1988 Kona Explosif

Here is my 1988 Kona Explosif





I am the third owner - so heartfelt thanks to John who recently parted with it.

John tells me it was one of the first Konas imported into Europe for a sponsored rider when Kona were with The Bicycle Group.

It is mainly original parts except the very un-retro LX hubs, but they are laced to a Mavic 231 rims. The handlebar is a straght Syncros bar. Anyone remember the name?

I have been working on several bikes for a few years now and in typical London Bus fashion, most of them should be finished fairly soon!

When they are finished I will be posting them here. Please have a look and tell me what you think.

Thanks-a-plenty to all who have helped me source various parts for my various projects. And yes, I've given it a thrashing and it rides really well!

That is really cool, love the colour scheme.

I've edited your original post to include the pic.

Yeah thats real cool!

My cindercone is the same era as that - the white splatter variety.

Hmmmmm........EXPLOSIF..........Doughnuts........drool........drool

adamgent":27b80neg said:

Here is my 1988 Kona Explosif


The handlebar is a straght Syncros bar. Anyone remember the name?

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Wasn't it the Syncros shotgun bar...sounds about right to me. I love the pre 90 konas..not seen a track two fork on sale anywhere before but they sell Kona Hots on ebay.com every now and again.

Deffo one for a future bike of the month

Rich

Syncros Shotgun

Cheers for the big-up! Syncros Shotgun indeed! That was their straight bar. Well rembered. I've just tried to google-ize it to find a picture but no joy.

Chin Chin.

your cycle

i had one of these to way back in time i loved it i got it second hand back then had such a good time on it ..sold it and got a another cycle that was not as good ..one of my best rides i have had ..i had the same paint and xt on it ..my aliminium o is going to be done by next month cant wait

Just beautiful!