kona hot 94

[trigg]

the frame kindly bought over personally by seller from america,bought on this site. tet number on bottom bracket.
with help from very patient Primera bike shop i finished this today. i dont want to tell you who blasted and powder coated it for £35 as he might get mobbed and put his prices up. its a satin finish and very tough. a diferent riding position as the forks are longer than the project twos on my same size frame cinder cone. it rides nice.

 

[Monkeeee01]

picture?

 

[trigg]

photo

bugger.... i'll get the photos right one day

 

[Monkeeee01]

That frame is lovely! Really nice nick and very rare and individual.

I am jealous

 

[Anthony]

I guess you're on solid ground if it has a TET stamp on it and it must be a Hot. Originally it would have had a Tange Ultimate seat tube sticker as shown below. If your sticker is a 'hand-crafted in USA' one, I'm not sure whether they ever appeared on any factory Kona, but if they did it would have been at the bottom of the seat tube.

I assume it has a fluted downtube, and a bulged seat tube as it meets the bb.

Did you take photos of it before you had it painted?

 

[trigg]

yup

yup it has the fluted down tube and it bulges in the right places. know not of the original colour, it was a purply black when i got it, but i am not sure if it is the first. sorry the picture is crap. there was no made in usa sticker on it when i recieved it. i have kept it eight speed and i like it that way...

 

[trigg]

hot photos

proper photo

 

[trigg]

hot more

ok

 

[trigg]

old hot

pre sprayed hot

 

[Anthony]

I like that actually. Hot and black, hmmm, can do a lot worse.

I wonder if this is the same one?