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First proper shake down ride today- curve brakes were pretty pants and the sniff on the front was a bit waaaaaay and a bit woooooo but overall a great run out on a cool bike.
Kona Lava Dome 1996
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Beautiful bike and great pics, Gaz.
I worked in a Kona dealer in 1996 and remember the Lava D being "Orange Lava", with the Curve brake levers and SRT400 Gripshifts. How come yours is green with LXers? :?
That's almost like '97 green with 96 decals!
The only "mid-season" changes Kona made in 96 was changing the (pretty poor) Curve brakeset for Avid SD1s. All the 96 'Domes we saw in the UK were orange.
I worked in a Kona dealer in 1996 and remember the Lava D being "Orange Lava", with the Curve brake levers and SRT400 Gripshifts. How come yours is green with LXers? :?
That's almost like '97 green with 96 decals!
The only "mid-season" changes Kona made in 96 was changing the (pretty poor) Curve brakeset for Avid SD1s. All the 96 'Domes we saw in the UK were orange.
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Think you are spot on with the year, prob a 96/97 crossover, and not sire if you coyld upgrade/change the shifters to lx as an option bitd
Thanks for the nice comments, do really like her albeit s slightly shorter stem might fit me a wee bit better.
Thanks for the nice comments, do really like her albeit s slightly shorter stem might fit me a wee bit better.
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I thought I had the curves set up rather well, indeed the front would have sent me over the bars but after one 2 hr ride found the rear to go a bit mushy and the front to have lost some of it's power, will fettle before condeming them but they do look a bit flimsy and an old mate of mine had a kona back in the day and he binned the curve stuff almost immediatly albeit for v's and lets face it, we all did that did we not?
