Chris King Forgery??

[dyna-ti]

Won a green CK on ebay and it arrived today.The upper race[not the upper cup] isnt anything ive seen before and totally different that any of my others.
Thought it might be an old version but i dont know that much about their early stuff so havent a clue.
The frame cups have what appears to be the correct bearings and i remember the last lot of dodgy ones had cheap sealed bearings with a different bearing cover of cheap plastic not the metal CK normally have covering their bearings.The one i have is metal.
Its the upper race thats got me worried.Ive never seen one with the inner section :?
Link to sale
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300783859063? ... 1497.l2649

Ill pop up some pics if needed but theres enlargeable ones on the sale.
Look at the upper race and tell me what you think :?

 

[mikee]

if its any consolation Andy i have a silver one i bought
a logo'd 11/8" nothread
looks like no king i've seen before
its an okay head set .but its no a king
you can feel that when you spin it

 

[Baulz]

I don't think the upper race should have the spliton the inside.

I bought a fake turquoise a while back. It does not work with a King crown race. Try swapping parts around with a real King.

 

[Charlieboy28]

this old thread might hold some answers dyna-ti

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... ht=forgery

but then it was you that started it

 

[pete_mcc]

Get with the times grandad. Thats the new king top race to prevent the o ring from scoring a groove in the steerer tube. It's an upgrade on the standard! Think it's called the griplock top race.

Halfway down here:

http://singletrackworld.com/2010/09/int ... rst-forks/

I'd say you got a steal!

 

[pete_mcc]

Or read the whole of this:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/09/30/int ... ck-system/

 

[dyna-ti]

Or read the whole of this:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2010/09/30/int ... ck-system/

Get with the times grandad. Thats the new king top race to prevent the o ring from scoring a groove in the steerer tube. It's an upgrade on the standard! Think it's called the griplock top race.

Halfway down here:

http://singletrackworld.com/2010/09/int ... rst-forks/

I'd say you got a steal!

Well there you go.Thanks Pete
Not vintage in fact it is modern.
All i have to do is wait for the reply from the seller then send an apology

 

[Charlieboy28]

on a slight tangent but from Pete's link

this thing is beautiful

with a caption that reads the early nineties called to say there back or something,

big part of why i love retrobikes is the way they look compared to the bland modern fare , we have seen a return to steel to some degree, amberwalls and now purple and ano

 

[highlandsflyer]

So were any clones, or is my instinct intact?

 

[dyna-ti]

So were any clones, or is my instinct intact?

No clone,its the real McCoy
In my defence i was thrown off by getting one so new and modern and up to date,normally the ones i buy are several years old.
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