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It's almost the time of the culture fair...

And we will be making a race!

A race?

Yup!

For trying to get people to come to the bike club, it's perfect for us!

That idea sounds delightful.

What a display of our renegade-ness that would be.

I get it. If we hold a race,

we could possibly get more people to learn about bikes.

But how are we going to deal with all those new riders.

It'll be a pain for us.

Just do a crepe or takoyaki stand or something.

Well, I think the ones in the Bike Club should be the ones to decide.

Let's race together, Rin-chan!

Well, only because you asked.

It's okay, right, Onsa-chan?

I guess it is.

It'll be more fun with more competitors.

I'm glad.

Okay, back to work.

Now we should figure out how to make the race appealing.

Speaking of which, where's Raimu-senpai?

The principal was asking to see her earlier.

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kono saka o noborikittara

この坂を上り切ったら

kanarazu mieru keshiki ga suki datte

必ず見える景色が好きだって

senaka ni hane o motsu ano ko mo itte waratteta

背中に羽を持つあの子も言って笑ってた

dokidoki ga isshun de

ドキドキが一瞬で

tokimeki ni natteikunda nante

トキメキになっていくんだなんて

ano koro wa shinjirarenakute

あの頃は信じられなくて

tada mitoreteita yo

ただ見惚れていたよ

kono supiido ni noseta taion ga

このスピードに乗せた体温が

ima zenshin de tsutau tsuujiau

今全身で伝う 通じ合う

monogatari no kagi wa kono te ni

物語の鍵はこの手に

gyutto tsuyoku nigitteiru kara

ぎゅっと強く握っているから

kanjite kotaete kaze ni naru

感じて 応えて 風になる

sora ni tokete umi o dakishimeru

空に溶けて海を抱きしめる

atarashii sekai ga mieru hazu

新しい世界が見えるはず

saa tashikame ni ittemiyou

さぁ確かめに行ってみよう

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Episode 6

Prep!!

Senpai!

What the..

Would you like to know why I'm in such a good mood?

Of course you do!

No I don't.

I just got

a

new

bike!

A 1.3 liter, inline-four engine!

2.2 million yen, in cash!

TL Note: 20k USD or 17k Euro

Get on and take a good look.

It's got the new bike smell, right?

Can I have the keys?

You're not riding my bike before I've broken it in.

Okay... fine...

That catches you eye, right?

The front doesn't dip when you brake.

Not that I have any idea how it works.

Let me take a look then

You idiot!

You'll void the warranty if you mess with it!

OKAY CALM DOWN

Only the mechanics at a dealer can touch it!

I'm Return Rider Tazuko.

I go to the dealer for even the slightest issues.

I'm a money-spending rider of justice.

I pay others to give me happiness.

You might never know that happiness,

but that's what you gain with age.

Senpai, do you remember

the day we went to Chiba to watch an auto race?

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Raimu-senpai, what are you looking at?

It's...

A Kawasaki GPZ250R!

To be honest, I've never like, seen one.

Me neither.

Isn't this...

so fugly!

I heard they're called "The Bikes From The Future",

but the shape of it gave it the name "pigeon cookie".

With five body colors and seven seat colors,

it has 35 different color variations.

They wanted people to change seat colors to match their mood.

I puked the moment I saw the catalog.

Change Your

Seat

Colors to

Match

Your

Mood!

Huh?

Where's Senpai?

I thought you had to be twenty to buy betting tickets.

She can, for some reason.

Just how old is she?

Ballot Station 5-2

Which one did you buy, Senpai?

Funapashi Auto

Win

10,000 yen on one pick?

Odds are one in ten, not favored.

No way.

Round 3

Winners

100,000 yen! 100,000 yen! 100,000 yen!

How did you know this one would win?

You can tell by looking into the motorcycles' eyes

The motorcycles' eyes? What does that mean?

Let's take that money to a family restaurant!

They have a new dessert called "tiramisu"...

D u e t

You're spending all your profits on one pick again?

At least save some for our dinner!

There's a bike I want

You nailed it again, Senpai!

Go! Go!

