JOYRIDE Japan 2014 Coverage…Part 2 of 2…


What’s up everyone. Hope you guys got a good weekend planned. Today we’re going to look at the rest of the photos from the 2014 JOYRIDE 10th Anniversary Event. Not much needs to be said about the event that hasn’t been mentioned already. I gotta head to Autocon in a bit so here is some stuff for you guys to look at over the weekend. If you’re in the Autocon line waiting to get in, hopefully this helps you kill some of that wait time…. Enjoy…

If you guys missed Part 1, peep it in the link below…

JOYRIDE Japan 2014 Coverage…Part 1…

JOYRIDE 2014
Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Photos by Shota Mori, Post-processing by StickyDilJoe

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EF9 and EF8 duo…

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Another shot of the rustic Toyota pick-up truck….

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Nakamaru’s slammed EF2 Civic…

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One of the Akebono members cheesin’ for the camera…

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EJ Civic coupe sitting on some old PIAA wheels. Despite their lack of popularity here in the past decade, PIAA did indeed have their own line of wheels and attempted to make a push over here in the USA…

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Flippin’ birds in this EG Civic…

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Satoshi’s Mugen Pro.2…

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A couple more of the Team Murata EF on rare Enkei Space Crew wheels…

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This Civic coupe was on some Volk NR-S which was the predecessor to the CE28 wheel…

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Japanese are even good at building ratted-out VW Beetles…

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Mokkun’s always recognizable cream EF hatchback aka Woody’s Japanese counterpart…

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You don’t often see EF Civics on Stark wheels….

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…but SSR EX-C Fins always look great on the EF platform…

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One of many D21 Nissan pick-ups on display at the JOYRIDE event…

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Pretty cool to see a Mazda B2200 slammed on Advan AVS Model 5 wheels. I can’t honestly say that I’ve ever seen that before…

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Nice candid capture by Mori-san…

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Just in case you wanted to see some more of the Murata EF…

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Cool little display in front of Kouji Matuzaka’s S2000. I guess he needs to paint the body of his RC now that his S2000 has been freshly repainted…

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Kohei Saito’s Midori Green EK9 Civic…

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Hideo Shingu’s U.S.-themed Integra Type R on WED’s wheels, complete with Acura emblem and 97-spec front end…

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One more of Takeshi Kobayashi’s Phoenix Yellow U.S. ITR…

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Wataru Oseki’s Honda Element S/C…

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Masahiko Shoji’s Scion xB proving that Regamaster EVOs really do look great on just about any car…

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Matuzaka’s S2000 once again…

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Nakamaru’s Civic kissing the pavement…

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Really liked this Toyota mini-truck build and how it can just roll like that pasted to the ground…

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One more of Shingu’s R…

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My favorite capture from this event was probably this shot of the Akebono crew huddled around Mokkun’s EF. I guess if there were a group photo that defined their car club, this would be it…

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….and that’s a wrap on the JOYRIDE 2014 coverage. Thanks everyone for looking and have a good weekend….

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3 comments

  1. Just can’t get enough of those EF’s. Love it.

  2. Great blog and of course amazing looking photos!

  3. Reblogged this on hondaprojason and commented:
    Who likes some Old school Hondas?

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