DHR Revival
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I like it..great bike.
Awesome bike, those old square tube Turner's look great.
classy
Awesome.
Still such a pimp bike! Shame they changed
The square tubed DHR is one of the best looking frames ever, in my opinion. But yeah, it looks fugly in the size large, because of that huge piece that holds the seat tube.
Not really a fan of the polished but to each his own. Is that paint I spy on the swingarm?!?!Look's great!
As a matter of fact I think you have the 2nd best looking bike in the world
Heres mine:
...hmm it does look better in medium though
Nice build though!
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Square-tubed DHR's are sick!! It was really hard to validate selling my granny smith green 2006. Definitely the first bike I learned to ride fast with (some) grace...
adstock: yepp, it still got some paint on the rear. My gf returned from holiday so I had to clean up the place...
She looks good in real life with a polished front and rough in the rear
the large looks better in polish because it has this huge seat tower that looks boring in raw. The medium look really good in raw
She looks good in real life with a polished front and rough in the rear
the large looks better in polish because it has this huge seat tower that looks boring in raw. The medium look really good in raw
I think it was ~65?
Its funny how much everyone liked the look of the square tubed DHR's (including myself).
If i remember correctly Turner was using the square tubing on prototypes because it was easier to work with and make changes. Since people liked it so much during the prototype phase they decided to use it for the production run.
If i remember correctly Turner was using the square tubing on prototypes because it was easier to work with and make changes. Since people liked it so much during the prototype phase they decided to use it for the production run.
Sick with the new comps on there, dig it!
As they said love the old look DHRs, though love the round ver too, funny though it did not take with me initially the rounded tubes, but great to see the older models still ripping it up.
Its not about the bike as Lance would say
Or should that be its not about the how new, but how good the bike is/was.
Hang on to em!
As they said love the old look DHRs, though love the round ver too, funny though it did not take with me initially the rounded tubes, but great to see the older models still ripping it up.
Its not about the bike as Lance would say
Or should that be its not about the how new, but how good the bike is/was.
Hang on to em!
2005 were 66 I believe.. then once you drilled the swing arm it went out to 64 degrees.. and 14 inch BB
Love,love,love seeing old square tubers.Right before my friend sold is 06' he cracked it and sent it back to Turner to get re-welded/painted,came back a lovely metalic smoke grey...it was so hard for him to let that bike go,and so hard for me not to buy it for no reason.
Just curious, didn't those have 1.5 headtubes? Wouldn't it be easier to just plop in some HA reducer cups?
Regardless, mods or no mods, that was/is a hot bike
no need for the angled reducer cups, once these frames are drilled far back enough they are nice and slack, mine is an 06 drilled frame with 40s up front and its under 63deg ha and around 13.8bb, destroys corners...and my pedals!
I thought that reduced the travel a little bit though? Maybe not enough to notice?
It does not reduce the travel enough to be noticed. I must go home and measure the HA again, the BB is 13,5" on mine but I don't think the HA is that slack.
Do I measure HA sitting on it or what?
Drilling the bike really made a huge difference! It was fun before but it got funner with the lowish BB and good angles.
Update: it was 65 degrees according to dual level pro.
Do I measure HA sitting on it or what?
Drilling the bike really made a huge difference! It was fun before but it got funner with the lowish BB and good angles.
Update: it was 65 degrees according to dual level pro.
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Measure it static, that is what the industry goes by. Cool mod, it is nice to be able to extend the life or modernize a nice bike.
I love it. Has anyone ridden an older drilled one to compare it to a newer round tube? Any stiffness difference? Handling?
the old twin toptube versions were pretty cool. didn't realize there were two variations:
check out that headangle!
check out that headangle!
First pic is the 2003 model.the old twin toptube versions were pretty cool. didn't realize there were two variations:
check out that headangle!
Second pic is the 2001 model.
2004/2005 were identical except some mods to the pivot area.
I had:
All White black letters - '02
White front/Ruby Red '03
Black w/ white/black/grey moto sticker kit '04
White w/ white/black/grey kit '05
Candy Apple Green w/ polished rear '08 (have)
Thanks to Greg & Dave, I never had a stock color frame either!!!
I remember working a ton of overtime in the summer of 2000, reading the same Mountain Bike magazine where they compared the M-1 to the DHR. I really wanted one, but alas it wasn't mean't to be.
That green bike has got round so many people in the uk, it was in FOFO in the alps section. I owned it for a while and sold it to a buddy, who has just sold it to another uk guy. Probably around 8owners and still going strong!
Are square tube drilled dhrs still legit?
Drilled is about the only way they're still legit. Depending on how aggro the driller was/is, I want to say you can get 64deg out of them.
They're stiffer than the round tubers which is rad but they're also heavier.
Drilled out my round tube the other day for fun. I went pretty far back, but still within the constraints of the bolt head recess machined into the linkage yolk in the swingarm. There isn't enough room in the swingarm yolk to fit the bearing seals now. I guess I drilled it out too awesome.
Necro thread is revived. In that case, revival of my DHR? Nope.First pic is the 2003 model.
Second pic is the 2001 model.
2004/2005 were identical except some mods to the pivot area.
I had:
All White black letters - '02
White front/Ruby Red '03
Black w/ white/black/grey moto sticker kit '04
White w/ white/black/grey kit '05
Candy Apple Green w/ polished rear '08 (have)
Thanks to Greg & Dave, I never had a stock color frame either!!!
2012 Turner DHR - Candy Apple Green w/ Black anodized swingarm
the round tubers blew up pivots and hardware all the time, didn't they? or that just Janky-John's problem? where the square tubers similar?
I have a round toober and love it, but I do replace bearings at least once a year.
That said, I get a lot of days on my DH bike. YMMV.
Still contemplating selling this '09 to get a new one on closeout.
Can anyone "in the know" confirm the rumors of the next DW.DHR being carbonz?
That said, I get a lot of days on my DH bike. YMMV.
Still contemplating selling this '09 to get a new one on closeout.
Can anyone "in the know" confirm the rumors of the next DW.DHR being carbonz?