my bike

Designed/manufactured by Bridgestone and marketed by C. Itoh.

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Kabuki bikes ran the gamut from department store junk to top-of-the-line road and track racers.

Bridgestone serial number coding:

How can I tell what year it was made?
The serial number is usually under the bottom bracket shell. If the first letter is A through G, it was made in January through July. The first number following that letter is the last number of the year. If it's a 9, you have to figure out whether it's 1989 or 1999, bearing in mind all the while that Bstone quit exporting to the U.S. in 1994. The other numbers identify the week and day it was made.

If Kabuki used the Bridgestone code, your frame was manufactured in February 1982 or possibly 1992. Component vintage and comparison to pictures and catalogs on the web can tell you which decade you have.

Kabuki dates to the mid-1970's and 'may' have had some models built by Panasonic. The cast lug/flared tube models were unique. Their stainless steel tube Submariner models were the first use of that material I can remember offhand.

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The model pictured utilized the cast-in-place lugwork. The tube ends were flared and plugged with the lugs cast around the tubes. They are only semi-collectible, but do have some value as a manufacturing oddity. These were done in steel and aluminum.