Mortonm's 1996 Kona Hei Hei King Kahuna
1996 was the first model year for the King Kahuna in response to professional riders feeling the standard Hei Hei was not rigid enough.
To combat this Kona employed a 6-4 Ti rear end. 6-4 Ti is fearfully expensive and equally as hard to work with. Though this design achieved their goals, moving forward they would replace the exotic rear end with head tube gussets and ovalised tubing.
There were only approximately 100 made in this configuration in all sizes.
M950 XTR components throughout with a Marzocchi Z2 "atom bomb" fork. Titec Ti handlebar, Syncros seatpost, Controltech stem, titanium flite saddle and race face cranks.
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