Old Yonex Carbonex

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    I have a Yonex Carbonex Gold -Full Carbon Shaft- Made in Japan. Genuine Yonex.
    And a Yonex Carbonex 8 SP Limited. -Full Carbon Shaft- -Designed by Yonex Co.LTD,Japan- Genuine Yonex as well. Can anyone tell me what year was these two released? Or at least some infomation about these two racquets?
     
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    By Cab Gold, I assume you mean Cab-9 Gold?

    Cab 8 -there are many version of this. Bearing mind it is limited, I would suggest it is not THAT old, maybe 15 years. Cab 9 Gold should be 20yrs or so.

    Pictures will help us tell you more about them!
     
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    Yeh i do mean by Cab-9 Gold. Cab 8... My shaft colour is British Racing green. My frame is Reddish Gold.
     
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    Ill try to take pictures of them and post it up here when i can. :) THanks for the information.
     
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    Pictures of them 2

    IMG_20111015_162011.jpg IMG_20111015_162108.jpg IMG_20111015_162119.jpg
    1st picture=Both of them
    Carbonex 8 SP Limited=British Racing Green+Reddish Gold
    Carbonex 9 Gold-Full Metallic Silver
     
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    More Pictures

    IMG_20111015_163212.jpg IMG_20111015_163236.jpg IMG_20111015_163152.jpg
    More pictures.
    Carbonx 9 Gold bag.
    Old Yonex Frame cover
    And a extra racquet. Old Yonex B-450 Low Tension.
     
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    Could you tell me how much is all of them worth? I dont want to sell them but i thought it will be cool to know how special they are.
     
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    Not much? :eek:

    Carbonex Gold is not a Carbonex 9 and the Carbonex 8 is like the 4th generation version only ...
     
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    Yes, the cab gold looks like a later reissue.

    Cab 8 ditto...

    B450 is a low end racket...

    Not worth selling even if you wanted too!
     
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    Nah,im not gonna sell them. Where does the 2 Cabs stand compared to newer rackets?
     
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    Can't comment on the Cab Gold, never tried it, but they won't feel as solid & won't be as stiff.
     
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    I tried my Cab SP and Gold. They feel like its a new racket.
     
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    Not worth much I'm afraid.

    They are later versions...now if you had the original versions of cab 8 and cab 9, that would be different :)
     
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    Off topic, mind to enlighten a bit on how to identify version of the cab 9?
     
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    You mean the original one? Metal frame, t piece joint coloured in gold or silver, black carbon graphite shaft
    A later version was a single piece graphite in the late 90's - decent racquet but no classic value.
     
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    Could you tell me more about my two rackets if you don't mind? :)
     
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    Hi,i too have an original Carb 9, but the shaft is black full graphite, frame is gold like your picture's Carb-8. I guess the frame is tungsten or some metal. Can you tell me the MAX string tension because the print is too worn out, totally faded on my Carb-9. tks
     
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