Author Topic: which is the best k2/proflex bike. (Read 14588 times)

purple gerbil · « **on:** November 22, 2007, 08:16:31 am »

o.k guy's which is the best of all the pro-flex's and k2 bikes from 1990 to present day pro's and cons even big up your own bike. pictures weights & specs who's got the cream of the crop. come on impress us if u can....

orange · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2007, 08:43:03 am »

Good question. My favourite? 855 with Vectors. Silver swingarm, silver vectors, red frame. Just looks the bizz.

kiwi · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2007, 02:41:26 pm »

855 prolly deserves the Kudos but to me the development of the 855 was the x56,s and the cream of that crop was the 957.....the best proflex surely.....

Old Proflexer · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2007, 12:58:02 am »

Which is the best?

mine of course !!! -

OP

Simon · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2007, 02:07:06 am »

Nah sorry
mine

Simon.

Lysander · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2007, 04:25:19 am »

Fools!
It's mine, of course!!

I'd go for the 856 or 857, discounting rubbish shocks!!

orange · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2007, 04:28:34 am »

so my 857 with a Risse shock is the best then?! ;-)

purple gerbil · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2007, 07:22:03 am »

yeah but mine is a hardtail pro-flex you dont see many of them now do you or is it cos my elastomers dont budge at all. so that be a naff shock letting it down then eh??

kiwi · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2007, 03:20:28 pm »

I am telling you fools for the last time
957 [smiley=nod.gif]

Old Proflexer · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2007, 01:16:38 am »

hey you guys, get in line, i had first dibs on best bike.

i sure do miss 'Krusty' tho'

sniff! sniff!
(why, oh why, oh why did i sell it? - what was i thinking?)

http://idriders.com/proflex/galleries/Old_Proflexer/856%20left%20closup.jpg

doggone it - now i'm going to be depressed for the holidays.

OP

Lysander · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2007, 04:05:26 am »

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so my 857 with a Risse shock is the best then?! ;-)

Yes.
Yes it is.

Lysander · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2007, 04:06:53 am »

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yeah but mine is a hardtail pro-flex you dont see many of them now do you or is it cos my elastomers dont budge at all. so that be a naff shock letting it down then eh??

No.
No it isn't.

Matno · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2007, 04:05:38 am »

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Nah sorry
mine

Simon.

Much as I love my 5000, I'm gonna have to agree with Simon on this one... The sweet beauty of carbon fiber frame without the horrible flex of a carbon swingarm... (Referring of course to the modified beauty that he's getting rid of!) If my 5000 were a little "tighter", I'd never want to change to a different bike...

jeffhop · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:46:03 am »

sorry guys, i dont agree with any of you. im not even going to vote for own beauty but instead nominate `blue crush` i know i should remember who owns it but i cant think at the moment, its the best looking proflex/k2 ive ever seen.

willem · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2007, 08:52:07 am »

Not that any of us are biased... but like OP, I really miss my XC rigged 856.
Now I've got to say my SS 856 is the cats meow.

The one best Proflex of all has got to be Simon's. That is truly a lustworthy piece of work.

856's have the shorter/stiffer alluminum swing arm, 2:1 shock ratio, a more advantageous pivot point, great geometry, weld quality, etc.

Even 3 months after buying a really sweet VPP bike, I still ride my 856 at every chance.

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