what kona is this?

[JME]

i rescued this from the local metal yard a couple of months ago started cleaning it up and found that it had no frame number
however the rozzers have had and given me the ok
all i need to know now is what kind of kona it is and is it worth bothering with?

cheers jamie

 

[Jones]

Muni Mula I reckon thats one bad carpet though

 

[Anthony]

Yes, I agree with Steve, it’s a 1998 Muni Mula, size 16, and I’d guess it should weigh just about exactly 4 lbs, does it? It’s made of ‘custom-butted’ 7005 aluminium, takes a 27.0 post and a 31.8 front mech. Kona said it was “Our hardtail bike for fun and technical single track riding.” It was available as a frame only, and my recollection is that it was £299.

As you can see from these photos, it has exactly the same dropout as this 1999 Muni Mula, but it can’t be a 99 as it lacks the down tube gusset. But it can’t be a 97 either, as they didn’t have replaceable dropouts. So that leaves 98 and as the 98 MM was polished that's probably why it lost its decals somewhere along the line. I can’t understand though why anybody would file off its serial number from under the bb – are you sure it isn’t just faint?

And yes, I’d say it’s a very good frame, and very well worthy of being rescued. You could probably get new decals made by Gil_M on this site and turn it into a very nice late-retro cross-country/play bike. As it happens, I have a pair of 98 Bomber Z2 Lights that would be perfect for it, but unfortunately they’re not for sale!

I hope you get it up and running.

 

[slimpee]

Back from the dead.

I may be interested in Mun-Mula decals at some point. How does one get them?

 

[Anthony]

Back from the dead.
I may be interested in Mun-Mula decals at some point. How does one get them?

Gil_M on this site makes excellent decals.