest to highest was:
Ground Breaker
Trail Breaker
Prairie Breaker.
Where does a slick rock fit in?
But then I discovered there was a Prairie Breaker Pro and Expert...but then I recall seeing a Trail Breaker Pro somewhere on the internet.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby find_bruce » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:03 pm
Prairie Breaker Team Issue -XT drivetrain, double butted chromoly
Prairie Breaker Pro - Deore drivetrain, double butted chromoly
Ground Breaker expert - LX drivertrain,double butted chromoly
Ground Breaker - Exage "mountain" drivetrain, chromoly
Trail Breaker 3 - Exage "trail" drivetrain, chromoly frame triangle & fork
Trail Breaker 2 - Exage "country" drivetrain, tangaloy frame triangle & fork
Trail Breaker 1 SIS drivetrain, tangaloy frame triangle & fork
By 1992 they added Prairie Breaker XTR at the top end, Ground Breaker expert replaced by Prairie Breaker Exptert & dropped the other Ground Breaker.
1996 only Prairie Breaker was the expert, added Trail Breaker 4 & Ltd
Slick rock LX (Deore LX), STX (STX) & Expert (Acera) turned up by 1998 which were alloy frames
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby xargon » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:19 pm
Been working on this off & on for a few weekends now. Most of my time was spent chiseling/grinding rust off everything. Once rust was removed and treated, I covered the exposed spots on the frame with clear nail polish to keep it original and protected. Front deraileur was upgraded, other than that I think it is mostly original. Pretty happy with it I haven't seen many of these around
Lots of paint missing from the bottom of the frame, lots of work with the dremel and rustbuster cleaning it all up:
*sorry about the dark photos I was running out of daylight!
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby P!N20 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:33 pm
I'd grab that for a wet weather commuter if it was in Melbourne...and I was a few inches taller.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WyvernRH » Mon Dec 03, 2018 8:00 pm
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:01 pm
from memory, Shogun released the road triple-triangle frames in late '86 for the 1987 model year, and I vaguely recall it being restricted to upper-end models like the Samurai. I think the first series were Tange2 or Tange5 and mostly Shimano 600. Quite rare. I think they continued into '88 but not sure after that, am working from memory.WyvernRH wrote:Not quite on theme but...
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby Eug1 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:27 pm
I did see a frame for sale fairly recently on Facebook market place. Just had a search but now gone. Can't remember size, but they were asking $500 and were in St Kilda. Good luck with the search, they do look great.WyvernRH wrote:Not quite on theme but...
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
Richard
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby uart » Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:35 pm
Yep, you're looking for a late 80's Katana or Samurai.10speedsemiracer wrote: from memory, Shogun released the road triple-triangle frames in late '86 for the 1987 model year, and I vaguely recall it being restricted to upper-end models like the Samurai.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby xargon » Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:48 am
I have one, theres a pic of it on the bottom of page 36 on this thread. Mines the '87, full shimano 105 and infinity tubing. Really really nice bike to ride. As someone above as said, they were late 80's and are quite rare but they do come up. If anyone is looking for older bikes I have found this website an invaluable resource in tracking down desirable shoguns - http://findabike.com.au/. Just type in the brand in the search field (shogun) and away you go, I used it to track down everything I had on my want list. I had to check it everyday for 2 years to find the two triple triangle frames I have, and even then I still had to have some luck to get them as well, I have seen the bulk of them sell within less than an hour once listed, good luck.WyvernRH wrote:Not quite on theme but...
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
Richard
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:11 am
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby twowheels » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:47 pm
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Sat Jan 19, 2019 3:13 pm
Same, I think they make excellent tough inner-city commuter bikes. And for some reason, they age a lot better than others of that era..have done a bunch of them over the years. Usually just a refurb and swap to V brakes (or mini V) and road-friendly Schwalbes and sell it on. They usually get snapped up.twowheels wrote:I do like refurbishing Shogun Trail Breakers ....
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby twowheels » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:47 pm
I don't sell, I give them away to people who are homeless.10speedsemiracer wrote:Same, I think they make excellent tough inner-city commuter bikes. And for some reason, they age a lot better than others of that era..have done a bunch of them over the years. Usually just a refurb and swap to V brakes (or mini V) and road-friendly Schwalbes and sell it on. They usually get snapped up.twowheels wrote:I do like refurbishing Shogun Trail Breakers ....
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby Flash5500 » Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:59 pm
Have acquired this resprayed ShogunTeam Issue, trying to Id it’s build year.
Features:
Brake cable guides under top tube
Rear spacing currently 128
Pump peg on head tube
Serial number S115229
27.2 seatpost
Hoping someone can confirm or point me in the right direction.
Apologies to all Shogun purists also, obviously not as good as original but a pretty good job has been done on it.
Thanks
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby find_bruce » Mon Mar 11, 2019 9:52 pm
Much, looks good. Its very hard to narrow a production frame down to a year after it's been resprayed - steel frames didn't change that much year to year - its usually the paint, stickers & parts that give an approximate dateFlash5500 wrote:
Think that’s better.
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby pedalleur » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:26 am
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby pedalleur » Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:36 am
Once i fixed up the Trail breaker 1 I didn't really want to part with it, but a fella advertised his Cannondale roadie wanting to swap it for a mountain bike, the trailer breaker 1 isn't really classed as that, yeah? but i put my tender in and sent off some photos, he chose mine out of all the other inquiries, best deal ever10speedsemiracer wrote:Same, I think they make excellent tough inner-city commuter bikes. And for some reason, they age a lot better than others of that era..have done a bunch of them over the years. Usually just a refurb and swap to V brakes (or mini V) and road-friendly Schwalbes and sell it on. They usually get snapped up.twowheels wrote:I do like refurbishing Shogun Trail Breakers ....
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby Eug1 » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:20 am
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3838089096WyvernRH wrote:Not quite on theme but...
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
Richard
Too small for me, but might be what you've been looking for?
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Re: Shogun Appreciation Society
Postby WyvernRH » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:18 pm
Thanks for the heads up but sadly too small for me also.Eug1 wrote:https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 3838089096WyvernRH wrote:Not quite on theme but...
Seeing the MTB in the post above, I have for quite a while been trying to track down one of the road-bike versions of a Shogun with a cross frame like that MTB (in my size). Trouble is working out what you are searching for. Does anybody have a list of the road models and years that were built with the cross frame so at least I get a chance with the search engine
Richard
Too small for me, but might be what you've been looking for?
Richard
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