Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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Steel City Mods vs Rockers was today. Its an annual event in Pittsburgh.
Was in the the Bicycle Heaven parking lot. Included 7 Suzukis: 6 two strokes & 1 four strokes.

The GT550 cafe build isn’t quite finished, so I went over to the dark side & took my 1986 Honda VB700SC. Two bikes over is a Suzuki GS750.
ImageSCMR_2019-01_1144 by jabcb, on Flickr

A 1963 Suzuki M31 Suzy & her owner. Its her first bike that she purchased in 1971. The shirt is vintage from an old Suzuki dealer.
ImageSCMR_2019-02_1147 by jabcb, on Flickr
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A 1972 Suzuki GT380 barn find with a GT550/GT750 4LS front brake. Sounds good & starts easily. Was ridden to the show.
ImageSCMR_2019-04_1149 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Suzuki TS.
ImageSCMR_2019-05_1153 by jabcb, on Flickr

A small Suzuki GT.
ImageSCMR_2019-06_1156 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Suzuki GT750.
ImageSCMR_2019-07_1157 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Suzuki TC.
ImageSCMR_2019-08_1159 by jabcb, on Flickr

Two neato sidecar race bikes.
ImageSCMR_2019-09_1167 by jabcb, on Flickr

A vintage 3 wheeler. Has a steering wheel & what looks to be an industrial motor for a compressor, pump, or ???
ImageSCMR_2019-10_1164 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Kawasaki triple.
ImageSCMR_2019-11_1151 by jabcb, on Flickr

An older Yamaha two stroke.
ImageSCMR_2019-12_1155 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Yamaha RD250.
ImageSCMR_2019-13_1160 by jabcb, on Flickr

A Honda CL450.
ImageSCMR_2019-14_1158 by jabcb, on Flickr

A 1975 Norton with left hand shift. Plus a closeup of the right hand rear brake mechanism.
ImageSCMR_2019-15_1161 by jabcb, on Flickr
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A sweet 1974 Norton Commando. Won the British bike category.
ImageSCMR_2019-17_1166 by jabcb, on Flickr

A sweet 1966 BMW. Won the European category.
ImageSCMR_2019-18_1163 by jabcb, on Flickr

This little Honda CB160 won the Japanese category.
ImageSCMR_2019-19_1165 by jabcb, on Flickr

The event early in the day — a lot more bikes showed up after the pics.
ImageSCMR_2019-20_1145 by jabcb, on Flickr
ImageSCMR_2019-20_1145 by jabcb, on Flickr
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Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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Absolutely fantastic photos! Some unusual bikes and stories there. Looks like a brilliant event. Thanks for posting
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Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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The mods are going to need to make a run for it... They're severely outnumbered!
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Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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Great pics and a nice assortment of vintage bikes. Thanks for sharing! :clap:
1976 Suzuki GT750 (Maui Blue), 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 Mach IV (Candytone Blue), 1984 Yamaha RZ350 (KRR- Yellow/ Black).
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Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

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Pics were taken with my iPhone camera. Absolutely amazing given how tiny the camera is. All I did was wait for some clouds to block the sun & reduce the contrast range.

There was one more Suzuki that I didn’t notice. A GS1100G that’s in a pic on the Mods vs Rockers facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/steelcitymo ... e_internal

The yellow vintage 3 wheeler is a Freeway by HM Vehicles in Burnsville Minnesota.
http://www.3wheelers.com/freeway.html
https://automuseumonline.com/auto-freew ... 1-hmv.html
BAS (Bike Acquisition Syndrome) - too many bikes but have room for more

Suzuki:
GT750 2x75
GT550 72 & 75
GT380 72
T500 69 project & 73 project
T350 69 & 71
Honda 85 CB650SC & 86 CB700SC
09 Triumph Bonneville SE
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