This is a perfect summer/ winter suit, the perforations keep you cool in the heat; just wear a thicker undershirt in the winter and you're ready to go.

I'm 6'2", 175 lbs (32-33" waist, 42L jacket) and it fit's me like a glove. This is an off-the-rack size JP-LL (Japanese Large Long)
Mike at the Kushitani store in LA has been kind enough to help me re-sell the suit, so if you'd like to go and actually try the suit on, no problem.
They can also do any alterations you may need to give you the perfect fit, if it's "close" but "not close enough".

U.S. KUSHITANI INC.
4059 Lincoln Blvd #E Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
TEL: 310-823-9111

Safety Technology and Construction: http://www.kushitani.com/realsuit/
Main Site: http://www.kushitani.com/

Here's some info about the suit:

"The design includes our exclusive K-Foam protection system in rear shoulders, shoulders, forearms, elbows and hip areas. The stretch panel in the kidney area promotes exceptional comfort and mobility. The Zylon panel's size has been increased for more air flow and ease of movement, while decreasing total weight. Other features include light weight design, leather graphics, as well as punch mesh leather (perforation) on chest and lower legs."

"Kushitani’s proto-core leather is a top-quality natural material. Due to the softness of the leather, our proto-core suits fit better than the ordinary race suit. Water resistance prevents the suit from getting heavy through rain or sweat. This material forms to your body, is water proof, and provides maximum comfort. Riders say that these suits feel like leather pajamas."

"Kushitani suits are perforated, for maximum airflow and minimum body exhaustion. Punched mesh and punched mesh shirring are also a Kushitani patent (Pat:1810469 and 1810470). The debut of Kushitani's punched mesh suits was at the grueling SUZUKA 8 HOUR endurance race in Japan."

"ZYLON has excellent performance, in such properties as creep, chemical resistance, cut/abrasion resistance, and high temperature abrasion resistance, which far exceed all other fibers. It is 5 times stronger than carbon fiber, and 7 times stronger than Kevlar."

"K-Foam The main purpose of a leather suit is to add high protection to your body. K-Foam is a shock absorbent material developed by Kushitani, which is made by special acrylic emulsion. It has memory, which gives 100% restoration, is durable and molds to your body shape through the natural body temperature. The shock absorbing foam is built into vital body sections of the suits including the shoulders, elbows and hip areas."

If you are interested, please email me at craigslist310@me.com

Thanks,
Cory

p.s. This is an "As-Is" sale, please do some serious measurements and make sure the suit fits before you buy it, there will be no returns.
This is a private sale, Kushitani is not the seller, they are just damn cool to help me out.

'''my competitors are flagging my ads relentlessly so e-mail me before this gets taken down at JF90026@yahoo.com or go to http://www.myspace.com/jfcycle for full inventory and photo listings!'''

If you are looking for a vintage honda in stock condition or close to it, or possibly an all out cafe racer, or anything in between-contact me! I worked for CycleTrader for many years and developed a huge network of dealers across the country that get these old bikes as trades all the time and I am the first guy they call when they get one! I have about 7 CB550's for sale right now, NONE of these bikes are put up for sale until they have an extensive inspection and all malfunctions are fixed or at the very least disclosed UPFRONT (on the phone or in the ad) so no surprises when you come have a look at my bikes. 

I also have my own dedicated cafe operation with 12 YEARS of modifying and cutting experience, and we can take any CB model and turn it into a head turning cafe!

FOR MULTIPLE PHOTOS OF CURRENT INVENTORY, GO HERE http://www.flickr.com/photos/30881286@N04/

78 CB550 Cafe- by far my favorite bike out of the current batch!!

72 CB500 (sold)

70 CL350 Scrambler

79 CB750 (sold)

78 CB550

78 CB550


ALSO HAVE 3 MORE CB 550'S NOT PICTURED AND WILL SHORTLY HAVE A 78 CB750 CAFE! One is a fully stock black 77 CB550 with original pipes and reupholstered seat (looks a lot like the last one pictured), as well as a black 75 CB550 kick ass cafe with all new paint -IT WILL TURN HEADS.

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all bikes range from $2300-$4500 depending of course on the bike, but if you NEED to stay around $2000 I can find you something! Although I highly recommend going the extra 4 or 500 upfront, the $2000 miracle always ends up costing at least that in the first 4 or 5 weeks after leaving you high and dry for the second or third time)

When you e-mail me be sure to list what models you are interested in buying, what kind of budget you can give me to work with and realistically when you are looking to make your purchase (be it tomorrow, next week or next month!)

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This 78 Honda CB550 is unreal! As fast it looks! It has been gone over very thoroughly and is 110% mechanically solid!

noteworthy CAFE MODS-

-Henry Abe 605 Kit (actually a 593cc bike)!!

-Dual disc front brakes with stainless steel lines!

-Yoshimura street cam

-Rear sets

-Leather seat

-Daytona fork brace

absolutely firm at $3999. My cafe builder would probably kill me if I even considered an offer of $3950! Please call soon and take this amazing bike off my hands! Please! Every minute i'm on it the harder it is to talk myself out of keeping it!! 702 715 1882-

Since I believe in being honest (least when it comes to bikes, hah) I will be as upfront as possible- none of my bikes will give you a surprise when you show up or ride it home. If there is anything not fully functional on it, you will know about it before you get here and we do our best to make sure absolutely everything is taken cafe of before it comes to that.none of this;"Yeah, it needs a front brake rebuild, it sticks a little. oh yeah and i didn't mention that turn signal doesn't work.. Oh and the carbs I think were cleaned like 6 months ago (aka never)"

That being said! On this one, the turn signals work but the switch is funny. We're 99% sure it's just that the brass contact points are corroded- if you hold the switch to the left or right without engaging it, they will flash. If you engage it, they will just stay lit without flashing. the relays and wiring are all good, so we think it's just the contact points in the switch. We didn't fix it, not only because it's so minorm but honestly I couldn't put off riding this thing another minute!

Secondly the paint has some issues and is cracking on the tank and tailpiece. the color is great, but not sure what kind of job was done on the paint. I considered repainting it but that would tie it up for another week and I didn't want to do that. Upon seeing it if you want to repaint it, I suppose we can negotiate that because I do have a place i can get deals through and they do fantastic work.

Two last noteworthy things-I noticed after riding this a bit that the rear brake is not very strong, and the foot pedal doesn't spring back up quite like it should. sometimes you have to flip it back up with your foot after you use it. The front brake is awesome (remember, dual disc) but rear could probably use some improvement down the road, and the speedo cable casing going to the sending unit is split and covered up in high temperature adhesive. still fully functional!  Other than that... there's nothing more to mention, everything else is ready to go!! Yes, I know these are stupid details, but now you know! Jeremy


$3999 and it can be all yours! 702 715 1882-Jeremy

Now go back to flagging my ads because I'm the only honest guy selling vintage bikes in Los Angeles.

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