Fork Size For Kona Stinky

peter413

I've got a friend who wants to replace the forks on his 2004 Stinky as they are totally broken. I can't work out what size forks he should be getting though. I think the originals were 150mm dual crown horrible Marzocchi things but I honestly have no clue.

Would some Revelations be the right fork to get or maybe some Lyrik's?

nicklouse

something with the same travel.

BUT what is he using it for?

peter413

Well he says he wants to start doing some DH but really the bike is just a bike he wants to be able to use for abusing a bit at Innerleithen until he can afford a proper DH bike. There won't be any big jumps or drops and he isn't particularly fast. He would just use the current forks but they are unusable as they are. So the cheaper the better which is why it would be great if he only needs some Rev's or even Sektor's.

The Rookie

Find out the current travel (or axle to crown length) and take it from there.....

felix.london

I saw the words "abusing" and "cheaper-the-better"..

..will these fit?

Rock Shox Domain 318 180mm 1.5'' Forks 07
http://www.stif.co.uk/mtb/product/rock-shox-domain-318-180mm--1-5aposapos-forks-07/4459

nicklouse

felix.london wrote:

I saw the words "abusing" and "cheaper-the-better"..

..will these fit?

Rock Shox Domain 318 180mm 1.5'' Forks 07
http://www.stif.co.uk/mtb/product/rock-shox-domain-318-180mm--1-5aposapos-forks-07/4459

nope.

.blitz

peter413 wrote:

I've got a friend who wants to replace the forks on his 2004 Stinky as they are totally broken.

Matey has a Stinky from that era with some 1 1/8" DC Domains

Uses it for recreational DH seems to work quite well

Revs will fold in half on the first jump

Lyriks nice but ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££

peter413

By abusing he more means he just doesn't have to think too much about maintaining them, can jump on the bike and not worry about wether stuff is going to work. Plus something he doesn't have to worry about on an uplift bus is always good.

I know Rev's wouldn't break because the biggest jumps he would even look at doing I do on my Marin with 32's with no problems.

It's going to be difficult to measure the forks as he is moving house at the moment and it's all packed away hence why I asked here. He ideally wants all the parts ready so he can just give me the bike, fit them and then he can have it back within a few days instead of having to wait for stuff to arrive.

peter413

Ah, now I'm slightly getting somewhere. They are Marzocchi Drop Off Triples from 2004. Anybody know the axle to crown of these? Would be so much easier than having to dig the bike out.

nicklouse

the info is on Marzs webby.

nicklouse

538mm

peter413

Thank you very much, couldn't find it on the website myself