KONA KILAUEA FRAME EBAY U.K.
- Thread starter Ernie
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ernie":13ym6qut said:konaman1":13ym6qut said:Well... Anyone on here win it?
Ernie
I think you may well have a bargain there, owing to the seller's poor photograhy putting people off.
Very nice frame that, with an excellent paint job too.
Anthony":38kc4r42 said:ernie":38kc4r42 said:konaman1":38kc4r42 said:Well... Anyone on here win it?
Ernie
I think you may well have a bargain there, owing to the seller's poor photograhy putting people off.
Very nice frame that, with an excellent paint job too.
not meaning to be seen by k*ssing a&se if it wasnt for your input and D_XZ home visit/report. Which I did pm D_XZ thanking him for that...i would not have it so... thankyou
{much to your 
disgust it "might" get a respray }Ernie
Obviously it's up to the owner what he does with his possessions, but I would say from the point of a retro bike community, doing something that unnecessarily destroys the authenticity of an old frame is regrettable.
From the point of view of an investment, the total cost of buying a frame with decent authentic paint plus getting it repainted and restickered far exceeds the value of what you end up with, so it's a bad investment.
From an aesthetic point of view, I have seen very few repainted Konas that looked anywhere near as good after respraying as they had done before.
And as for Konas repainted white, I know it's easy for me to say as the owner of an original pearlescent white 1995 Kilauea, but surely that's been over-done and there are too many white Konas now? Although admittedly most of them are so badly done, they do make my bike look good so I suppose I shouldn't complain.
From the point of view of an investment, the total cost of buying a frame with decent authentic paint plus getting it repainted and restickered far exceeds the value of what you end up with, so it's a bad investment.
From an aesthetic point of view, I have seen very few repainted Konas that looked anywhere near as good after respraying as they had done before.
And as for Konas repainted white, I know it's easy for me to say as the owner of an original pearlescent white 1995 Kilauea, but surely that's been over-done and there are too many white Konas now? Although admittedly most of them are so badly done, they do make my bike look good so I suppose I shouldn't complain.
