looking good in orange with green michelin's 😍 Blue 98 SID would fit nicely and some XTR 950 - and if you can find one good set 1st gen. CrossMax = perfect 97/98 XC race bike vibes :cool:
wow, love 96 Kona's and then this colour scheme; so cool :cool:
what was possible - colour scheme wise - in 96 ? do they show you samples of paints and you choose, does anyone have ever seen a chart or samples ?
to be honest I would leave the decals as they are. Never change a winning team and for me they look like the OE spec. ones. Gil's one are cpl. correct, but due different printing technics they are not as thin as the ones they are currently onto the frame.
I think thats a nice replica in terms of paintjob / decals - I would say its very very close to the original Kona Stars and Bars paintjob.
But me guess that the repaint took not part in 94/95 as that scheme and the design of the decals was not know before end of 96 when Kona announced the 97...
France is the place to look for - have a closer look to the small ads there - https://www.leboncoin.fr
Maybe a fellow french member can have a look for you and is helpful with collection and shipment.
nice - will watch with interest for how much it went. Also going to keep the pics. for future reference. Thinking of a repaint for my allready repainted (white) 98 Explosif...