1992 kona kilauea new proect

Kitmech

Retrobike Rider
Kona Fan
hi all probably a little early to be posting this but what else are you suposed to do when you're snowed in and bored?
gonna start a new build off in the next couple of weeks, when i bought the future shocks for my lavadome i had to buy this frame too, kind of a job lot thing. its gonna be a kinda modern retro jobbie using a 1992 kona kilauea frame built up with all modern kit but retro style.... maybe duraace thumbies and 2009 xtr stuff. colours will be be cream orange yellow and red.....
don't expect it to be finished anytime soon though as the misses will probably have a keen eye on the bank being so close to christmas :(
 

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ruttegercarruthers":20djwsfv said:
Does that mean you're going to respray the frame? paintwork and colour looks great already to me!

here here! paintwork looks minty fresh at the moment.
 
as soon as i posted the picture i thought that but beleive it or not it sucks :( looks like it was hand painted by a four year old so it gotta get done :)
 
It was mocked up to look like a 94 Kilauea, but this is what it will have looked like originally
 

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Come on guys don't make me change my mind my mates are trying to get me to put disc mounts on it! I can see the bike finished in my own head :?
 
Its in better nick than mine, and i was gonna keep it like this!!! Going for the "beaten up and well used" look!!!
 

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nice! even tho i have sold my soul to box section ali Mountain Cycles my first really good mtb was/is my 94 Cindercone. steel framed Konas are just "right"
 
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