K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Willie_B on December 06, 2009, 08:16:51 am
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There is one on ebay at the moment. I have already bid on it. Here's the deal. I work for Xerox and can take this and make reprints and probably CD's also of the file. So if anybody here was thinking of bidding on it, I can send you a copy or CD for postage if you don't bid against me. Wish me luck and I can share this with everybody else.
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRO-FLEX-MASTER-REFERENCE-SHOP-MANUAL_W0QQitemZ120502520824QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0e828bf8
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now you don't see them very often :)
good luck!
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I don't need a copy but will be interested to see the level of detail in it. Do you know what year it is from? I have a 1995 owners manual at home I could scan.
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I did win the manual. It will probably be early next year, after the holiday silly days, when I get a chance to scan and print out some. When I have that done I will post up to see who would like what.
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Very cool Willie_B.
I too would like to see what is in the Manual. What a treasure.
Terry
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nice one - well done :)
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Well Done!
It's a real shame that someone bid against you.
If you can, it'd be great to scan the whole thing and post the pages on here in your Gallery?
You can create a sub directory off your gallery with everything in it.
(I've done that with the RK kit info that I have gathered.)
http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=29 (http://idriders.com/proflex/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=29)
What a great resource that would be for all of us!
Col.
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Great.
That's from the year when the x57 frames were at the market.
If you want to scan it, please do. It would be great for all of us!!!
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Do they have info on the ProFlex 5000 model? If so I'm interested in a copy.
Thanks!
Gary
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Isn't it a 1997 manual?
Thunderchild
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From the contents page in the ad, it does look to be from 1997. I have not received it yet.
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Got the book in. WOW. Very detailed technical drawings for all their products from 1993 thru 1996, with an extra insert for 1997. About the only service info is about install/service for the Vector/Girvin linkage forks. About 2" thick as it is all printed on thick glossy cardstock. After seeing how thick it is, it may better to just offer it up as a CD and post it online.
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I've got one the tech manuals up until 1998 (includes some k2/proflex bikes. If you want to email me and we'll compare notes to see if I have anything you haven't. I'm happy to send you them for your project so long as I get them back.
I'm sure the k2 folks won't mind us doing this (copyright issues etc). I'm happy to chat to them if anything crops up.
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Is there any way to explain the seeming total absence of any tech info regarding set-up and maintenance specific and contemporary to the original black, steel stemmed Girvin Vector (1) fork? I've located one dedicated magazine article, but even that one, which was surely a multi-page document, has only the first page posted and ends in the middle of a sentence...! Aside from that, no assembly, parts lists, service procedures, etc. Even the K-2 seal kit(s) I just got were missing the O-rings from both kits and some metal shims from one of them. Is this concept of missing data and stuff a plot...just my imagination?...with the limited life-span of the original MCU's to top it all off, I feel like my fork and I are cast in the movie "Blade Runner II / The Great Vector DNA Wars"...
Ode
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@ ode - my o rings were missing to, if you got them from the seller on eBay, contact them politley - they were very understanding and we came to a nice soloution ;)
WD :)
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@ ode - my o rings were missing to, if you got them from the seller on eBay, contact them politley - they were very understanding and we came to a nice soloution ;)
WD :)
The place I got the kit(s) from is eBay seller " we_sell_xs" (Cross Lake Sales) in Mn. and you're right. Good people to deal with. The only reason I've now got 2 of the kits, even though I've got 2 1/2 Vector forks, is that Amy had a second kit sent out to me, after I let her know about the shortage from the 1st kit. I'm guessing that that's how they got the kits - incompletely packaged. It's no big deal, since the O-rings can be easily sourced locally. We're all buying those kits because of the "Extreme Seals" anyway, but I appreciate Amy's efforts to set things right.
By the way, I have 2 NOS sets of the original black seals for all of the axle pivots (none for the shock, though), if anyone is doing a "100 point" resto on their bike.
Ode