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Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:46 pm
by jabcb
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.
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A Suzuki TS.
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A small Suzuki GT.
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A Suzuki GT750.
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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.
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An older Yamaha two stroke.
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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

Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:29 am
by GTandcbr
Absolutely fantastic photos! Some unusual bikes and stories there. Looks like a brilliant event. Thanks for posting

Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:54 pm
by joolstacho
The mods are going to need to make a run for it... They're severely outnumbered!

Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:25 pm
by Evans Ward
Great pics and a nice assortment of vintage bikes. Thanks for sharing! :clap:

Re: Steel City Mods vs Rockers 2019

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:43 pm
by jabcb
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