Guess or Deduce The Parts

Trying to decide if I'm building my Manitou DH how to do it. Can either do it my way so silver, red and black to match the EFC's and decals. Or I can do a version of Jurgen Beneke's Manitou DH he used at the 1994 Mammoth Kamikaze which is a bit of a mishmash of colours and unknown parts, also seemed to change from race to race.

Not found much info or photos of his Kamukaze bike but there's the easy ones to find/recognise:

Brakes: Magura HS22 Racelines
Rear Mech: XTR M900 (I think)
Cranks: Blue AC
Seat Binder: 3DV Ringle
Pedals: M737's
Shifter(s): Gripshift SRT500
Rear tyre: Velociraptor (I can read!)

Here are the only info and pics I can find (there's also a vid but can't see any details)

http://www.wtb.com/blogs/wtb/8730201-th ... h-mountain

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PE15E_p8WFs/U ... beneke.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2GL6YubAU1M/U ... beneke.jpg

Things I've no idea about:

Handlebars: Thought they'd be Answer Alumilite's but the '95 catalog only shows them in silver (and not seen any coloured ones), these are blue risers. Never looked at risers back then so no idea.

Saddle: Don't recognise the shape. Some sort of Vetta?

Seatpost: Thought it would be a Ringle but lettering's in the wrong place for a start.

Stem: Could be anything but does it look right for an Answer A-tac?

Front Tyre: Ritchey WCS?

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Im almost certain my friend David who is also on the forum is building the exact same replica, and has had some difficulty working parts out due to lack of info and pictures.

I will give him a prod if you want as he might have more info.

Thanks Niall. Have been searching but there's not much out there, same for most bikes back then though.

Could they be Club Roost bars and saddle? Sounds like risers were by Answer, Azonics and Club Roost in '94 and can't find any pics of blue bars from the other two.

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Does this help at all..?

It's no higher res, but maybe a bit easier to see some details? (click the pics to enlarge)

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Thanks for that Osella the pics are too low res to see any makers markings but someone might recognise them. Think at this rate I'll just go for a build I like as there's too much guess work but will wait a bit longer just in case.

The stem seems to be a-tack. But the decal suggests its something else. Control Tech?
Rear Hub: Ringle Super Set HG?
Front Hub: Note the special axle! No skewers?
Seatpost: Maxx/Shannon/Kalloy Race pro?

Hi Thias, I know what the front hub is as they came with the frame and have one here, it's a Ringle through axle which fits the EFC forks. Mine's built on a Mavic 117 CD ceramic, not sure if they came from the factory built up or the owner did it. But his back wheel looks to be the wrong profile for a 117, I'm guessing a Ritchey as he used them the previous year.

Don't think the stem's a Control Tech as their ahead stems had 2 bolts at the rear, this one's smooth, which also rules out an A-tac.

I've spoken with Jurgen, well messaged, and he says the saddle's a SDG, the stem's an A-tac (still doesn't look like the right decals to me but I believe him). The front tyre's a IRC.

He can't remember what the bars were but doesn't think they were Club Roost, I can't think what they could be instead. Couple of better pics in my build thread, still not sure what the seatpost is, looks very Tune like, not quite a USE.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... p;t=307327