1991 Fuji Titanium

[jimo746]

Picked up this Fuji Titanium today, literally 5 minutes from my house.
Any Fuji experts on here able to enlighten me as to its age? I'm guessing it's '88-'91 as it has a Shimano 600 Tricolore drivetrain, 7-speed.
Looks like the brake levers & calipers may have been replaced at some point with Shimano Exage Sport? And the seatpost is obviously not correct as it was only about an inch into the seat tube and needed a bit of force to remove it!
The serial number is "CJ00015".
It has FIR EA10 "Speedy" rims on 600 hubs.
One other interesting thing is the fork, which is stamped "Sakae" and looks bonded, possibly aluminium.

 

[highlandsflyer]

Nice score!

 

[sjcprojects]

That’s a beauty. The fork is definitely aluminium, yes.

 

[jimo746]

So from what little I can find online it's making me lean towards this being a 1991 bike.
The '91 catalogue shows the Titanium in either Record or Dura-Ace spec, with a Sakae Litage aluminium fork, which from what I can see wasn't specced on the previous years Titanium frames, they used a Ti fork, also the decals seem a pretty good match for the '91 model in the catalogue.
Perhaps it was bought as a frame set and had the 600 components added, or was specced by the original buyer, or " downgraded" later in its life, who knows


https://classicfuji.posthaven.com/1991-fuji-catalog-no-21-edition

 

[Jonny69]

That looks lovely. Probably going to be unbelievably smooth to ride.

 

[CTK]

Awesome pick up!

 

[georges1]

great bike

 

[Frankenorange]

Look into my eyes, not around my eyes....when i tap you on the arm you will give me that frame