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danchop
15th April 2007, 21:29
ive got a bike that seems to be sold buggar all in english speaking countries(suzuki v125g)and i see in japan they have all these hot up goodies like exhausts,pod filters,programmable ecus etc,i cant seem to find any info out on the pruducts because even by translating using google its still hard to make sense,anybody know anyone in bike shops or elsewhere that translates things
onearmedbandit
15th April 2007, 21:49
This guy (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=2805) can probably help, Stephen is his name. Otherwise I could help, I've just come back from there last week with my wife and daughter where I spent most of my time at bike shops.
jonbuoy
15th April 2007, 23:12
I wish I could speak the lingo - they have some great bike websites - well they look great.
Shorts
15th April 2007, 23:20
I can read a little bit as well, I don't mind looking up stuff. Use a translator like BabelFish too.
danchop
16th April 2007, 07:02
cool thanks guys ill try and narrow down what i want translated and pm you,also is yahoo the main auction site like trademe is here?
Shorts
16th April 2007, 10:12
Yahoo Auction Japan has some good stuff. I don't know what "Trade Me" is, but yahoo.jp is like Ebay.

If you do get registered there, the difficult thing isusing a payment method.
El Dopa
16th April 2007, 20:01
Yahoo Auction Japan has some good stuff. I don't know what "Trade Me" is, but yahoo.jp is like Ebay.

If you do get registered there, the difficult thing isusing a payment method.

I think okshon.com is the company that runs an english-language 'skin' on top of yahoo.jp, which makes payment and shipping a bit easier to sort out.

A guy I know from another forum uses them quite a bit for old jap bike parts.
Her_C4
16th April 2007, 20:06
ive got a bike that seems to be sold buggar all in english speaking countries(suzuki v125g)and i see in japan they have all these hot up goodies like exhausts,pod filters,programmable ecus etc,i cant seem to find any info out on the pruducts because even by translating using google its still hard to make sense,anybody know anyone in bike shops or elsewhere that translates things


Google it - translate web page Japanese to English. Plenty of options:sunny:
Shorts
18th April 2007, 00:15
I think okshon.com is the company that runs an english-language 'skin' on top of yahoo.jp, which makes payment and shipping a bit easier to sort out.

A guy I know from another forum uses them quite a bit for old jap bike parts.

Excellent site - thanks