Kona sex one 1996, is there any out there?

[eshew]

Not a Sex but it sure is close!

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/2345887571.html

 

[Kona sex one]

Kona sex one

I have one for sale just posted it

 

[tommorth]

I have a 96 sex one its grey and almost completly origonal bought it from the first owner last year just brought it inside to start swaping some parts over to make it a bit more useable starting with forks and brakes the curve cantis are crap and the quadras are permanantly bottomed out

eshew what i2i is the fox shock on yours? mine is currently fitted with a steel bar

 

[eshew]

6.5" with a 1.5" stroke. If you get a fox float try and find one with propedal. Worked wonders, newer ones had separate compression and rebound tunes. They have 3 lines on either side of the shock, red rebound and blue compression. I went middle on both and it's perfect for my 165lbs.

 

[tommorth]

cool thanks will keep an eye on the local auction site. Yours looks good

it looks like of found some headset bits in the parts box to be able keep the kona impact headset just without the top clamping part
amazing how much higher the bike is with the judy sl on.

thinking a 1x9 setup to keep it fairly simple

 

[rojo]

Any pic's of your bike??

 

[tommorth]

here it is just before I started to remove parts note the fancy rear shock!

 

[rojo]

Looks nice, rear shock looks like it is a bit stiff

 

[tommorth]

So some progress. Picked up a fox float for peanuts no propedal or lockout but it was 10bucks so can't complain , some wc sids and swaped on some bits from under the house almost finished just need a top cap and expanding nut for the steerer tidy up the cables and sort somthing better to hold the chain on at the front.
Had a very quick ride up the footpath and think some wider riser bars are in order and probably 11-32 casette.

 

[rojo]

Looking very nice this is