Re: thank you
Heres the finished project. Thanks!
Even able to put a coat of pearl and then clear powered coat over the stickers and came out sweet! didn't even know that was possible! http://www.procoat.co.nz did....
Thanks for the heads up on the frame. It wasn't done by any old cowboy so im pretty happy it won't cark it on the first dh - but if it does, suspension will be on the cards
re paint: the guy that did it is at the top of his game, powder coating over the stickers etc is quite tricky business...
All the Kona decals from here: http://www.graphicshack.co.uk/product/R ... _Kit_rkk95 very helpful dude
Columbus stickers came off a guy ernie on this forum
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Same same but kiwi
Hey dude thanks for the inspiration, the bike is wicked and got me thinking about doing the same. Started out on the same path but deviated slightly to go to a disc setup with help from a local framebuilder, check it out...
Dude, your bike is awesome. After thinking about it for ages I finally got around to starting on mine....
Here is how it turned out - thought you might like to see what you inspired:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1743986#1743986
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your inspiration did this
So a big thank you for this post as it had me totally inspired to do my bike which I'm pleased to say is now back and rolling. Check it out:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1743986#1743986
I may have jumped ahead a bit and put discs on mine :)...
Firstly that you to the contributors and the site for inspiring me to do this!
So I finally after a couple of years thinking about it and a few secrets kept from wifey - finished the upgrade and restore of my beloved ex-racer, the Kona Kilauea 1996. It was never the best bike out there, but...