At last, got me hands on an Intense M1

[jimjim2012]

leaning towards Hope as well. will see if i can get some early m4's.

i like the team intense/kawasaki colours so probably tart it up in a few years time with that build scheme. for now i just want to get it up and running asap.

 

[Gadro]

That is one hell of a frame. Can't wait to see this built

 

[Curly68]

Hang fire on the colours. Mine is in green and getting the Team Kawasaki decals done. Will post pics when its done.
Have you seen there is a Cortina DH8 on ebay.com?

 

[jimjim2012]

Hang fire on the colours. Mine is in green and getting the Team Kawasaki decals done. Will post pics when its done.
Have you seen there is a Cortina DH8 on ebay.com?

look forward to seeing how that looks. A Palmer or Lopes paintjob would be nice.

that DH8 is lovely...but my attention is elsewhere

 

[Curly68]

Dug out a pic of my old 98 M1 for you.

 

[jimjim2012]

is that a goldtec stubby stem and risse forks? looks awesome.

so you getting that in kawasaki green then?

here's an old pic of my old Tazer fs:

 

[Curly68]

No that was a Tioga stem and bars (still have them) and White Bros UD150's! The M1 I have now is a 2000 with the one piece linkage and vertical dropouts.
You will notice on my old 98 that I was running 9mm QR and had sliding dropouts. Yours just has the 10mm axle!
Here's my old Tazer. Wish I never sold it now

 

[hoegaardenadds1]

i always liked the dirt mag team blue coloured m1's. oh and i'd got for hayes, sooooooooooooooo much more power than hopes.

 

[JustinW]

I'm a bit of an Intense collector as well. To date I have 4, 1 stock and three one off's. Two of mine are prototype 1998's and I am a bit familiar with that year.

Here are a few things I can tell you about that frame.

The current decal kit is from model year 2000, but it is certainly not a 2000 frame. 1997's have a different front shock mount so the front triangle is like you said either a 98 or 99. 1998 frames did not have the one piece linkage which makes me suspect that it may indeed be a 1999, or a frankenstein. I am going to lean towards a 1999. However if you call and give them the serial number they will tell you exactly when it was welded.


I was a wrench for a factory rider but in 1999 the rider was on a different brand frame so I missed a bit of the tech stuff on the 1999 frames. Steber makes some great bikes though. The guy is a genius when it comes to frame design.

 

[Curly68]

Justin, I think you and I will get on fine.