MTB forks from japan

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Oct 10, 2008

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Some new cool lightweight MTB forks.

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jono21 (Oct 10, 2008 at 12:02) (Below Threshold) show comment

vod , all the way.

jeffrupert (Jan 8, 2009 at 3:18)

sick forks!!!!!

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jimmyrecard (Jan 9, 2009 at 9:44)

I would have a hard time fully trusting those forks. Not that they are poorly made. Its just that they drop from 200 to o with no effort. Chances are the forks would never drop out mid ride, but the thought of it makes me weary, and uneasy.

jimmyrecard (Jan 9, 2009 at 9:45)

PS They do look sweet. Props to the creator for inovating mountain bike forks. Smile

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oosh08 (Mar 20, 2009 at 20:24) (Below Threshold) show comment

iride89 is right. they look pretty sick but 0-200 travel is kinda week. its like having universal tires they work for street and downhill!! they cant be any good!!

willy94 (Apr 8, 2009 at 17:29) (Below Threshold) show comment

hookworms are good

kinged (Jul 25, 2009 at 8:13) (Below Threshold) show comment

Hookworms are 8lbs a tire. Not good for street at all.

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crispy4505 (Oct 10, 2008 at 23:20)

Sweet, I love how the travel is 0-200 mm

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kaniaes (Oct 11, 2008 at 2:39)

nice

i want one Big Grin

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bayernbiker (Oct 11, 2008 at 6:56)

where can i get one?

killerbikeman (Nov 7, 2008 at 17:58)

http://www.kowa-ss.co.jp/mtb.html

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Anton-Denev (Oct 11, 2008 at 11:47)

wtf? What are these forks Big Grin

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xfr-shady (Oct 11, 2008 at 12:40)

MG..

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jamesgoslingphotography (Oct 19, 2008 at 8:32)

look ugly

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kolby-meinhardt (Oct 21, 2008 at 20:22)

love the inverted fork. would love to try one maybe own.

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DutchRampage (Oct 24, 2008 at 2:16) (Below Threshold) show comment

crap

fantaman (Jan 1, 2009 at 9:43)

how can you tell they are crap,you have never ridin these forks so that is bullshit what you are saying.I never ridin these forks but they look amazing to bad they are not available to europe

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jozin (Nov 8, 2008 at 4:02)

whats name of this song

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rodica4 (Nov 30, 2008 at 11:45) (Below Threshold) show comment

no offence but asia makes crappy bikes

krisdaphrk (Nov 30, 2008 at 12:23)

Whats crappy abount shimano, or the Honda DH team?

evilchinevil (Dec 14, 2008 at 9:52)

rodica4 thats a v10 u pilluck!! made in usa!!
and the honda team used forks similar to them and im pretty sure they are better than you!

bayernbiker (Dec 27, 2008 at 3:22)

almost all bikes are made in asia. if its made in china that doesnt mean its bad. they got the same technologie as other states, the big brands just make there things there because it isnt as expensive as in there own countrie

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InsertUsername (Dec 17, 2008 at 1:29) (Below Threshold) show comment

what.... asians can ride? Those forks cant be safe

krisdaphrk (Dec 20, 2008 at 13:10)

Of corse they can. Most of the wide market forks are asian made. RockShocks in Taiwan, Marzocchi too, Manitou is no exception. And so goes on.

InsertUsername (Dec 21, 2008 at 1:06) (Below Threshold) show comment

Yes but those are well known... this guy could have made these in his backyard

krisdaphrk (Dec 21, 2008 at 1:12)

You probably miss something. Japan production is a LITLE different than all the other Asian production. Lexus for example is Japan made, Acura too. Shimano is a Japan brand. KOWA facility is exactly near the main Shimano headquarters.

rocko6 (Jan 8, 2009 at 3:08)

probably he never heard of the Honda DH team Big Grin

bunkey (Jan 26, 2009 at 13:32)

InsertUsername: im pretty sure car companies like morgan, radical and tvr either are, or were built in some guys back yard, and look what a reputation they have on the race circuit!

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dillonchamberlain (Mar 20, 2009 at 20:03)

thats all fine and dandy but with the dh forks, i didnt see them doing much of anything other than some very light DH. id like to see those forks handling some rougher terrain.

