Kona titanium road bike

[nachetetm]

Hi! My name is Diego, long time reader, never posted anything (until now)
It's some years i'm into restoring/upgrading old steel frames, but my final goal is to get a nice titanium road frame. Recently i found a nice candidate, but i can't find accurate info about it.
The bike in question is a Kona titanium, but its equipment (10spd shimano groupset, carbon fork) doesn't match older, 90s Kona road frames, neither modern 2010s ones, and i can't find the model in catalogues. My worry is that the only "Kona" in this bike may be the sticker...
Does anyone can help me to identify this model, and even better, educate me about its good or bad characteristics?
Thanks a lpt!

 

[murphy79]

Hi, welcome to the site! It could be an early (probably '92) Kona Haole, but definitely with replacement stickers. If the stickers have been replaced then it is very likely the components have been too. The only way to know for sure is to check the serial number, which should stat with a "B", followed by two numbers for the size and then probably 3 further numbers. You can compare the number to the known bikes in the first post of the S/N list (here).

 

[pigman]

Looks good whatever it is