K2 / Proflex Riders Group
General => Tech Forum => Topic started by: diluded on December 28, 2015, 01:33:54 pm
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after many many years of not having a proflex (i owned a 657 back in the day) i have managed to snaffle up at rebuilt 856 :-)
had to tighten up a few things but now happy again with the monkey motion.
a question though, how do you stop the topping out clunk on the vector fork and where would i be able to find an ODS shock for the rear....not just the coil?
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Glad to meet you here. Ebay may be the best place for ODS.
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yep, looks like nothing about :-(
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I will look thru my box of bits. Spent a fun several weeks in Christchurch NZ before heading south a bunch of years ago.
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I have an ODS rear shock with a DirtWorks medium spring on it. It will only fit if your strut has a flat top end, not the cone end.
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wow, thanks, yep it has the flat end :-) how much would you like for it send me an email to brent.mcarthur@me.com
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wow, thanks, yep it has the flat end :-) how much would you like for it send me an email to brent.mcarthur@me.com
i think that makes it an 855?*56 would have a cone end????
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to be honest i think its a bit of a frankenbike.....
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yes maybe ,never seen a red 856 with blue swingarm,but of course much can change in 10 years!
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The vectors and swing arm are XPX arnt they?
Chris
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Hi Diluded (Brent?)
Good luck with the bike, looks generally OK and someone has invested in new "suspensionforkparts.net" clear elastomers haven't they?
Yes Chris, it does look like an XP-X on first inspection doesn't it?
But I don't think so.............
I've owned an XP-X from brand new. The XP-? series were 1997 special editions of the last of the 856's and I'm pretty certain were were exclusive to the UK importers Ultrasport.
Here's mine with an NR-2 shock on the rear.
(http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/MGalleryItem.php?id=243)
Whilst the swing arm and Vector look the right Blue for an XP-X, I don't think they are;
An XP-X in New Zealand? Blimey, that would be well travelled!
The stickers are wrong for an XP-X.
The fork is a Vector 1 and the XP-X had a Vector 2.
The shocks are standard 855 friction ones, not the ODS that were fitted to the XP-X.
If the strut is flat end then that implies 855 rather than XP-X which had the cone end strut.
No criticism of your bike implied! any PRO~FLEX being loved, rejuvenated and ridden is an excellent PRO~FLEX! <GRIN>
Good Luck and keep the Q's coming!
Col.
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looks like the bottle mounts are different too, the xpx has them on the rear of the seat pin, 85x on the "downtube and inside "seattube"
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Yes the frames are definitely different as 855/856 were designed for cantilever brakes and so have the sleeve through the frame for the brake cable, where as the XP-X was designed for V brakes so doesn't have the sleeve. Someone probably saw a XP-X and built your 855 in that style. Your 855 is a great looking bike.
Chris
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blimey your bike is sick Colin!Thats what they say isnt it?!
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blimey your bike is sick Colin!Thats what they say isnt it?!
What? you mean the "Yoofs" say that? Ha ha! I'll take that as a compliment then!
The bike looks a lot different at the mo'; Touring bars, Fournalles forks, disc brakes and Cyclocross wheels with fast road tires.
(http://idriders.com/proflex/smf/MGalleryItem.php?id=493)
Col.
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love it..keep em coming
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Man after all these years I still can't get over that saddle angle of dangle ;D
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Thats just what i want to do to my Proflex , how have you mounted the rear disc calliper , welded a bracket or a bolt on job ?
Slik looking machine , are the Fournalls forks that much better than the Gervins ?
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Hi RoyBoycv, Thanks!
The rear disk adaptor is a bolt on Hammerhead x56HH, maybe still available from Mike Green (dig on the forum for a contact).
The Fournalles have more travel and less "stiction" than the Vectors and so better small bump performance, but I have them pretty stiff for on road. Their main advantage for me is the as standard disk adaptor and 700c wheel clearance.
Cheers,
Col.