I'll kill you if you lose!

All right!

Funapashi Auto

Hey, Senpai, which bike are you buying?

What bike could cost that much?

What the hell?!

Y-You spent all that money to buy GPZ250Rs in 35 colors?

You can choose a color depending on your mood that day. Hop on!

I feel blue today, so I'll choose blue.

Me, too. Blue, because I'm blue.

This is hell.

It's like a bike from the future

That future is now, Senpai.

I'm going to give you a taste of the pure hell

that is being forced to listen to gloating!

Oh, my bike's so awesome!

I'm so in love!

Principal.

Bye.

Goodbye.

Get home safely.

She got away?

She's supposed to listen to me gloat.

I don't have anyone else to brag to, given my position.

Oh, Senpai. What wonderful timing.

We were talking about how we can make the race more appealing.

We're deciding by the voting system Onsa-chan came up with.

We each write a character on the palms of our hands,

and whoever has the most wins.

It's kind of boring just watching Senpai bet every time.

Why don't we try betting among ourselves a bit?

Good idea. Let's try it.

We could use some excitement, too.

Don't screw with me!

Hurry up and pay what you lost!

Sure, I will. With my fist!

That's what I've always hated about you, Tazuko!

Are you guys done?

Yes!

Then here we go.

Ready, and...

Gold

Water

Silver

Fire

Gold

Gold

I have one with the most, therefore,

I shall be in charge of this race.

Gold

But how do you make a race more appealing with gold?

Just leave it to me.

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Only a month left before the cultural festival.

Hayakawa is taking care of the venue,

as well as other matters.

There's something I want you all to do.

Oh? What is it?

Bike Modifications!

By Bike Modifications, do you mean like skulls and drills?

That's just lovely.

It's not lovely at all.

But well, of course,

Cheesy Modifications for our bikes would be really cool.

We could even make race replicas.

Speaking of which, ever since she decided to join the race, it looks like she's

been slowly making modifications to her Katana.

Really?

TL Note: The Big Four are Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha.

All your bikes happen to represent the Japanese Big Four.

At the festival, we'll be able to determine

which of the bikes is superior.

I don't care what kind of race it is,

as long as Rin doesn't win.

Hane, how fast does it say we're going?

60 km/h.

TL Note: 37 mph or 16 m/s

My meter's saying 80 km/h.

Even though we're driving together?

Damn happy meter.

Happy meter?

It's a meter that displays higher than the actual speed.

Listen up, Hane.

There are two types of bike modifications:

First, there's tuning. Then, there's custom.

Oh, I see!

Tuning is making it faster,

and custom is making it cooler.

Close.

Tuning is "making it easier to ride".

On the other hand, custom is "making it ride worse".

Making it ride worse?

But you know, people who ride bikes are a mystery.

Despite bikers having other bike friends,

we still want to have a identity different from others.

Like, "This bike rides horribly and I'm the only one who can even ride it."

Huh...

So, what about people who put anime stickers on their bikes?

Is that tuning or custom?

Huh?

Well it makes it harder to ride for other people so,

I guess it's custom?

Full of yourself again, Shaggy?

Rin-chan, you came too!

That's right, you modded your bike somewhere, right?

Come look and see.

Hot plasma!

A G-Gun Spark!

Hane, there's another type of bike modification.

The occult.

You mean, like ghosts and stuff?

Parts sold based on doubtful claims of performance gains.

These people put them on their bikes and feel good about it.

Say Rin, aren't you curious about how much power you've gained?

Want to have it tested at my shop?

What, don't tell me you're one of those people who care about the specs?

There are tons of things you can't put a number on!

Ah, I get it, I get it!

It's the sound or the vibration, right?

I'd prefer that it looks normal, you know?

This way, I can give it a boost without changing the look.

It feels different the moment you install it.

How could a bike be better if you didn't even change the parts?

That's too good to be true!

I get it.

I've been there before.

Onsa-chan...

Well, that said,

if there is an exception, it would be...

Oil additives!

This one's the real deal.

Add this when you do an oil change,

and gear shifts feel totally different!

