View Full Version : Old company back in it?
Shmoe
04-23-2004, 12:07 AM
With all of this talk about Canadian hardtail laws. I think I know of the solution. Bikecontrol should simply re-introduce the 'Shockster' as it will be able to convert and .243, banshee, evil, endless, etc into a full blown fully that will fit all drunken Canadian laws. Lets just hope they can come back quickly and the price will be reasonable!
Attached is an excellent photo.
:devil:
kidwoo
04-23-2004, 12:08 AM
They rent those at whistler?
MMike
04-23-2004, 12:09 AM
Originally posted by kidwoo
They rent those at whistler?
They have a whole fleet
zedro
04-23-2004, 12:10 AM
now why didnt i think of that for my travel upgrade kits
kidwoo
04-23-2004, 12:10 AM
Originally posted by MMike
They have a whole fleet
Good to know they're meeting the hartailers half way.
The Kadvang
04-23-2004, 12:13 AM
Beautiful! A miracle of modern engineering...
MMike
04-23-2004, 12:16 AM
As an add-on...I have to admit it is kinda clever. For someone to cruise along a boardwalk or something....I want one.
Sideways
04-23-2004, 12:38 AM
I felt like such the bike shop whore when my boss made me sell two of those things to some folks who outright requested them on special order. I was completely like "dude, there's no way I'm selling those things"...he was like "if the customer wants it, it's your job to deliver".
Yuck, I still feel sick to this day.
crashing_sux
04-23-2004, 12:43 AM
I love how they extend your chainstays out to V-10 length for added stability.
Those guys were way ahead of their time :rolleyes:
Shmoe
04-23-2004, 12:45 AM
Originally posted by crashing_sux
I love how they extend your chainstays out to V-10 length for added stability.
Those guys were way ahead of their time :rolleyes:
But what if you put one on a V10? :devil:
BigMike
04-23-2004, 12:48 AM
how......wha..........eh.......umm.........:confus ed:
Can I have one of those?
now you too can have the wheelbase of a rotec...!
MMike
04-23-2004, 08:49 AM
I'm going to put one of those on my chair at work.
SpaZwEll
04-23-2004, 08:55 AM
and you can fit a 2.5 in them too!!!
Originally posted by Sideways
I felt like such the bike shop whore when my boss made me sell two of those things to some folks who outright requested them on special order. I was completely like "dude, there's no way I'm selling those things"...he was like "if the customer wants it, it's your job to deliver".
Yuck, I still feel sick to this day.
AHHAHAAH
dude thats awesome. LOL
The shockster, what the hell... That thing still cracks me up even after all these years.
Tame Ape
04-23-2004, 09:24 AM
uuuuh, I actually have one of those I got off of eBay. Its still in the box in my closet too. I actually installed it for a day but never saw dirt. Its Ferrari Red too!
The bums in Tompkins Square swear by it though!
Oh, and if you want to buy it from me, I won't stop you.
edit: This is the XC version, not the FR version. I know, XC and red? WTF? Thats FR/DH colors sucka!
Originally posted by Shmoe
But what if you put one on a V10? :devil:
The awesomeness would be unparalleled
Westy
04-23-2004, 09:27 AM
Could you stack two of those on top of each other. That way you could have a hardtail a short travel bike and a long travel bike all in the same bike, Genius!
Brian Peterson
04-23-2004, 11:57 AM
Forget the DW link.... I am bolting one of those on to an Imperial... Then I can have an Evil full suspension bike...:devil:
Brian
563 740
04-23-2004, 11:59 AM
Could you stack two of those on top of each other
Why stop there?? Take your crappy old fully rigid bike, Shockster for the rear, Shockster for the fork, BAM! Full suspension.
Why stack only two? Bolt four of five of em together, and get some awesome travel! Super Monster T in the front, five shocksters in the rear- you'd have a big-hit machine.....
(I can't bevieve we're talking about these things, I remember them from a long time ago)
Westy
04-23-2004, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by zane
Why stack only two? Bolt four of five of em together, and get some awesome travel! Super Monster T in the front, five shocksters in the rear- you'd have a big-hit machine.....
(I can't bevieve we're talking about these things, I remember them from a long time ago)
Looks like it is vee brake only, you would also have to bolt on one of them brake therapy disk brake converters too.
Do they come in root beer?
punkassean
04-23-2004, 12:35 PM
Originally posted by Westy
Looks like it is vee brake only, you would also have to bolt on one of them brake therapy disk brake converters too.
No need for discs, once you stack up five or six of 'em you can install a cable splitter and put six pairs of vee brakes out back for ultimate skids! All you need is one of those sweet bolt on gas powered moters from Sachs (also back in the day) and you'd have a moto-x bike. Do you guys remember the kit that added a second pair of rigid forks and (literally) a bungee cord to make "front shocks" out of rigid forks? That was almost as cool as the "Shocker" which of course these days has an entirely new meaning:D
RhinofromWA
04-23-2004, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by Jm_
now you too can have the wheelbase of a rotec...!
In your wet dreams!
You still lack the TT length........:D
oh ya... i amlost forgot about them! they were cool for like a day. :D
does anyone remember what they go/went for?
kidwoo
04-23-2004, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by Tame Ape
Oh, and if you want to buy it from me, I won't stop you.
What do you want for it? I'm building a steel chopper from a cut up beach cruiser and I think one of those things would be hella wicked super bitchin' mega-fly. Those things bolted on the brake bosses right? I only remember thinking how dumb they were at the time when I first saw one,..............but in retrospect............
El Jefe
04-23-2004, 02:04 PM
Originally posted by Shmoe
But what if you put one on a V10? :devil:
V-12....sweet!
Tame Ape
04-23-2004, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by kidwoo
What do you want for it? I'm building a steel chopper from a cut up beach cruiser and I think one of those things would be hella wicked super bitchin' mega-fly. Those things bolted on the brake bosses right? I only remember thinking how dumb they were at the time when I first saw one,..............but in retrospect............
heh
well I'll let that badboy go for $20 plus shipping! WOW! PEEEELLLUUUSH Travel for $20! HOLY SEMOLINA!
Its vintage too! All the parts are there and ready to broken... uhh bolted on.
Anything to bring a smile too!
Incidently I think this thing's paint job was designed by ronald macdonald. The metal is red and the spring are yellow.:D
I've got one, and it's getting PUSHed right now.
After it's done, I'll see you suckers at the bottom after I've blown past you with my blisteringly fast super bike.
kidwoo
04-23-2004, 02:49 PM
Originally posted by Tame Ape
heh
well I'll let that badboy go for $20 plus shipping! WOW! PEEEELLLUUUSH Travel for $20! HOLY SEMOLINA!
Its vintage too! All the parts are there and ready to broken... uhh bolted on.
Anything to bring a smile too!
Incidently I think this thing's paint job was designed by ronald macdonald. The metal is red and the spring are yellow.:D
Check them PMs boy!!!!
Tame Ape
04-23-2004, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by kidwoo
Check them PMs boy!!!!
SOLD!
dexter
04-23-2004, 03:10 PM
for some reason about 5 or 7 years ago the shop i work at got 3 of those somehow they didnt even order them, they gave me one for 10 bucks and i beat the **** out of it for about 3 months. big ass stair gaps, 8 foot drops to trannys and also to flat, dirtjumping, xc, dh u name it. it never stopped or broke once. pretty bad ass. kid i sold it to for 190 bucks put to risse shocks on their instead f'n retard:rolleyes:
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