Konas, lots of Konas.

As the splatter is over the existing decals, won’t it be really hard to get the splatter to match with the new ones as they will be different sizes /shapes?
Yeah that was one of my worrys if i took them off and also the decals would go over some of the existing splatter aswell so i've decided to leave it and look for another 93 Explosif as a new project.
 
So Christmas is only a couple of stops away and i've been sorting the house and mainly the bike cave out today and lurking right at the back was Lazarus my 93 Lavadome which i've owned from new. And then the light bulb moment happened, i've got all three bikes and that was it Lazarus is back from the dead again from its slumber. Lazarus was like hold the phone did you just say there's Steve Peats Explosif and my big brother the 93 Explosif downstairs, get me out this cave 😁😂

Never in my life did i ever think i'd see all three bikes together in one place let alone own them but here they are together 😁

So the plan this Christmas is to get Lazarus kitted out in as many of the parts i've been able to remember i fitted when it was in its pomp before i hammered the bike to an inch of its life 😂🤣
This bike has some stories to tell, just looking at it brings back so many happy memories and unhappy ones like the first time i snapped the frame after a month 😂🤣

So far i've got quite alot of the parts obviously not the original ones there long gone, there is two parts i definitely need and that's a zero rise silver Club Roost stem and silver Club Roost bars. So if anyone has some give me a shout please they can be beat up ones because it's only going to be hung up alongside Peatys bike.

I'm probably going to start a separate build thread for it because there's an intriguing back story to how all three bikes are linked together.
 

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And whilst in the cave i've dug these two out the 90 Lavadome and the 93 Cindercone. I've had these for ages and never done anything with them so the plan for the 90 Lavadome is make a one off in black then splat it like i did with those other ones and because i'm going to thin the collection down it will probably then be sold.
The 93 Cindercone will be the first Kona with suspension for me,so that'll be interesting to see what a 93 bike goes like with those on, i've already got some parts together for it but it'll have to wait until Lazarus is back from the dead 😁
 

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