eighties

The hardcore Kyusha Shoe community was abuzz last weekend when one of the more interesting auction finds that I’ve ever come across appeared. It was a set of un-used and still in boxes Volk C1‘s complete with tags and instruction manuals, and one of the two aero options for the wheels, […]

From 1000 to 297000

6 Mar, 2017 in Shopping tagged composite / eighties / rays / ultra-rare / volk / yahoo by Q Osborne

With a logo showing a star wearing shades and a rizento cut, Hiro Engineering has always been a symbol for hardcore shakotan style. Originating in 1975, and with kenmeri Skylines fit with their body parts ruling my dreams, I imagined that wheels had always been a part of their product […]

A Hiro Born

15 Feb, 2017 in Wheel Info tagged asscan / eighties / hiro / speedstar / ssr by Q Osborne

You may not have heard of Topy Enterprises. That is forgivable. Although Topy has been producing wheels for more than 85 years, and today is a huge multi-national manufacturer, their focus has tended more towards commercial endeavours. They have served as a manufacturer for OEM application wheels (Nissan and Isuzu), […]

Topy Jovite

8 Apr, 2016 in News tagged adscan / eighties / jovite / topy by Q Osborne

Debuting in 1977, the Xray was the fourth wheel produced by Rays Engineering. Preceding it, was the now near unobtainable Volk Dish, and the more popular Volk 3-piece mesh and Volk II mesh. Like the Volk II mesh which also launched in 1977, the Xray used a two piece welded construction. […]

Xray Forecasting the Future

7 Mar, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / eighties / rays / raysengineering / seventies by Q Osborne

Last week Robbie showed us his Target Racing TR-03. With a four spoke style reminiscent of the SSR MK-II, the TR-03 is not a well known wheel. It’s usage however, probably goes unrecognized more than it should simple because of its similarity to the popular MK-II. It takes an educated […]

More on Target

25 Feb, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / eighties / equip01 / keystone / mario / motorfan / mystery / racing / seventies / target by Q Osborne

A couple of years ago while searching through craigslist for the usual tags I came across an ad marked something along the lines of “JDM Wheel Pair”. Thinking that I’d had some luck flipping pairs of wheels in the past I clicked that ad and looked a bit a further […]

Wheel Mystery Solved

19 Feb, 2016 in Rare Finds tagged adscan / eighties / guestpost / motorfan / seventies / targetracing / yahoo by Robbie Jordan

The recent death of Andre Courrèges renewed my motivation to complete the entry of his wheels in this database. Now having done that, I feel inclined to comment further. The eight wheels pictured above represent the full Yamaco Courrèges line up from 1984. From top to bottom left to right: sing your […]

A Courrèges Wheels Tribute

12 Feb, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / courreges / cute / dish / eighties / heart / honda / yamaco by Q Osborne

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