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Ah right okay Martin. Mmm well a 1993 Kilauea would be a possibility. We have a 1992 production Serial number, so that means a 1992 or 1993 bike. All the pictures that I have in file for the 1992 Explosif have a Seat Stay Rack Eyelet welded on top of the Seat Stay, rather than the Hank Bush...

Hi again, I was hoping that someone with a '92 or '93 Explosif may add something here with the diameter of their Seat Post, as my documentation disagrees with what we have seen so far! I have a Kona Spec sheet that says 27.0mm/26.8mm: My former 1993 Kilauea that had the same Tange Prestige...

Hello and welcome to Retrobike. With a Serial number of F204 7151, this would indicate that the frame was built at the Fairly Works in April 1992. The bike therefore has to be a 1992 or 1993 model - it won't be "backdated" to 1991, which is a pity as Green was used for the German release of...

Needed Rono to help him find his way: Pip

Some of the early SG models were call Les Paul. However Les Paul himself wasn't consulted or happy with the design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_SG Iommi worked with John Birch (Birmingham based guitar maker) to initially customise his 1964 Gibson SG Special, including rewinding the...

Here is my Tony Iommi Signature SG that I had to buy from a guitar shop in Germany. There is 4 -6 month lead time on it over here in Blightly, which I obviously needed to avoid! ..... And a couple of fairly poor quality pictures of him playing his when it was still set-up the same as my...

Well, I'm not sure how and why I have found myself in what I would consider to be a privileged position, but..... Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath telephoned me again last week 🤩 . He did say back in June that he would call me some time to check in on me, but I just assumed that wouldn’t happen...

I see that this frame is not featured on the Kona Titanium Serial Number list. I would very much like to add it if I may. Could you take a picture of the Serial Number please, and perhaps send it in a Private Message (Conversations) if you'd prefer not to parade it on this thread. As Mk One...

The Triumph Rocket III has stirred a bit of interest, so here is what they look like before any beautifying treatment of turning them into a Trike 🤪 : Not the exact same version, but nearer the colour: Pip

Rightyho, a little bit of favourable news. I had tried over the past few weeks to get out on my Kawasaki, but my condition and / or prescribed medication was making this somewhat difficult. A couple of times, I had actually set out on a planned trip, only to turn back as I didn't feel safe...

Kona had copyright issue over their name in a number of continental Europe countries at that time, which led to them having to market the bikes as K Mountain Bikes for a while. These have a large Grey "K" on the Top Tube. Yours however doesn't even have the big "K" on the Top Tube, or indeed...

Well done on getting hold of this fine example. With this new addition, we now have fourteen examples on the List of the 1996 King Kahuna 6-4. I believe that there were not many more than 100 of these produced. They were indeed made in response to some Team Riders claiming that the Team Issue...

Thank you for the link to some more pictures and information on the frame. I was wondering what to document the colour as. I assume it is currently what we call a raw frame. I will add it to the Kona Hot Serial Number list soon. Pip

Thank you for your addition to the Hot Serial Number List. I'm going for TET 966. Is the frame yours, and do you have any other pictures of it so that I can to add it to my records? Pip

Thank you for your reply. The 1991and 1992 models have identical frames - Geometry, Dropouts, Cable Stops including Canti-Bridge and Noodle. The Decals are also the same, so it does make determining between those two years somewhat tricky. I do have a few pictures of invoices on file, which...

Hello there, I very nearly missed this at the time of your posting, although I have now added it to the Kona Serial Number List as unconfirmed - I cannot obtain a picture of the Serial Number, and only have seller's word for the number B17010. I'm curious to know why you seem sure that it is a...

The bike in the picture is a 2002 Dr. Dew Commuter Road Bike. It is made from generic 7005 Double Butted Aluminium with Triple Butted Stays. The Forks are Triple Butted Project Twos. The size is measured in Centimetres from the centre of the Bottom Bracket, to the top of the Seat Tube. This...

Once again hopefully without appearing to be the Retrobike Police....... and apologies in particular going to Roasted here that his post has inspired another little reminder: Here is the Original Post of this thread: "Hello, can you post just one photo of your Kona's on here please, like to...

As Hamster has said, the 1997 Muni Mula requires a 31.8mm Seat Post clamp. That size usually comes up a bit larger when you measure across the Seat Tube, but just open the clamp up a bit with a quality plastic tyre lever. You can find the correct Grey Kona Seat Post Clamp easy enough - or...

The fork fitted to the 2000 Stinky is the Marzocchi Z5. That particular model and function was chosen to come within a price bracket: Quote from the Catalogue, "Stinky function without the Dee-Lux price. The tubing used on the Stinky is also lower end generic 7000 series, compared to the Easton...