Picked this up over the weekend a 1995 Kona Kilauea, i have a lot of Konas but no 95 models. To be honest i'm not really to fussed on the 95 onwards Konas mostly to do with the boring graphics but a couple of things drew me to this.
1 it was more or less original bar the tyres which i love, there's something about an original bike.
2 it's a Kilauea (i've got a soft spot for the Kilauea) with Tange Prestige Concept tubing
So we get to the looks and what to do about them, plus point i thought it was plain white but turns out its a pearlescent white so once cleaned and polished should look nice.
But i just don't think the white goes with the bronze/brown colour of the forks and stem just seems off.
So the plan is to keep the bike original and not respray the forks or stem so i'm thinking about getting the frame powder coated in a dark colour.
The reason i say this is looking at the 95 Lavadome with the dark blue just looks spot on.
Going that why i think the forks and stem will look better and also with it having the titanium bars and the colour of those it should really make the bike stand out more which i think it needs.
Any thoughts
1 it was more or less original bar the tyres which i love, there's something about an original bike.
2 it's a Kilauea (i've got a soft spot for the Kilauea) with Tange Prestige Concept tubing
So we get to the looks and what to do about them, plus point i thought it was plain white but turns out its a pearlescent white so once cleaned and polished should look nice.
But i just don't think the white goes with the bronze/brown colour of the forks and stem just seems off.
So the plan is to keep the bike original and not respray the forks or stem so i'm thinking about getting the frame powder coated in a dark colour.
The reason i say this is looking at the 95 Lavadome with the dark blue just looks spot on.
Going that why i think the forks and stem will look better and also with it having the titanium bars and the colour of those it should really make the bike stand out more which i think it needs.
Any thoughts