Just been given a Proflex K2 Animal...now what..!!?

[Biffa001]

Hi all,

As you can see I'm new here but I found this great forum and thought I would join in :-)

I've just been given a Proflex K2 Animal (see the pics below) from a friend. He moved into a house full of the previous owners stuff, after a great effort to contact him he gave most of it to charity but kept 2 bikes and gave this one to me. I'm chuffed as I've needed a bike (to build up my knee muscles) a long time but not had the money.

So...where to go now?

Having not owned a bike anywhere near this good ever can you guys point me in the right direction as to exactly what I have, a website about care of this bike and is there a few things I should check on it before I head off to the hills?

To be honest it will be a road bike for a while until I get the time to explore some Shropshire Hills around me.

Here's the pics and thanks for the help. It's been great browsing through the forums and seeing some of the builds here, great!

[shovelon]

Welcome Biffa001,

That is the best of that series I have seen. I did not know the smartshock was used.

Bikepedia has these specs.

Years this model was made: 1998

Bicycle Type   Mountain bike, front & rear suspension
MSRP (new)   $2,449.00
Weight   Unspecified
Sizes   Large, medium, small, way big
Colors   Yellow w/tiger stripes
Item ID   79978

Frame & Fork
Frame Construction   TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material   7000 aluminum, double-butted
Fork Brand & Model   K2 Bikes Proflex Girvin Noleen Pipeline Chubby LT
Fork Material   Aluminum/magnesium, double triple-clamp crown
Rear Shock   K2 Smart Shock, 5.0" travel

Terry

[shovelon]

I had the 1997 version of the Beast. It had the noleen Chubby 4 inches travel, yours is 5 inches travel.

The fork is coil sprung, air damped, grease lubed. I regreased every 40 hours, and could knock it out in about 20 minutes. You remove turn the bike upside down, remove the wheel, compress the fork while removing the 2 screws on the bottom. Then pull the sliders off, clean off the dirty grease with paper towels and set aside. Using a ring spanner, spin off the cartridges from the legs. Clean off the grease, and regrease with synthetic grease( the petroleum base grease kills the elastomers). Replace the cartridges but only snug enough to bottom out, regrease the sliders and put back on, and replace screws. Put on wheel and presto.

There is a quick regrease for the swingarm pivots also. The main thing is regrease one side at a time without removing the swingarm from the frame.

[fyrstormer]

Step 1: Level the seat!

[Old Proflexer]

Step 2: Make sure there's air in the tires, check the magura brakes to see that they work.

Step 3: Ride it like you stole it!


(may want to ditch those pedals when you get off road)