KUMAJ Interview

grommit said:

Off to the land of the rising sun today...KUMAJ...


What do you do for a living?
Representative of Japan branch for company in USA (Semiconductor business).

How long have you owned your FZ6?
11 months

What other modes of transport do you have?
Land cruiser 70, bicycle, bus, train etc

If you could have any bike what would it be?
Ah … I want to owe F800GS or middle size dual purpose model. Also I wanna owe FZR1000(3GM) exup again.

What are your hobbies apart from the bike?
Trekking, Camping, and Cooking.

What is the best place you have visited on your travels and why?
Rosenheim in Germany. There are many nice beers. Tekapo Lake in NZ and Australian out back because can’t forget wonderful starry sky.

Describe yourself in three words?
Workaholic(sometime), Ordinaly Bald-head, KUMA (means bear in Japanese)

Which invention in history would you most like to have come up with?
YAMAHA 2 stroke rockets like RZ350 (RD350R in western country??)

If you ruled the world, what is the first thing you would outlaw?
I wanna force all of tax, insurance for motorbike are free.

If you were forced to entertain us all at the Forum Christmas party - what would your talent be?
I’ll cook Sushi with very fresh fishes.

Snow or beach?
Snow

Windows or Mac?
Windows

F1 or NASCAR?
F1

Which track or album rocks your boat?
Fleetwood Mac… .The Kinks… … etc

What is your favourite film?
Porco Rosso, Le Grand Blue, The Sky Crawlers,

Meat or Veg?
Sorry, I prefer fish and good carb (rice, noodles).

What is your favourite beverage?
Beer Beer Beer!

And finally, your number one rule in life?
Consider well before becoming upset or angry.

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KUMAJ said:

Gromitt-san,
Where did you try it in? Especially, winter is very good season enjoy it. Cold one is recommended on fresh Sake.

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KUMAJ said:

Are you in Noth Carorina? Let me see... . I'll ask question to my friends living California and Maine. I recommend below if you could find those in USA.

メ張鶴 " Shime-hari-zuru"
八海山 "Hakkai-san"
高清水 "Takashimizu"
上善如水 "Jouzen-mizuno-gotoshi"

I'm gonna send you PM when I get reply from them.

Also, have nice weekend.

Cheers!

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KUMAJ said:

Are you in Noth Carorina? Let me see... . I'll ask question to my friends living California and Maine. I recommend below if you could find those in USA.

メ張鶴 " Shime-hari-zuru"
八海山 "Hakkai-san"
高清水 "Takashimizu"
上善如水 "Jouzen-mizuno-gotoshi"

I'm gonna send you PM when I get reply from them.

Also, have nice weekend.

Cheers!

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KUMAJ said:

Hi mate!

Which exup do you prefer? Early model or later model(up side down fork installed)? I had been little tired of carb mentenance for 3GM. #1 or #2 carb need to maintain frequently.... . However..... I noticed that still 3GM are top level road bike after owing FZ6. I little regret that I sold that but little heavy for Japanese trafic condition. I had '90 exup and installed FZ750 front fairing. Installed '98 R1 front wheel, XJR1300 Fork, FZS1000 rear wheel, Sumitomo MOS64 brake caliper, Acrapovic full exhaust, paint exterior and brack frame ...... Dry weight became 190kg !!!

Now, I'm planning add FZR400RR(3TJ) and convert cylinder to Thunder cat! It will be track bike.

Have nice weekend! :thumbup:

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