1992 Kona Hei Hei 19" frame

[guybe]

wow, £540! anyone won this frame from retrobike?

 

[mousemat]

Yes, me. £500 is about the norm so a little bit over but it'll last forever.

 

[guybe]

Yes, me. £500 is about the norm so a little bit over but it'll last forever.

brilliant, will look forward to pics when you have completed the build, well done.

 

[Anthony]

Yes, me. £500 is about the norm so a little bit over but it'll last forever.

Agreed, and the Thompson post is worth £40+/-, so you're never going to get a Hei Hei for less. Well done!

Interesting Andrew thinks it's a 95, but the seller was persuaded it was a 94 not a 92 - in which case the 94 catalogue pic must be wrong. Hmmm, I wonder what the serial number will turn out to be? Another test as between 92 and 94/95 will be the c-c tt length - if 94/95 58cm, if 92 56.5cm.

 

[Harryburgundy]

Yes, me. £500 is about the norm so a little bit over but it'll last forever.

Well done fella....you can't argue a few quid here or there, they don't come around that often. looking forward to the build pictures.
Carl

 

[andrewl]

Interesting Andrew thinks it's a 95, but the seller was persuaded it was a 94 not a 92 - in which case the 94 catalogue pic must be wrong. Hmmm, I wonder what the serial number will turn out to be? Another test as between 92 and 94/95 will be the c-c tt length - if 94/95 58cm, if 92 56.5cm.

I suspect that the seller was convinced it was a 94 due to the 94 catalogue being easily available online. The MY95 Hei Hei would have been available in Sept/Oct 94 so its quite possible it was purchased in 94, hence fitting the 94 story.

Head tube decal colour points to MY95 though, assuming its the original decal. MY94s were a different colour.

The bullet ends on the chain and seat stays at the drop out appeared in MY94 so it can't be any older than that.

Here's a MY96 version sporting the short seat tube extension too..