Kona Ku Serial Number List - update 07/02/25

[d8mok]

When was the chainstay bridge introduced @al-onestare ?

I see the 98/99 ones are lumped together. Are they the same even though the serials change format?

 

[al-onestare]

When was the chainstay bridge introduced @al-onestare ?

I see the 98/99 ones are lumped together. Are they the same even though the serials change format?

When the production moved to Hodaka, a mass production facility, it becomes a little harder to sequence the frames. We've got the basics nailed down, but who knows how they were built, and when during the day/hour, especially for what was meant to be a "custom" frame. I know you don't want to trawl the whole thread but we have had the odd "is it a Ku/isn't a Ku" thing (not quite up there with the Zasker) over the years and the chain-stay bridge is often the cause of confusion...especially if the frame had been repainted!

 

[murphy79]

From what I have read, mostly on here I think, the Hodaka Ku's with the chainstay bridge (and headtube flanges) were made very early in '99 and may have been warranty replacements. With the bridge and flanges, and "standard" Hodaka formatted serial numbers, they are harder to tell from the non-custom frames of the same year like the Kula, but the big difference is that the Ku's are the only ones with ovalised top and down tubes (Columbus I think).

 

[Jammin]

Thanks all for posts and info - very helpful indeed! Much obliged

 

[d8mok]

I can confirm that this is definitely the correct serial. The last 1 is visible under fluorescent lights quite easily

H9A00511 16" 1998 Bright Green - Hodaka, 1999, Control Code A, October, 0511 (Franceso), hard to make out second 1