My Muudy Fox explorer Build

And so another project begins I have won this muddy fox explorer and i am going to strip it and put Suntour XCD Groupset on it, which is what it should have came with.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

Pics to follow once i have picked it up

Thanks andy

Nice!

Check out my for sale stuff - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?p=1047987 - NOS almost full XCD groupo from the right era - will do you a good deal if you take it all

nevadasmith":xdo0vxfx said:

Nice!

Check out my for sale stuff - http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ?p=1047987 - NOS almost full XCD groupo from the right era - will do you a good deal if you take it all

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i already have the stock but at the right price i would take your stuff as well so i can keep it spare, but it would have to be very cheap indeed

pm your price

thanks andy

was someones in here i think?

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150819

Well now she is here i am stunned at how bikes have really changed. Now to strip and put me suntour xcd on.









thanks andy

Andy,

Really really cool.

I am pretty sure this is a 1987 Explorer. It didn't get XCD until 1988 (the year with the bigger block graphic decals rather than the jam jar label ones you have there).

I say 87 (I initially thought 86) although they had a flat bar in 87, and Couriers had a riser, but those are XC5000 shifters and they were 1987 model year.

Wu-Tangled":e7ygcpn8 said:

Andy,

Really really cool.

I am pretty sure this is a 1987 Explorer. It didn't get XCD until 1988 (the year with the bigger block graphic decals rather than the jam jar label ones you have there).

I say 87 (I initially thought 86) although they had a flat bar in 87, and Couriers had a riser, but those are XC5000 shifters and they were 1987 model year.

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It is defo an 87 model. I had an 88 model when i worked in the bike shop at that time and i had the courier in 87 then the next year i had an explorer with xcd grey suntour group. the 87 courier had the riser bar and suntour group group but i cant remember if it was 4000 or 5000 but i know it was silver.

Also the explorer in 88 had bigger tubes i sure, maybe its just my imagination. because then i went to the aluminum pro frame.

i tell you what i do need to see if there are any good googleers and that is the brousure showing the year 87 through to 90 or so. i have searched up and down and i cant find the 87 brochure.

was there a difference with the frames in 87 and 88 apart from decals because if there were not then i might change the decals.

thanks andy

any123":13e3o4vn said:

was there a difference with the frames in 87 and 88 apart from decals because if there were not then i might change the decals.

thanks andy

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right, first - you're not allowed to change the decals. THey're perfect. way cooler than the 88 ones anyway.

second, yes, the 88 ones were tig welded. The 87 ones were lugged like the couriers that year. And the 88 frames didn't have the tiny seat stay/ seat tube join with the paw print in it.

both lost the lugs in 88.

here's your 88.

Wu-Tangled":1roeu80o said:

any123":1roeu80o said:

was there a difference with the frames in 87 and 88 apart from decals because if there were not then i might change the decals.

thanks andy

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right, first - you're not allowed to change the decals. THey're perfect. way cooler than the 88 ones anyway.

second, yes, the 88 ones were tig welded. The 87 ones were lugged like the couriers that year. And the 88 frames didn't have the tiny seat stay/ seat tube join with the paw print in it.

both lost the lugs in 88.

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I dont know what i was thinking about when i said change the decals i have just looked at her again and well what was i thinking.

chase down the brochures if you can. thanks andy