1985 Fuji Opus III - The Real Beauty of my Collection

[jamesdak]

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!











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

[mhespenheide]

Bring that beauty out to Eroica California!

[C40_guy]

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

[Tickdoc]

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

[wallymann]

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

[Villgaxx]

that

is

wicked

cool

[jamesdak]

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!

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by jamesdak

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!

i love "lugged" bosses. proper.

[jamesdak]

Updated pics:





















I keep saying I need to remove this reflector mount but it seems like I'm always using it to hang stuff off of for a ride. One day...

[jamesdak]

[old_fat_and_slow]

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

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

[jamesdak]

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.

[MoparPorsche]

I remember those days, beautiful bike!!!

[flying]

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

[slambers3]

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.