SOLD! Kona Pahoehoe painted as Ku - complete with XTR

[dani]

I am selling a beautifull high quality Kona bike. This is year 1998 production Pahoehoe, painted as Ku.

Here are some details:
- frame size is 19" (Easton 7005 Ultratube)
- Kona rigid cromoly fork
- Kona seatpost
- middleburn rs-8 cranks (isis style) with duo chainring (29/42)
- Raceface stem
- Salsa bar
- all other components are Shimano XTR (950 series)
- wheelset: Shimano XTR hubs (960 series) with DT spokes, Mavic rims, Ritchey Tom Slick tires 1.4
- etc

It is in extremely good condition! Weight of complete bike is around 10kgs!

I can send you additonal detailed pictures or any other information. Just ask!

Bike is located in Slovenia, shipping it to UK or any other EU place should not be a big deal. Price for complete bike is 600gbp.

 

[Ductape]

neat paint..

 

[SpearedHot]

The decals on this bike do not add up. The most obvious is the poorly done reproduction KONA on the downtube. The cable routing and some decals suggest a 1998 bike and then the KONA CUSTOM on the top tube is '95ish. I'm thinking respray here. Any pics of the serial number to confirm it's a KU?

 

[dani]

Well, I made a quick research and my findings are a little bit shocking. Obviouslly this is not Kona Ku but painted Pahoehoe. It is the same frame as it was discussed here before:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... c&start=15

Looking at the discussion above, I can only find out that the seller was not honest to me since he sold it to me as Ku on Ebay and this was soon after the discussion on this forum.

Anyway: it is still a beautifull frame which gives an amazing ride. It's light and stiff. If anyone is interested please let me know.