Kona Hei Hei King Kahuna 1997 19"

[al-onestare]

Don't be fooled, this is a 1997 not a 1992 (they didn't exist):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/405654249061?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164380.l178264&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=f2e0fefa31d542ec8f927b16e46373b2&bu=43169613375&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20250314040706&segname=11021&recoId=405654249061&recoPos=1

A handsome (!) price for a frame that's missing all it's original decals and has an ecletic build.

Has anyone grabbed a SN?

 

[baron von greenback]

Can someone explain to me I though a hei hei was a make all on it own then a king kahuna was as well like cinder cone and a hannana are cheers

 

[highlandsflyer]

That's more than my house!

 

[raidan73]

Can someone explain to me I though a hei hei was a make all on it own then a king kahuna was as well like cinder cone and a hannana are cheers

The Hei Hei was Kona's only titanium MTB frame up to 1996, when the King Kahuna was released. The KK ran alongside the Hei Hei for a few years; it was gusseted and had shaped tubes whereas the Hei Hei maintained more traditional design. That's off the top of my head but you can read up in the archives, or I'm sure @al-onestare will pop and and give you the facts

 

[murphy79]

For the first two years (96 and 97) the KK was known as the Hei Hei King Kahuna and had HH stickers on the top tube with KK stickers on the seat stays. The 96's did not have gussets or shaped tubes, but did use 6-4 titanium for the stays (the only year that did), and then the gussets and shaped tubing were introduced on the 97 frame. From 98 onwards the two frames were separately named as the HH and just KK.

 

[baron von greenback]

Nice one Murphy that explains it nice to know the firsts year was 96 for adverts like the one above cheers