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macdanglers (Mar 20, 2009 at 20:06) (Below Threshold) show comment

not to be racist or anythnig but from japan are u sure there good.

krisdaphrk (Jul 26, 2009 at 3:28)

Hello world, shimano is made in Japan. Do u live in space ?

wethepeople4life (Jul 26, 2009 at 20:29)

i hate shimano brakes eas i think...

the-sasquatch (Oct 6, 2009 at 19:50)

haha yes he does

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jjenkins (Mar 20, 2009 at 20:22)

things made in japan are f*ckin good quality, now things made in china thats a different story.

afro-99 (Jul 21, 2009 at 23:48)

what happened to honda dh team and their bikes arnt they from china

krisdaphrk (Jul 26, 2009 at 3:30)

No they are from Japan. Come on man, are you realy that dumb.

afro-99 (Jul 26, 2009 at 10:05)

ppfft i knew that

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repex99 (Mar 20, 2009 at 20:27)

hrmm, can u adjust the compression? they look cool but i dont think id trust them like other forks

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Finemore (Jun 30, 2009 at 6:53)

Where can you buy these forks ? The 160ss forks look rather cool

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spahman (Jul 2, 2009 at 15:05) (Below Threshold) show comment

what is the point of that much travel adjustment on a DH fork?..
I could understand an all mountain fork

krisdaphrk (Jul 3, 2009 at 11:59)

Geometry.

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chainbrain7 (Jul 6, 2009 at 17:47)

what the hell those are really sick but i woulden't take them

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danridesastatic (Jul 9, 2009 at 2:27)

nice to a new company putting themselvles out to show what the japanese can do, also sticking to there roots 200sx :p

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peku666 (Jul 10, 2009 at 4:06)

how much for the dirt/street one ?

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tom2424 (Jul 11, 2009 at 3:29)

Man if Ching Wang Lee can race those, i bet for all you guys who say they shitty, i bet they are actully have deece

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northumberlandrider (Jul 17, 2009 at 13:41)

Well, i've heard repeated stories of maz forks with 160-200 travel gettihng stuck and considering how unreliable forks can be these just look like a huge risk, i love the idear and hope they do well but just imagin a failure in that fork with would lead to full compression with out rebound and returned resistance coming down a super sketch section at say fort bill or whisler,

but hey if these forks work well and a cheaper than what already on the market f*ck the other companies amd gettin some

krisdaphrk (Jul 19, 2009 at 7:09)

They wont be cheaper at that quality.

northumberlandrider (Jul 19, 2009 at 8:22)

well they've got alot of work to do to get the buyers over here, and might i add that the upside down forks have no defenders on legs !

me no likey

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FreaKeR (Jul 19, 2009 at 18:09)

Japanese people can't make forks or ride bikes.....They don't have souls .... Big Grin

the forks look nice but don't know it's not a Name Brand soo who can trust them ? like ..

krisdaphrk (Jul 19, 2009 at 23:49)

Yes they do. Its mastered only by the ninja masters who appear from nothing with triangle hat and hidden blade into a stick.

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rmxfreak (Jul 22, 2009 at 19:11)

Ya im not saying they are but they look kinda cheap like made out of plastic, and it looked a little to easy to bring the suspension up and down like if the locking device is that easy to turn then the mechanism that holds the fork internally in place is probably pretty skimpy and if u smashed down onto it to hard would just brake, and like some have said its only light dh riding they show that any little kid could do... they need to put it through some tougher stuff. Im not saying im right about all this stuff and not saying its not a good quality fork but until most stores actually carry it and can be bought nationally anywhere then i would never trust it but thats me.

krisdaphrk (Jul 26, 2009 at 3:42)

Dude if the other brands such as Kowa, Kayaba, Showa, Tech-in put their products on the global market as Shimano did, they will rise the bar so high, so that might kill at least one of the big names, simply because they will be under the bar. Remember that Kowa and Kayaba are big names in the motorsports, with a huge technology development history. Do you ever heard of Japanese brand making unreliable products, with poor quality ? And for the guys above. Do you make difference between China and Japan. Are you realy that poor educated ?

rmxfreak (Jul 26, 2009 at 16:36)

I never said anything about it being made in China or Japan that wasn't my point and not even part of it. Then why don't they put them on the global market then if there so great huh?

wethepeople4life (Jul 26, 2009 at 20:35)

they do l;ook kinda nice but the inverted has no guards over the stanstions and that travel madjust thing looks like it would brake iof there a new company there gonna have a few bugs like that to work out....

krisdaphrk (Jul 26, 2009 at 22:59)

Producing something to the global market takes huge effort. It takes too much. They have distributors network (see here http://kowa-ss.co.jp/distributor.html) , but still its not that wide as Shimano`s. Once i asked for a price for the GF fork and the price was twice over the Fox 40`s.

wethepeople4life (Jul 27, 2009 at 8:33)

well i wouldnt trust this fork till its in the canadian shops for over 1 yr

pjcoffey55 (Jul 30, 2009 at 10:43)

ya didnt kowa start with moto sus. and now theyre moving into this? they looked fairly strong except for the inverted one that had no protectors for the stancions...

