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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: chrisbmx on April 29, 2014, 07:30 AM
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Hi all been looking for a torker stem for a while and have seen some posted as torker with round backs on them i thought torker stems had square backs and fronts and the oddyssey ones had round can anyone shed some light for me on this dilema cheers :daumenhoch:
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good question, all the answers point to Torker stems only having square backs but look at this Torker add http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=99244.0
and somebody did a resto on a square backed Oddysey which were supposed to have the round backs..so fook knows what the truth is, I have a round backed one that was sold to me as a Torker, it has no markings on it and it came with a Torker frame and forks so im inclined to think its a genuine Torker :chin:
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There are a couple of subtle variations of the Torker ULTRA-6 stem which point to where they were made, the sharp edged anodised versions are US, the slightly softer edged versions point to Asian made - the Torker stamped version is definitely Asian. The ambiguity comes from refinishing which will inevitably lead to a softer rounder edge from polishing.
As far as I was aware there was one simple way to tell a Torker from an Odyssey and that was the top down profile. At the point where the stem narrows towards the stem bolt a Torker slopes in and the Odyssey uses a couple of 90 degree cuts...
Chris
(http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r604/J44NCG/BMX%20parts%20and%20decals%20etc/TorkerStems_zpsc205d7e6.png) (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/J44NCG/media/BMX%20parts%20and%20decals%20etc/TorkerStems_zpsc205d7e6.png.html)
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Thanks matey I thought I was right but thought I would ask the audience on this one cheers
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Actually mate, ignore me - premature postulation :D
As soon as I wrote it I realised "you tw@t" I own a round backed Torker stem :idiot2:
(http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r604/J44NCG/Torker%20Pro%20X/IMG_6728_zpsd838a10b.jpg) (http://s1174.photobucket.com/user/J44NCG/media/Torker%20Pro%20X/IMG_6728_zpsd838a10b.jpg.html)
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So we are none the wiser I will get a pic of the oddyssey stem and the torker one next to each other and see the differences
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I always thought the early Torker stems were all square backed but im sure i read somewhere (possibly the museum) that they did do round backs . Im also sure there is a Torker advert that shows a round back on a 6 bolt stem. My stamped Torker 6 bolt has a round back and we believe this was asian made in and around 84 so that fits with what Chris has said . The bike it came on was a true survivor bought from Alan's in Wigan around this time , no parts had been changed on it since new .
(http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu6/NORTYFORTY/Torker003_zpsdd651a27.jpg) (http://s628.photobucket.com/user/NORTYFORTY/media/Torker003_zpsdd651a27.jpg.html)
Im sure all the odyssey stems had chrome shafts .
Mike (Grab on kid) is the man to speak to , he know's his Torker stuff ;)
Thinking about it , Mike did tell me the the threads are different ... ie imperial or metric . Just not sure which relates to which , i need to do a search for the thread .