I saw this on E-bay, just wonder what kind of quality these things are, obviouslly older, and K2 isn't exactly busting out top line MB components. Fork on Ebay

Wow. That's all I can say. There's no way in Hell I'd run one that's for sure

Bit like a BMW paralever fork. They work well on them so the principles are sound. I'd like to try it.

yeah i have actually seen these .they are called smart shocks and are from late 90's .they have rear shocks like that too.they are supposed to adjust to the enviroment you are riding ,giving you an superb advantage.lol.
thats why they got so popular and everyone has one ,.wait .nvm.
this is just some toy for the computer geek that wants to have a starwars theme mtb.

I have a friend that got a noleen fork off e-bay and it was really bad.

That thing is crazy.

It's an early '90's fork. Came on the $1800+ Beast & Animal models. I own a '97 Beast with a Noleen Chubby fork & it's Killer.... My '99 Flyin' Monkey also has the Noleen Chubby, but neither have ISO standard mounts, thus my HARO Xtreme entered the picture about a year ago.... K2 makes damn good stuff IMO. I own 2 of them myself.

it looks like something you could use to over-throw a small nation, quite the pacifier!

I believe a forum member named khuon has the same or a similar fork. He might have some info for you

Yes, he does, it looks very similar, i would love to try one of those..

Khoun has one...I think.

My mate has, or should i say had those forks, without covers for the suspension the forks just die, his siezed up completely, and way to often

https://www.neebu.net/~khuon/cycling/bikes/K2/1999-OzM/

Link to khuon's sig which has a homepage devoted to his bike and the aforementioned Noleen Cross Link fork!

i am telling you ,those trekies.
my shock is so smart,it beats me in chess.

The CrossLink forks are parallelogram forks that were developed in the mid-to-late 1990s. The carbon versions were made available in the 1998 and 1999 model years and received the SmartShock treatment. They work well but have a limited travel range (~3"). They are however known for being a very tight-handling fork which to some riders doesn't inspire confidence on downhill runs. Properly cared for, they will last as long as any other fork. The key is to treat these things as a linkage suspension system. Because they use a monoshock design, there's no asymmetrical travel and they track better than any telescopic fork I've ridden. If you really like tight crisp front end handling then these forks don't dissapoint. These are XC and very light freeride forks.

The SmartShock were first released around 1997 and were based off technology originally developed to control suspension on carrier aircraft landing gears. These units have a checkered history. The first series had seal problems and water would leak into the electronics and fry them out. The second generation units were better sealed and have seemed to have cured the problems. They work by monitoring the shaft speed and acceleration. A piezoelectric valve is used to control flow through the compression damping chamber. The unit has three settings. A "firm" setting effectively locks out the shock until a big enough hit allows the suspension to become active. The "soft" setting delays the damping action and allows the shock to become more active with lower step input forces. The third setting is the "intelligent" mode which is the normal mode of operation and employs the shaft position sensor to determine the damping qualities. Should the electronics fail, the shock acts as a normal NR-2 coil shock which has mechanical adjustments as well for rebound/compression.

Cool.. that reminds me of the old Girvin Vector fork that i wanted when i was in high school (around 1997).

I remember that they were supposed to be good (very stiff) with the only drawback being limited travel.. I still think the design looks awesome.

Saw one of those ugly ass forks on the trails today. Looked highly amusing.