Noleen Prototype DH Fork Tear Down | Butter Suspension
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- Number 2 in our vintage tear down series, the Noleen DH team only fork! This beast isn't just legendary, it's mythical. 20 to 30 were custom hand-built for pros and we're tearing 1 down for your pleasure. Watch more fork tear downs here: • Bullet Brothers ZZYZX ...
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In this #ButterSuspension video, we tear down a vintage #Noleen DH #Prototype
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I guess I found some treasure. I came across an old K2 Proflex Beast in Lucern Valley and it has Noleen Chubbys on it. The bike needs new cables and shifters. I just now replaced the tires after 1 year of owning it. It had nice old worn out racer tires on it but I replaced them with CST Rock Hawks. I didn’t even know what kind of bike I found. I’m new to the sport.
Fun garage action Greg! This was a pleasure. Love the historical insights... and hearing your voice again 😍
I have a totally uncut ,never mounted , barely can find a scratch noleen prototype fork like this one. They put in tons of workmanship into making it and even better than my other 97 Boxxer prototype . It would go past 10k usd in todays money if you find someone to design and make it for you.
Prototype twins!
Need to pop the dust seal off then the retaining clip. Next the rough part. Sharply pull the stantion until it pull out. You'll have oil seal and inner/outer guides. They go back in with a seal driver tool. Hope thats useful albeit late 😂 👍
I still need to put this thing back together!
Keep it up Greg. Looking forward to more of these.
rad work man
Im from the Philippines
I really enjoyed watching your videos about bike shock repair nd other related bideos. Keep it up Greg..you are a true artist.in that field. More power and videos please. Stay safe.
That thing is rad and impressive!
It's super cool! One of the few forks in the collection i'd ride...
Very cool to see what the Pros were using vs. the crappy Rockshox Judy I was riding during that same time. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Chris! Definitely gonna do some Judy stuff in the future...
If you were in Europe you could get Marzocchi forks from Italy. Those things were air sprung and oil damped back when Rockshox were still trying to convince people that lumps of highly temperature sensitive foam were a perfectly acceptable way to do suspension springs. The open bath coil/oil forks they came out with next (The Bomber family) redefined MTB supension and reliability. You literally can't buy a fork for any money now that will last as well as those forks did with zero maintenance. On the early model Bombers you could replace the bushings without any special tools too when they eventually got sloppy.
Make many videos. These are great!
Thanks Matt! Many more on the way!
Thanks Greg, enjoyed the video. I get a little motion sickness when the camera pans too quickly, but otherwise, fun!!
That damper reminded me of the avalanche dampers (and the version I built of one too, didn’t work nearly as well as the original…). Super cool!
Definitely! Avalanche stuff is rad, little moto bits for MTB. I need to put this Noleen back together...
Great!
Could I request the Hanebrink next? Also, I'd love to see an Englund total air cartridge if you have one in your collection.
Hey Alex! The Hanebrink is on the list! And yes, I do have some Englund Total Air cartridges, i'd love to tear into those! I used to use them on my Judy SL back in...1998? They're actually super simple, but it'll be fun to open them up again. Thanks for watching!
@@ButterSuspension Great channel!
This is exactly like a MX fork. Instead of undoing the dropout you usually put the spring back in place and compress it while undoing the lower cartridge. The pressure is usually enough for the cartridge tube to stop spinning.
Also the check valve can be replaced by what is called a mid-valve (basically a stack instead of the washer) which helps with fork dive, one of the issue of this style of cartridge. Playing with check valve spring and travel is also used to fine tune the mid-valve. If you ever plan to ride it that might be usefull. Plenty of info on MX forums.
A friend sent me an article from a British mag about this fork when it came out, you're correct, it's literally a mini moto fork.
For 1997! This would’ve been like alien technology.
your whole channel and your suspension-knowledge is awesome ✌ brings back great memories from the 90s too.
I didnt even know this extremely good Noleen-fork...very rare.
I'm riding e.g. a 1995/1996 RockShox Judy XC, about 65mm travel, the damper-cartridge seemingly was removed and in both sides is a
good spring, works pretty well for light terrain, and I dont miss the help of compression/rebound much, but its a slight difference.
as you said - these plastic-knobs which close the Judy at the top - oh oh - i dont trust them much, but til now nothing happened and they seem to
hold, if youre not doing downhill all day long with the JudyXC
Cheeeeers from Berlin, Germany, quite a MTB-scene here too since the early 90s
Rad video! Next try filling a fork with ferrofluid and pass controlled current through it.
Did you know....Cadillac and I think Corvettes have something like that on their car suspension!
Butter Suspension yessir! Wonder if it would be plausible to make it work in a fork? Probably wouldn’t be practical but it would be way cool!
Super fun one Greg! Did you get it back together and working??
Not yet, womp womp. Maybe in the new year...
2021 goals! @@ButterSuspension
Do you now anything about the NOLEEN Exhaust pipes? Got one off a 99 RM 250 and doesn't seem like it's for the bike but they got lucky the pipe fit the OEM silencer. The pipe fits at the engine fine no leaks. The connection to the aftermarket pro circuit silencer to the NOLEEN Pipe is off and bolt holes won't match.
Pretty much know zero about motorcycles from a mechanic's perspective. I'd call Noleen direct.
Safety sandals but safety slippers?
Zee-Dampa. .... 😀
And that is the reason we ride rock shock and fox not Noleen and Proflex. Those guys made amazing bikes and tech 10-15 years ahead of time but wasted too much money. I just took apart mine 1997 Proflex Animal. Bike room fee doubled to $220 a year and no reason to keep a bike I ride maybe once a month around the block. Nr4 Pro Flex Piggy Back Rear Shock, Girvin Chubby front, Kooka cranks blued, Hellbend handlebars, Magura HS22 brakes red. Only thing I didn't like about the bike was gripshifts. I am keeping a frame as a wall hanger home decoration for all good memories that bike gave me in last 24 years.The rest goes to eBay coz parts sells for significantly more then whole bike.. Bought it new at the end of 1997 for $1500 on sell and travel through the world with it.
Do the feet come off like that? Yes. Do they cooperate like that ever? Never ever.
Did you get off a guy named Todd by chance?
I think so...
@@ButterSuspension my friend bought a turner with that fork on it and sold it. It is a cool fork for sure
@@downhillboozer if it was a black turner from the Denver area it was probably my old dh race bike from the late 90's I sold a few years ago. Great fork for the time.
There are several cartridge fork dirt bike videos. Rocky mountain atv has a very good video. You should have viewed before tearing apart. This was painful to watch.
Way too many edits! A minute in the video and there’s like 20 or 30 edits. Really?
Bitching much not everyone is a pro at filming wow
Hi, I wanna make modern noleen forks, can you connect me to the people that used to work there?
I don't know anyone there but you can Google them, they're in California.