Need Help Identifying old school manitou fork

[El Salt]

Originally Posted by coffeespecial

opinion?? should i...

Well...

Might be kind of cool on the frame (Parkpre, right?), but as I'm sure you know, it isn't anything like what we think of today.

If you've got, or can find the parts, then yes.

They still look pretty cool. Love the CNC bridge and all. Heck, we converted a "3" to the old style Klein (Attitude) headset di (1 1/4?) a couple of years ago now. The guy is still riding it!

I kind of like "restoring" bikes to their correct vintage.

I'm still kicking myself (for almost 20 years) for selling my IRC Ti (non suspension) fork - 1" HT. Man I wish I still had that.

[brownlandshark]

Originally Posted by wheezy

THIS is a Manitou 3 Notice the adjusters on top. The Manitou 2 had them on the bottom. THe fork in question doesn't appear to have ANY which would make it either 2nd year or 3rd year Manitou as I previously stated. UNLESS it's been dismantled and not put back together properly.

AWWW That's right. Thanks for the correction. It's been a while.

[coffeespecial]

Originally Posted by brett

I found 2 blues and 6 reds. IIRC, they had a short and long size and if so, these are all long. I even have a Gorilla brake arch brace. I can't vouch for it's effectiveness at combating fork flex but it sure weights a lot!

would those elastomers you found help me out at all or do i need some other stuff...I realize that i shouldnt expect any kind of performance from this fork but i just wanna get it to work!! i have an SS conversion kit on the way and other than those 2 things all i need now is a shorter stem that has the old long bolt going through it ...i forgot what its called??? anyone???

[boludo]

I may be repeating something here since i didnt read all posts. If i were you i'd try to find a spring that'll fit in there. I converted my old halson fork to a spring. it worked so much better. It would actually give when i hit a bump.

[slowSSer]

try Englund. they made coil kits for these and they might still be around.

google doesnt get me far.

[Rascal]

Originally Posted by coffeespecial

any suggestions on how to rigitize this fork if it cant be rebuilt

I converted an old Judy XC to a semi rigid - it was originally spring/elastomer, but it was all worn out. I replaced the elastomer with a piece of aluminum - actually a cut piece of old flat handlebar and went to a higher rate spring.

I use this for my city bike (converted old mountain bike) and it is stiff enough to stand up and sprint without bottoming out, but the spring has just enough give to take the edge off the bumps.

Not sure if you could do something similar with that Manitou.

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by coffeespecial

hey bra!!

try look

for those elastomers in the garage

****in pidgin'd out ah

[HUGH]

Its a 2!!!

I just had to dig it out!!

HUGH

[coffeespecial]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

****in pidgin'd out ah

Howzit cuzin

[wheezy]

All I know is I'll be in Hanalei in 8 days! This is going to be the slowest week EVER.

[strobelite]

didnt eibach make speed springs for those?????