A tribute to my old 1990 Kona Explosif.

[Spanky22b]

Nice! It's definitely captured the spirit of Kona from that era

Cheers mate,that era is my favourite for Konas right from the first time i seen the 89 range in Denton Cycles i was hooked.

 

[Spanky22b]

That's bloody lovely. As @TreaderSteve said, the base powdercoat looks amazing (always hard to capture on camera) but the splatter adds so much. Thinking of doing the same on my MBK tribute build. Neon + splatter = eightiestastic!

These early Kona colourways always looked so good! Amazing job @Spanky22b and nice signature on the non-drive side chainstay!

Do it bright neon and splatted will look brilliant and you'll have your very own one of one MBK

 

[Spanky22b]

Some more pics, early stage of the build

 

[Spanky22b]

Pics

 

[Spanky22b]

Pics

 

[db95]

Always love your paint jobs, cracking work!

 

[Spanky22b]

Always love your paint jobs, cracking work!

Thank you
Keep your eyes peeled because there's another five one of one's in the pipeline.

 

[d8mok]

What year did Kona stop with the splatter paint jobs?

 

[Spanky22b]

What year did Kona stop with the splatter paint jobs?

After 1990 when they stopped it on the whole range but they did do a Cindercone with a pink frame and black forks in a blue splatter on the frame in 91. There rare only seen a couple on here over the years.