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1985 Fuji Opus III - The Real Beauty of my Collection

I think this is my nicest looking bike, a classic look. It's also a very sweet rider as the Suntour Superbe Pro stuff works so well. Sexy to use! ;)

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/166251707.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/164053448.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/164053454.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/164053438.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/164053435.jpg

Probably not to everyone's liking here but I find so much to love from each of my bikes, new or old.

Bring that beauty out to Eroica California!

The higher end Fujis were great bikes, beautifully made, good riding. Almost nobody knows about them...

oof, that was my first group and a damn fine one. thanks for the memories.

those mid 80s fujis were great bikes! club, team, professional, ops3. love them all!

that

is

wicked

cool

The pics fail to capture well the metal flake in the paint. It is so beautiful out on the road in the sun. I catch myself looking down and admiring the paint instead of watching where I'm going sometimes, LOL!

http://www.pbase.com/jhuddle/image/164053456.jpg

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Originally Posted by jamesdak (Post 2279320)

i love "lugged" bosses. proper.

D@mn sexy bike and build !!!!!!!!! That metal flake paint !!:eek:

Any reason for running the saddle nose up higher than the rest of the saddle?

Good catch. If I remember correctly I shot these pictures after making some changes to the bike and still had that saddle too much nose high. I just looked at it now and it's not that high although it is still higher in the nose than the rear. A lot of the leather saddles like this are more comfortable nose high vs level. The way they give a bit will usually have you leaning forward with too much weight on your hands when level.

I just snapped this. Second bike in, see not to bad.

https://pbase.com/jhuddle/image/171236580.jpg

I remember those days, beautiful bike!!!

Really Nice! ;)

I agree Fuji made some great bikes!

There is a book Called Japanese Steel: Classic Bicycle Design from Japan
that came out in 2018 I have wanted to get

https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Stee.../dp/0847861708

I had one of these and truly wish I could have it back. Sold it to a fellow when I was in college, tried to track it down but he had parted it out.