your very first yonex racket

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  1. red00ecstrat

    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    guys,

    what's your very first yonex racket?
    i got my 2nd handed yonex b-8000 in 1980.......may be 1981. i couldn't remember quite clearly! anyway, that's my first yonex racket!
    then what about u guys?

    red
     
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    mine was an ancient yonex blacken (B-8100???)
     
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    Blacken.......ancient :D
     
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    Still got it somewhere... might get it out and play with it just for a laugh:D
     
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    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    i also have one b-8100. but i gave it to my sister many years ago!
     
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    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    don't laugh. it's wasn't bad fast3r!!!
     
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    I've found it!

    Yonex B-8100 Blacken:

    Stainless Shaft
    External T-joint
    Feels really stiff to me
    Original strings with old yy logo (16lbs)???
    Serial no 4122SP
    old karakal pu grip
    not in great condition (lots of scratches around the top but structurally fine)
     
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    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    i m gonna check mine when i visit my sister! it should be in poor condition as well! :crying:
     
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    anyone know how much it cost new? mine was passed down to me when i started playing
     
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    Some really crabby one about 15 years ago - have got rid of it already. First "real" Yonex racquet was cab 8xxx something, which I bought about 6 years ago (got rid of that one too).
     
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  11. red00ecstrat

    red00ecstrat Regular Member

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    a brand new one? i don't think it's easy to get one now.
    i bought mine in around 1983 for 90 hk dollars!!!
     
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    sorry, yes i meant a new one when it was still out. i wouldnt want to buy one now:D :D :D
     
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    at that time a brand new cab 8 (b-8500) was about 180 hk dollars! it's a bit pricy for me as a junior high student in 1983!
     
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    I still got my first yonex racket, an Isometric 20- made of aluminium and steel, seriously bent outta shape now though. I know the racket really isn't that old but I'm only 16...:D
     
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    I still got my first yonex, totally playable too. a Cab 10..

    but dunno if it is real or not thou. :eek: it didn't matter to me that time, just as long as i get to play, i am was happy. Too much "ideas" nowadays...:crying:

    "ideas" as in "Wow, i will play better with a ISO head, rather a Oval cab.." or "Hey, I am going to play better today just because i am using a MP99":p
     
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    MP23 was my first Yonex racquet! I played with carlton and slagenger racquets before...
     
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    My first Yonex was also a cab 8 in 1984. It costed me $48 US dollars at that time. :crying:
     
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    My first yonex was a MP27. However, it died 4months after with a clash against...an admirable adversary... I then bought a MP66..that died as well. Now i stick with BlackKnight rackets :D
     
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    Mine was purchased in the early 80's... I don't remember what it was named, but it was a steel shaft/aluminum head that was bright orange with white strings... thing lasted me through highschool.
     
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    I think mine was like a Cab-20 or something like that in the 80s, but I can't seem to remember precisely.
     
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