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[mikeyb]

Great info. Nathan, many thanks indeed!

I guess I was hoping to keep my DH-6 in the pre-98 era so it'd qualify as a 'true' retrobike (sad I know), but it is a '97 frame and I reckon the purists wouldn't be too concerned about it wearing a '98 fork.

I'll drop you a PM regarding your fork. Cheers!

 

[mikeyb]

Still looking!

 

[-Alex2-]

FWIW, I think the team only '97 Boxxers had similar decals to the production '98s, but had bolt on arches. The one in the '97 Yeti catalog looks like a prototype with Judy DHO decals.

 

[Nathan]

Here's what I could dig up.

Im my photo above, the forks are (from right to left):
199X DHO
1998 Boxxers
1999 Boxxers
1999 Boxxers
2003 Boxxers
200X DNM's

There's photo's floating around of 1996 team bikes with duel crown Rockshox forks such as this, which I'm assuming are DHO's:

I know the DHO lowers could be swapped out with the other single crown Judy models to give you a 20mm through axle singlecrown fork (I had one back in the day) Lopes and the other RS sponsored duel slalom riders ran that setup in ~96-98

I did find this image of Palmer's Intense dated 1995 with the DHO's

and Palmer's 1996 Intense with presumably DHO's also.

Brian Lopes' 1997 Intense with the new team issue Boxxers. As Alex mentioned, bolt-on arch, but similar colour scheme to the DHO's and the 98 Boxxers (but without the world champs rainbows).

Kirt Vories 1997 Yeti DH-6

The forks on the DH-6 in the 1997 Yeti Catalog are DHO's without the boots. The dropouts are different to the Boxxers.
The forks on the 1998 Straight 6 and DH6 in their respective catalogs are the 1997 variants.

1998 Yeti DH6 with 98 boxxers (note the rainbow stripes on the front) and a moulded arch.

1999 Schwinn Straight 8 with 99 Boxxers

Year 2000 Santa Cruz Super 8. These also came in black.

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In 2001, RS went to the candy apple/ cherry red forks.

But... none of this is helping OP to source a set of forks lol.

 

[mikeyb]

Thank you for the great info. Nathan

Should you ever want to sell those 98's - and can come up with a price - please let me know!

 

[-Alex2-]

Haha Nathan, I've saved all the same pictures. Sorry OP but I have to partake .

Here's what I can figure. The DHO was released in '97, so the team would have been running the prototype in '96. But all 3 of the pics you posted from '96 appear to have 2 bolt Boxxer style dropouts, whereas the production version was single bolt (I hadn't noticed that before now!).

I think Palmer signed with Intense for '96 only, so that picture might be pre-season or late '95, before his proto third gen M1 was ready? Looks like the second gen frame has what would become the DHO dropouts and the third gen has what would become Boxxer dropouts

I found several pics of the team only Boxxers at Worlds '97 and it appears to have the same decals as the production '98 version, rainbow stripes and all.
http://waughphotos.photoshelter.com/gal ... TxSqnbVcf8

The DH-6 in the '97 Yeti catalog looks to me like it has the same fork the team riders were using in '96 (a DHO with Boxxer style 2 bolt dropouts), and the DH-4 just has a regular DHO, which was in production by then. As for the 2 piece swingarm, I think that was only on the team bikes, as they received them in '96 as prototypes. The Schwinn Straight 6, which is the same bike, came in a distinct sparkly blue paintjob in '97 but already had welded swingarms like the bassboat red one of '98.
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/files/ ... 26_784.jpg

Unfortunately I can tell you those '98 Boxxers on the DH-6 you posted no longer have decals on either side, as that's my bike . One is already missing in that photo, and by the time I bought the bike the other was gone too. That's why I was interested in getting some copies off you .

Again, sorry OP . Nathan, hope you like.

 

[mikeyb]

Still looking...

 

[Bear22]

Re: '97 or '98 Rockshox Boxxer fork

Hi

If you're still looking for some 1998 boxxer pros I have a set that came on a gaint ATX1 but they're a bit ropey bad black paint job and the stanchions are marked I was going to refurb them but I haven't got round to it yet.

If anyone is looking for the correct stickers these guys do reproductions

http://www.slikgraphics.com/collections ... yle-decals

Chris

 

[Nathan]

Re: '97 or '98 Rockshox Boxxer fork

If anyone is looking for the correct stickers these guys do reproductions

http://www.slikgraphics.com/collections ... yle-decals

Chris

FYI they are reproductions of the 2008 anniversary decal, not repro's of the original 1998 decals.

They'll look the part though. :mrgreen:

 

[Bear22]

Re: '97 or '98 Rockshox Boxxer fork

They do look the part not sure if they will look a big large on a boxxer pro think I might be able to save my current decals.

Do you happen to know if the 1998 boxxer stanchion was smaller in length being a 6 inch travel fork on of mine is marked and I wondered if a later boxxer stanchion could be used to replace it?

Awesome collection of lawwill bikes. I've picked up a straight 8 to restore and I'm holding on to a tomac 204 until my mate is back in the UK.