1997 Kona Kilauea - Special Edition ?

[Paul R]

looks great with that backdrop

 

[Mortonm]

looks great with that backdrop

I always thought of it as an electric blue but I could see ocean blue too

 

[Kona-Ian]

Would love another '97 Kilauea to build up at some point.
Nice looking good Mortonm.
You should have grabbed it if price was right.
Was it complete bike or frame?

 

[Mortonm]

Would love another '97 Kilauea to build up at some point.
Nice looking good Mortonm.
You should have grabbed it if price was right.
Was it complete bike or frame?

It was a complete bike, it was sold before I could get it it, so unfortunately missing out wasnt by choice

 

[Mortonm]

Re:

Picked up a donor bike today....some upgrades in the works. I cant get photobucket to work tonight but Mr King and Mr Face will be making an appearance.

 

[Mortonm]

The headset and crankset are on. I am not 100% sure about the black cranks but I think it looks alright...I've kept the old Deore LX ones in case I ever need to bring it back to stock.

 

[Mortonm]

Re:

Cranks

 

[Kona-Ian]

No pic of cranks. I would mirror polish the old cranks.

 

[Mortonm]

No pic of cranks. I would mirror polish the old cranks.

Should be working now. I really need to get photobucket sorted.

Do you think it would be a lot of grief to polish them ? Sounds like it haha

 

[Kona-Ian]

Photobucket is rubbish now, nobody uses it.
I used it since 2003, then they ripped everyone off.
Basically took their images to get them to pay monthly to use it.

I use https://imgbb.com/ click BBcode full linked.

Polishing will take time and different grades of wet and dry but it will look good for it.
Then get some Autosol.