KONA KILAUEA FRAME 17" (631)

[W W Biffta]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

 

[Jones]

I thought my £146 maximum bid was a pretty safe bet :shock: guess I'll have to try harder next time

 

[Anthony]

I'm surprised you would bid that much Steve. I reckon this one is worth more than the 98, so it'll be interesting to see what it makes.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kona-Kilauea-18-1 ... %26ps%3D33

 

[Jones]

I'm quite suprised I bid that much to to be honest I forgot about it then remembered at the last minute and put a bid in I thought it wouldn't get near

Not sure if I would have been happy if I had got it for that price but I wouldn't have been horrified to pay that much.

I'll be going for the 96 but I fear its going to go for a silly price :? but you never know with ebay :roll:

 

[ratbane]

Kila

Too much for that frame surely.

I reckon the 631s ride better than the earlier ones, but 17" was too small for me.

I'm not sure I'd have gone for £150 (+mail) for the right size even.

 

[W W Biffta]

i was expecting it to go for a fair whack, theyre pretty rare. wouldnt be surprised if they did sell many of them originally cos of the place they sat in the market at a time when dh and jump/urban styles were becoming the fashion. idle speculation there, but you dont see many of them for sale.

 

[ratbane]

Kila

i was expecting it to go for a fair whack, theyre pretty rare. wouldnt be surprised if they did sell many of them originally cos of the place they sat in the market at a time when dh and jump/urban styles were becoming the fashion. idle speculation there, but you dont see many of them for sale.

Very unusual to see one up for sale.

A "whole" one went for £200 on ebay a few weeks ago. Small dent in frame, but decals were fine.

 

[MJN]

Re: Kila

i was expecting it to go for a fair whack, theyre pretty rare. wouldnt be surprised if they did sell many of them originally cos of the place they sat in the market at a time when dh and jump/urban styles were becoming the fashion. idle speculation there, but you dont see many of them for sale.

Very unusual to see one up for sale.

A "whole" one went for £200 on ebay a few weeks ago. Small dent in frame, but decals were fine.

Its the fickle world of e-bay,glad I decided it was too small for me,that and the fact I would prefer an Explosif

 

[Anthony]

I would have said £100-120, as it is a good-quality frame but not as highly-regarded as the Explosif.

Kona effectively killed the need for the Kilauea when they made the Explosif more of an all-round bike, rather than a race bike, so their roles became similar. And they also introduced the Caldera between the Cinder Cone and the Kilauea, so the Kilauea's market position was squeezed from both directions. And the silly old market thought that aluminium was 'better'. And it wasn't the strongest colour scheme they'd ever thought of either.

 

[Jones]

Re: Kila

i was expecting it to go for a fair whack, theyre pretty rare. wouldnt be surprised if they did sell many of them originally cos of the place they sat in the market at a time when dh and jump/urban styles were becoming the fashion. idle speculation there, but you dont see many of them for sale.

Very unusual to see one up for sale.

A "whole" one went for £200 on ebay a few weeks ago. Small dent in frame, but decals were fine.

The 'small dent' bit would put off so many buyers though, its daft as most dents have no effect on a frames strength and can be easily filled but I don't even look at frames with dents :?