wethepeople4life (Jul 30, 2009 at 11:02)

i think so and yea the no stantion guard thing is kind gay all it really take is a rock or a root ona trail to scratch the f*ck outa a inverted forks stantions

krisdaphrk (Jul 30, 2009 at 23:41)

They do have, you will know that if you visit their website.

pjcoffey55 (Jul 31, 2009 at 11:27)

ok i was commenting based on the video i figured that the fork's on theyre website would be tha same as those in the video

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Nico-T (Jul 31, 2009 at 18:50)

All these need is some rider endorsement, get Sam Hill saying these forks are great and this company will be big in no time, good luck cant wait to hear more about the forks Smile

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downhilldro (Aug 6, 2009 at 10:27)

that was sick! suspension looks good.never seen japanese downhilling, dude was quick too

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MarkASX (Aug 23, 2009 at 11:42)

I'm stationed in Japan, you see alot of these forks matched with Japanese made DH bikes. I haven't got to ride one yet but they are cheaper to buy here than than the Fox 40 and Boxxer

chuchillo (Sep 29, 2009 at 17:06)

I'm gonna be in the Tokyo area most of October.. do you know where I could do some DH'ing while I'm there?

krisdaphrk (Sep 29, 2009 at 22:55)

Look for mountains around man. Thats all u need.

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Downhiller-92 (Aug 26, 2009 at 9:08)

I don;t think that they would be that bad cause they have been used in the UCI WC by the MSC-Maxxis team back in 2006. see for your self http://www.covicracing.com/images/180sf_07.jpg (THE BLUE WORDS AT THE TOP)

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Downhiller-92 (Aug 26, 2009 at 9:09)

oooo and any one have a price on any of them?

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noobinacan (Aug 28, 2009 at 14:24)

is this on planet earth ?

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brucethomson (Aug 29, 2009 at 1:50)

just a set o boxxers with u-turn technology ....borin !!!!!! as for usd forks manitou got that covered

krisdaphrk (Aug 29, 2009 at 6:42)

boxxers with u-turn are the most shitty products from RS line.

brucethomson (Aug 29, 2009 at 10:09)

i agree man

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b3n-dov3r (Sep 2, 2009 at 17:28)

it snows in japan?!?!
Big Grin

reverend (Oct 19, 2009 at 0:33)

Japan hosted Winter Olympics in Sapporo in '72 and again in Nagano in '98. The Northwest coast of Japan and Hokkaido regularly get more snowfall than any other inhabited place on earth. Generally though, many Japanese find it cheaper to travel to places like Whistler and ski for a week than to travel to a resort in Japan and ski for the same duration.

b3n-dov3r (Oct 19, 2009 at 14:33)

Really wtf thats jokes

b3n-dov3r (Oct 19, 2009 at 14:41)

and i feel a little smarter now- thanks Smile

reverend (Oct 20, 2009 at 21:51)

Sorry, it's the teacher in me... I teach Japanese at a high school in WA, and lived in Japan for 7 years.

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potthead (Sep 16, 2009 at 4:26)

i would take a fox 40 fork over those any day

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maniaka616 (Sep 17, 2009 at 8:46)

they look relly nice but untill they aren't tested on tugher land and untill they don't work out the bugs becus theyr bownd to have some bugs they won't be out in some time but when they do who knows they just might be the next big thing after fox and all the big names it's just a matter of time

krisdaphrk (Sep 17, 2009 at 23:20)

Believe me they are tested already by the MSC team, and some of the japanese teams. Fox are a big company but i realy dont believe their forks are the best, and u know hype sells best these days.

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SkiRacer (Sep 20, 2009 at 18:45)

I like the 200-0 feature. That looks like a sick fork.

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Holywood (Sep 22, 2009 at 13:49)

Props to the rider and these fork are nice, travel adjustment is so easy, faster than RS U-turn and I think they are useing something smarter then U-turn knobs...
They must pull them to the world market.

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the-sasquatch (Oct 6, 2009 at 19:49)

i can picture it now.... SNAP oww....

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ruairidh (Oct 13, 2009 at 5:33)

everybody is critasising these forks ut no one on this has ridden them

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freirider (Oct 28, 2009 at 0:42)

saw these at interbike. they looked sick

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SHARK555 (Oct 29, 2009 at 2:52)

look sick, love the 0-200 feature, but they have small stantions, need bigger ones like on most forks now like the boxxers and fox 40s

krisdaphrk (Oct 29, 2009 at 3:21)

Do u know what ure talking about ? These have 40mm stanctions just like monster Ts and fox 40s. And the forks comes with stanction guards.

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christophemarty (Oct 30, 2009 at 11:42)

Do you realy want some other famous fork copy?

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