My K2 Proflex 5500

[crxstasy]

Nice!! Yea nothing of mine goes untouched. I'm not one to leave well enough alone. Ever!!!There's no mistaking that my stuff is my stuff. My bikes, my cars, my motorcycles. Gotta make it your own...whatever it may be.

[Shaitaan]

Nice job crx....  I'm about half way in my 4500c build atm...I have an easton havoc wheelset I'm waiting on atm, fsa carbon 3x9 crankset and bb, controltech carbon stem, fsa orbit extreme aheadset, fsa carbon seat post, selle italia SL saddle, marzocchi 55 tst2 fork, sram xo 9sp black/red carbon rear derailleur, easton havoc handlebar, rockshox monarch rt3 hv mid tune rear shock... and need to get my brakes n front derailleur, wheels and tubes to just about get it trail worthy...

I ended up saving the 9sp gear for my 5000 frame and have new SRAM XO 10sp parts (and disc brakes)coming instead... I forgot to mention that I also have a set of Easton Vice wheels (15mm thru-axle front, 9mm qr rear) set aside for my 5000 build so I'll need another Hammerhead adapter for that frame as well...

[singletrackmac]

Heres my 98 k2 proflex 5500 carbon that i just recently finished. Took me a bit but well worth it!! Heres a run down of all the goods...
After almost $2000, alotta my time and effort and some yelling and screaming (yes...at the bike. haha) I am very happy with the end result. Hope you like it as much as i do

Nice ride, and well worth the effort and expense in my opinion. I have been comming across this bike a lot on the internet in my search for info on my new to me '98 k2 proflex 3000 and your 5500 is sweeeeeeet.

[crxstasy]

Thanks singletrac. Im building a 4000 also. Tryin to find swingarm pivot bushings n cant find em ANYWHERE!!! Complete teardown and Got the frame powdercoated white. looks sweet. May sell it, may build a street rider out of it...not sure yet

[Shaitaan]

nice...as i mentioned in your other thread, I hope ya get the parts you need for that swingarm.... the 854 I custom built back in 94-95 is still in awesome shape, riding it on and off road, but the marzocchi xc300 fork is getting tired. I'm looking for an affordable vector 1 or 2, which I wanted to originally buy, but was out of my price range at the time of the build...   my 5000 frame is all scratched and scuffed too, and been debating what I want to do for new paint for it... there's a crapton of autobody shops around here that do custom paint, but without a doubt, want a powdercoat done, and thinking of a 2 tone job (red/black) if I can find someone reasonable to do the job...

[Shaitaan]

an update to that, my easton havoc wheelset arrived today, I am pleased w/ em..real nice.  my 2012 black/carbon sram xo 10sp rear deraileur (also have some red/black billet bearing jockey wheels to install) , avid juicy cr brakes w/ 160 rotors (buying 203 and 180 rotors w/ brackets to upgrade) also arrived within the last couple of days...waiting on my red/black sram xo 3x10 shifters, xo 3x10 front deraileur (yay finally).... all I need left to finish the build, is a set of tires and presta tubes (I prefer), crankset w/ bb, 10sp cassette and chain, shift cable housings and get everything installed

...then it's on to starting my 5000 build, which currently, I only have an Easton Vice wheelset, an FSA aheadset and red/black Sram 9sp rear derailleur for it and an Sram 3x9 x.9 front derailleur also on the way...

[crxstasy]

nice...as i mentioned in your other thread, I hope ya get the parts you need for that swingarm.... the 854 I custom built back in 94-95 is still in awesome shape, riding it on and off road, but the marzocchi xc300 fork is getting tired. I'm looking for an affordable vector 1 or 2, which I wanted to originally buy, but was out of my price range at the time of the build...   my 5000 frame is all scratched and scuffed too, and been debating what I want to do for new paint for it... there's a crapton of autobody shops around here that do custom paint, but without a doubt, want a powdercoat done, and thinking of a 2 tone job (red/black) if I can find someone reasonable to do the job...

I have found that It winds up costing as much and sometimes less for the powder coat than paint plus its gonna take whatever u can give it...just abt. All the work into stripping and rebuilding to have chips and scratches after a few rides would  just piss me  off. Go wit the powdercoat

[crxstasy]

I've learned over the years that if its metal, powder coat it!! 

[Shaitaan]

Nice job crx....  I'm about half way in my 4500c build atm...I have an easton havoc wheelset I'm waiting on atm, fsa carbon 3x9 crankset and bb, controltech carbon stem, fsa orbit extreme aheadset, fsa carbon seat post, selle italia SL saddle, marzocchi 55 tst2 fork, sram xo 9sp black/red carbon rear derailleur, easton havoc handlebar, rockshox monarch rt3 hv mid tune rear shock... and need to get my brakes n front derailleur, wheels and tubes to just about get it trail worthy...

just an update, almost everything so far is installed... fsa carbon bar ends, xo 10spd gripshifters, avid cr brake levers and 185mm front disc, 165mm rear disc, both xo 10spd derailleurs, rockshox monarch rt3 rear shock which I used a pair of needle bearing mounting kits (red spacers) from Real World Cycling...great communication to get the right hardware needed (http://enduroforkseals.com/), and looks great compared to the old bushings n such lol...  all I have left I'm waiting on is the sram gxp bottom bracket, a set of panaracer xc fire 2.1 tires (red sidewalls) for my easton havoc wheels and xo 3x10 44-32-22 175mm cranks, paint my hammerhead disc brake adapter and I can finish up the build

[crxstasy]

Sweet Shaitan. Sounds like u got urself a sweet ride. Can't wait to c some pics

[crxstasy]

Excellent! Ive bought Easton wheels for my 4500 build as well. What does it ride like?

Chris

An update from ur question. Rolled the small block 8s for a bit and was getting some front end wash while cornering. I read an article in mt bike action that said u can roll a slant six on the front and the small block 8 on the rear and significantly upgrade traction without sacrificing speed and roll resistance. Just got my slant 6 yesterday so I'll keep u updated.

[fyrstormer]

Are you still talking about bikes? It sounds like you're talking about car engines now.

[w2zero]

small block 8....   my sbf smokes both rear tires as expected from my build.  Those are odd names for tires.

[crxstasy]

Kenda 2.35 small block eight and kenda 2.35 slant six. Both with dtc(dual tread compound) look em up if u don't know. They're badass

[w2zero]

yep, looked them up a while back.  They appear similar to some really old tires back when compounds were pretty much all crap.  We've come a long way from Smoke & Dart.