I saw your post on FB about this, I had one way back in 1997... ex NWMTB team frame from the 96 season. Great bike!
Whilst they're not the best working forks a set of DHO's would look amazing, if you're keeping with old school forks but want them to work then some Z1's. I think I'd go Z1 duals or MR T's so I could have the sharpness of a 20mm axle. Anything oldschool like that and you can run XTR Vs all round, on a newer fork you'd be running a front disk (which would have to be a hope!)
My bike ran Original Judy DH, XTR hubs on 121 ceramics, XTR V's (originally XTs), Syncros stem, post and a mix of other bits. Really needed bigger/more capable forks up front, a friend ran the later frame with original bombers and they were great!
I also had a 1997 frame in around 2001, built with some big triple clamps... but that was overkill!
Good luck with the build!
Whilst they're not the best working forks a set of DHO's would look amazing, if you're keeping with old school forks but want them to work then some Z1's. I think I'd go Z1 duals or MR T's so I could have the sharpness of a 20mm axle. Anything oldschool like that and you can run XTR Vs all round, on a newer fork you'd be running a front disk (which would have to be a hope!)
My bike ran Original Judy DH, XTR hubs on 121 ceramics, XTR V's (originally XTs), Syncros stem, post and a mix of other bits. Really needed bigger/more capable forks up front, a friend ran the later frame with original bombers and they were great!
I also had a 1997 frame in around 2001, built with some big triple clamps... but that was overkill!
Good luck with the build!