The gear changes sound so smooth.

It gives it a huge kick. It sounds so beautiful when you shift into first.

It makes you want to shift for no reason.

That's too good to be true!

What do you think, Yume?

Huh?

What are the best kinds of parts to make a bike better?

I don't know much about motorcycles,

but I don't think it's so easy

to change the performance that much.

But people do notice a difference.

That's probably all in the person's head.

Their head?

People love their bikes, right?

They want to spend time, effort, and money on their bikes.

So it's probably fun just putting all kinds of parts on them.

Parts to make motorcycles more fun, huh?

That's it!

It's kinda weird how oil additives only have an affect when you change your oil!

Compared to that, hot plasma makes your bike better the moment you put it on!

That's still way too good to be true!

Rin-chan! Onsa-chan!

Look, I found some super cool parts!

I think you'll both love it!

It's as easy as sticking it on!

I actually already put it on your bikes!

Look!

Ultra Happy Meter!

Let me explain this product.

Simply attach it to the meter, and it shows double the speed!

It feels different the moment you install it.

No way.

Nope.

Huh?

What're you doing?

I thought it might give me ideas for the cultural festival race.

But I don't recognize some of the tools in it.

Let's see.

Like this panel that reduces your engine temperature when you go over it.

That's only in the game!

Such a useful panel doesn't exist in reality.

What? It's all made-up?

But a race would be so much more fun with these boards...

But maybe with Minowa Group,

Minowa Science's technology...

I said it's impossible.

Where's Hane?

She left early to work on bike modifications with Raimu-senpai.

Modifications?

Aren't you getting ready, too, Onsa-chan?

I was thinking maybe I'd decorate it with strobe colors using full wraps.

Don't you want to win?

I'm going to do my best, of course,

but there's only so much I can do with a Serow.

There'll be a cash prize, though.

A cash prize? Are you paying?

No, it's from our profits.

Huh?

The cultural festival race is going to be a betting race.

Betting?

The audience is going to bet?

Yes.

That way, even people who have

no interest in bikes can join in the fun.

We'll have people cheering for certain riders.

That's true, but...

Gold

Is that what you meant by "gold"?

B-But I don't think the school will allow that...

That's not true.

The principal gave her approval.

But she did name a strange condition...

All right.

If Raimu-se— I mean, a student named Kawasaki Raimu joins,

and if win tickets will be available,

I'll make an exception and allow

a race in the cultural festival.

That's a really suspicious condition...

But wouldn't your sidecar or Raimu-senpai's Ninja

have a huge advantage in a race?

Not to worry.

Hayakawa and I will not be entering the race.

We'll be emcees instead.

And we've thought of fair handicaps for Raimu-senpai, as well.

These kinds of races are more fun when they're close.

It'll be restricted to the four domestic manufacturers.

Four bikes, four riders.

I need you to be well-prepared, too.

If Raimu-senpai's going to be helping,

Hane must be doing some serious tuning.

I thought I could beat Hane, even on my Serow,

but this could get tough.

Nicoichi Motors

In which case...

So, you want to win?

I'm in it to win now.

I won't use it on public roads, so a large bike or one with expired insurance would work.

In that case, I have a winning machine.

Really?

You mean the YZF-R1?

We don't have a properly working R1 here.

It's true. All our bikes are scrap.

I won't have time for repairs before the festival.

Isn't that...

The unusual center-raised muffler...

Vapor

Exhaust

Front

Back

A unique layout with the carburetor

in front of the engine, a front-vapor, back-exhaust...

This is the biggest failure in Yamaha motorcycle history,

the second-generation TZR250 3MA!

Also known as the Sanma!

Bingo.

I used to ride this bike a long time ago.

I ran in races, too, but I could never win.

Still, this was cutting-edge at the time.

I believed it was the best machine available

and tried to get it to go faster.

I'll get laughed at if I ride this old two-stroke engine bike.

Hey, Dad, could I at least—

Come on, Onsa, get on.

I got it ready for public roads.

Okay, I'll take it around the block.

Sure.

See you.

I'm back.

Welcome back.

