The Bosozoku MEGAPOST

The following is a 3 part MegaThread that VadGTI posted some time in 2004 to the VWVortex
The photos were lost in a crash... this year... I recovered them and rehosted them and helped Vad re-code the forum threads so that they worked again.
However, you'll notice the threads start as "I'm Back! Part IV" and then V an VI, respectively...
there is in fact a part I, II and III... and we ARE recovering these as well. Teaser: lots of photos from Tokyo Auto Salon 2004!

Here is a SINGLE MEGAPOST of all 3 parts!

This was a meet at Daikoku in Yokohama a couple of days after January 1st.To celebrate the new year, bosozoku (motorcycle hooligans) cruise into Kamakura on motorcycles via the Shonan (like our PCH) in droves.Their other favorite mode of transport is an unregistered Mark II or Cresta (our Cressida) with its roof chopped off...The weekend after January 1st, they gather at Daikoku (a well-known spot for meets) for a huge meet at a rest stop... This is where I snapped these pics.The cars ranged from bozo'd out old school Laurels/Crestas/Skylines to crazy vans and flashing trucks...

Daikoku is in the middle of the tangle of off/on-ramps


Aerial shot

The meet went on until 4am, when the police (all the red lights on the left) decided to shut it down, using Skyline GT-R police cars

Bosozoku in the flesh

The musical entertainment for the evening

Bozo'd scooters

I have video of this one... It was incredible... Very epilepsy-inducing

I am so doing this to my S13

Bozo'd chopped Corolla (our Geo Prizm)

Bozo's chopped Mark II wagon

This will be part 2 of http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1364258 which has had 122,000 views on Vortex alone and cost me large amounts of bandwidth... Let's see what happens this time ...

Rear camber insanity...

Yep, S13 pick-up truck

Note plates

LHD wide-body LS400 with insane widebody

I love this Laurel

Part 3 coming soon...

fixed?

I was going back through my old posts, and realized that months and months ago, I promised a Part 3 with the left-over/not-so-good pics, but never delivered.I don't want to be known as a liar around these parts, so here goes

Just like in the movie biz, part 1 pulled off 170k views, part 2 didn't do so hot, and I expect part 3 will be a complete failure/disaster (see the Matrix trilogy for a good analogy )

Part 1: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1364258

Part 2: http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1440462

Part 3:

These guys were scary:

The Daikoku break-dancers

I love this pic (and yes, she is doing a JDM peace sign )... Wish I had it in high-res

Hmmm.... A cop yelling at a bunch of bosozoku in a chop-top Mark II wagon... This could get ugly..

Ok, it just got ugly...

yes, that is an R32 GT-R cop car chasing people around the rest stop

I guess we better leave... Ok, back to watch the Wangan races

Leaning over the freeway railing watching cars fly by at 3am... A nice place to bring a date

Who's that cool guy ?

The ultra-rare S13 Silvia A's (Almighty)

And my camera starts to die...

And now, I'm done... 6 months later