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Nice to see a collection with a theme. Have you weighed the R900 as it is? It could be lightened up quite a bit if you want to throw a lot of money at it.

Do you know what size it is? Might be in the serial number.

Where did you get the decals? Perhaps Brian can help.

Pretty sure it's a 1997 F900, Super Black with Yellow Roughcut decals. Looks to be mostly original except for saddle, seatpost, and rear derailleur.

I've seen that crack before I think. Just above the weld where the dropout is welded to the seat stay? Local dealer told me that the road frames of that era would crack near the front derailleur but I've yet to see one crack there.

I think that translates to 1996, November. Likely a 1997 model. Pics of the bike and components should help.

Where did the SM700 crack? You should get that SV project built up.

That would have been the 7 speed Athena equipped SR900. Too bad about the paint.

Are you sure it's a 1989 model? I don't see silver on any of the 1989 road bikes. How are you building it?

I couldn't find my 1991 catalog when I replied, looked up the sizes in the 1990 assuming they were the same. Would be interesting to see how much difference there is between a 1990 16" and a 1991 15". Glad you don't have a 20 or 22, as I would be tempted.

That's newer than 1987, as it has the cantilever dropouts. Might be a 1990 SR300. Does it have SunTour Blaze components?

Wow, that looks great. 18" or 16" ?

Ryan, I would like to see it.

I was referring to the top cap/upper bearing cover of the headset. That's the part I think you might be able to change to use a more conventional stem. Not sure the one in this FSA headset would work for you, but it's along the lines of what I am thinking...

Could you change the headset top cap to one with a radius/taper like the Six13 has, so there's no step in the transition to the spacer(s)? Close up photo of your SystemSix top cap and spacer would help me understand the problem. I've never seen one of these bikes or even a decent photo of one.

I assumed that you could use conventional spacers that would look right with common AL stems. Is that not the case? Looks like the lower end 2007 System Six bikes had conventional stems and spacers.

If I was going to register it, I'd remove the cable guide and photograph all the numbers. You don't have to disconnect cables: just shift to the big chainring and big cog while turning the crank - then shift all the way in the opposite directions without turning the crank. Should result in...

That's an F700 actually, so technically not a Killer V (which was a model name) but a Delta V. The Delta frame was an option on the F700. Interesting observation about the dropouts. Only the KV and Beast of the East frames retained in 1995 the cantilever dropouts that all mountain frames had...

Can't tell much from the serial number about the specific model. Looks to be a Jan. 1995 build date and a 21" frame. Pretty sure it's a 1995 Killer V 900. The paint was called Diamond Black Metallic with Violet Pearl Hyper-Highlight, but it's basically purple. I have the same bike with level...

I don't mean to discourage you but I think that it may be tough to find the original fork in that length on its own. If you are committed to that fork, I'd suggest that you look for framesets and complete bikes on eBay. I wouldn't expect a bargain but it widens the search area a bit. You...