Dad, I hate to say it, but this is no good.

The engine sounds horrible, it pumps out tons of smoke,

it's stalled five times since I left, and worst of all, it's slow.

Of course it is.

You can't ride it the same way you ride an inline-four Serow and expect it to work well.

But...

Racer replicas with two-stroke engines

need a little more revving.

Take it for another lap.

No wonder two-stroke engines went extinct.

The noise, the smoke, the smell...

Two-stroke engines aren't built to go on modern roads, are they?

I guess the one upside is that they're lighter because they have fewer parts.

What else is good about it?

She finally got it up to 7,000 revs.

Mad acceleration as soon as it's in the power band...

Now I know the actual reason two-stroke engines went extinct.

Because it's a very naughty bike!

I can beat the Super Four and Katana on this!

Of course the Sanma was terrible for racing.

It was crazy for the manufacturers to stick with

the 3MA after the next-gen machine, the 3XV, came out.

But as time passed,

bike parts and tuning both evolved.

It took twenty years after it was discontinued.

It was a long time coming,

but we can finally get the Sanma to go fast.

I went pretty far.

I could have ridden longer if my butt hadn't gotten so hot.

Onee-chan!

Welcome home!

Yama-bou, Ha-bou.

Take a look. It's your sister's racing bike!

Isn't it awesome?

Hey...

Can we attach drills to it to make it even more awesome?

Drills!

Sure, but don't make it too awesome.

Okay!

Drills, huh?

They're still such little kids.

Done!

Ta-da!

Um, listen, can we not put drills on the seat?

No way! This is what makes it awesome!

Get on, get on!

Onee-chan, what are you doing?

We're modding my Super Four for the cultural festival.

With so many turn signals and mirrors?

Racing is dangerous.

That's why safety has to come first!

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

FURU SUROTTORU de iin janai?

フルスロットルでいいんじゃない?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

todorokima~su, bakuon!!

轟きま～す、ばくおん!!

joushi koukousei BAIKU nori

女子高校生バイク乗り

kaze o kiri hashiri dashichau yo (buoon!)

風を切り走りだしちゃうよ (ぶぉぉん!)

METTO o kabutte (buoon!)

メットを被って (ぶぉぉん!)

hora ne HEASUTAIRU pettanko

ほらねヘアスタイルぺったんこ

ii koto nashi kamo?

いいコト無しかも?

itsudatte MENTE de kigen o tonnai to (buoon!)

いつだってメンテで機嫌をとんないと (ぶぉぉん!)

nande konna ni mendo kusai ndesu ka~!

なんでこんなにめんどくさいんですか～!

(kokechatta) omoi shatai o hikiokoshi

(こけちゃった) 重い車体を引き起こし

(mou ikkai) SUTAATO! doushite daro? waracchau

(もういっかい) スタート!どうしてだろ?笑っちゃう

(sou da yone!) ikou yo! shisen no saki ni wa tomodachi ga matteru kara!

(そうだよね!) 行こうよ!視線の先には友達が待ってるから!

AKUSERU akeru to hirogatte iku SHIN! (saikou no!)

アクセル開けると広がっていく景色(シーン)! (最高の!)

SUPIIDO APPU shichau kanjou wa mou tomanna~i! (YEI!)

スピードアップしちゃう感情はもう止まんな～い! (イェイ!)

marude hane ga haechatta mitai (Wow!)

まるで羽が生えちゃったみたい (Wow!)

GIA nante TOPPU koete motto agete

ギアなんてトップ越えてもっとアゲて

"seishun TSUURINGU" doko made icchau?

『セーシュン・ツーリング』 ドコまで行っちゃう?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

hashiri dashichaeba iin janai?

走りだしちゃえばいいんじゃない?

buon! buon! buon! buon! buoon!

ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉん! ぶぉぉん!

todorokima~su, bakuon!!

轟きま～す、ばくおん!!

Cultural Festival!!

Next time on Bakuon!!

This program is fiction. Some dangerous behaviors were attempted in this episode, but please follow the rules and drive safely when operating a real motorcycle.