Mystery yakota

[Johnnyp1969]

Hello and thanks for having me. Im johnny im new to the forum. I recently got an old bike that has taken me several weeks to find anything on the web about. Its a Yakota challenger road bike. Any information is greatly appreciated.

 

[Cycleops]

Never heard of that make before. Whereabouts are you?
What do you want to know about it? A picture would help greatly.

 

[Poacher]

Are you sure it's a yakota, and not a yokota?

 

[Cycleops]

Are you sure it's a yakota, and not a yokota?

Wasn't that one of the Pokémon characters?

 

[classic33]

"Yokota is mainly known for mountain bikes and I believe the company morphed in Dirt Research in about 1994, and then disappeared altogether a year later. Thomas Teesdale (tetcycles.com) made some higher end Yokota frames and made all of the DR frames. The Yokota may also be a reference to frame builder Gary Yokota, who apparently works for Santa Cruz."

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