Love my Kona Line up 1. 2016 Explosif - tastefully uprgraded. 2. 2016 Process 134 DL 👌 3. 2017 Honzo Al DL Needless to say I’m a huge Kona Fan, I have loved these bikes since 2002! Got my first shred and the rest is history! Keep it up Kona!
Id like to see some history on the Stinky, which is probably the most well known freeride bike out there from back in the day. Everyone and their brother was riding one. Shit, Ive still got one as a backup rig.
Bought the Kona Kilauea back in 1995/6, Curve Components for the brakes, chainrings, etc. Took some hammer that bike and NEVER let me down. It went to Bike Heaven about 2 years ago - 20 years after I bought it.
My first bike, that wasn't a hand me down, was a Kona Kilauea, must have been about 1994-1995 ish. Since then I've had a Five-O deluxe and a Stinky Deluxe. Love Kona. Cheers for the insight to history.
YUCK! Circa 2005 was when Konas were the most popular brand in my city, and also the easiest bikes to hate. Cheap and ugly frames with awful geometry, plenty of failures, and component choices that were big on suspension and small on less obvious things that could be expensive to replace.
@@Metal-Possum I'm actually quite surprised to hear that, they've always been very reputable over here in the SW UK especially the old Stinkys were incredibly reliable cheap DH bikes, they'd get thrashed and sold over and over again but they'd never break 😅
Still riding my 2015 Kona Precept Dl.It was my first full suspension trail bike ever! And it still rock! Sometimes I ride it casual and sometime hardcore.It is a playful and FUN bike! Thank you Kona! >:D
I gave my buddy my very first Kona, a gold, 2006, Caldera. I loved that bike, but now I have a 2016 Honzo AL that is even sweeter. Only thing I might get instead of another Kona would be a Chromag...but time will tell. Thanks Kona!
My first Kona was 1994 Cinder Cone, I loved that bike. After that I got 1998 Lava Dome (I grew) and then there was a long pause without any cycling. Now the only bike I have is 2011 Dew Deluxe and I’m thinking of buying a MTB again. Every bike I’ve had since 1994 has been a Kona. They seem to fit very well under my ass.
Any comment on an ancient Kona Ninja frameset, has Joe Murray decal, this frame is now set up as an urban warrior! Thanks for any help in identifying. Was bought in Sydney (Aust.,) from a Canadian tourist many years ago. :)
Loved my konas back in early 2000s had both them stinky Five and super deelux, also had the Giant ATX one had my accident on that what stopped me riding for a few year's someone planted a tree in front of me 😂 smashed everything ohh the pain! I just started riding again and wanted something similar I picked up the cube stereo action team 2024 emtb feels amazing some similarities to the old girl!
Todo los modelos de kona en doble suspención perrisimo lastimar no tengo cash 😥😥😵saludos desde las faldas mont Tlaloc chicoloapan México raza fletera!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🚵🚵🤗🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Aw! Ever since i like kona bikes. But unfortunately i can't afford to buy even just the frame. So instead i bought a fake kona frame here in the philippines. So everytime i see a legit kona bikes i can't help myself to drool and imagine if i can only afford one. 😢😢😢😢😢
I was at the airport strip in toronto when the kona symbol went from kona with a bowl of fruit to the shape around kona now lol.... i also saw the inspiration ha ha.....
Proud owner of a 2005 Kona Blast. Upgraded to Shimano Alivio M4000, 2002 Air Bombers....ya baby love the ride of that bad puppy! Get looks for that white and ride frame. Old school fun.
I have the stinky 2009 green, very cool bike, i bought it on 2010 and now in 2022 still rolling on the bikepark. I was waiting to destroy it and buy me a DH bike but damn, it´s like indestructible.
The Kona Humuhumu at the end is my opinion the coolest pub bike you could ever own. I can’t understand why they discontinue it and even worst why it has a Buffalo on the frame instead of a.. say a Hawaiian fish?!
Still love all the kona's I have! Still ride my 2000 stab dee-lux with 2017 parts, still rides like a beast! But the kona i loved the most and will always love is my dear and beloved Kona Cowan DS, f*ck i love that bike!
Kona used to be the shit for their Stinkys, stabs, the bass, the enterauge, but it’s like they ignored all that just to talk about trail bikes and race bikes in these videos. That’s kinda why I stopped liking kona, they really decided not to care about the freeride/freestyle aspect of riding anymore and just make trail and race bikes.
Yes, it's disappointing from them. Also, the old frame paints ruled. I have a Stab Deluxe '09 and a Stinky '08. Both are head turners, stand out of today's crowd like no other...and always get compliments and questions from strangers.
I own a Kona process 153cr G2, Its a fucking awesome bike, i love the design, i love how it tracks the ground, i love how well it climbs, i love how big burly and overbuilt it is, it is fucking awesome! , I will say this though, the supplier in Australia are a pack of wallies... none of them ride bikes and are just a bunch of pencil pushers... this is reflected in the fact they didn't get enough bikes into australia to meet demand! i was lucky to get the model i got but i really pushed hard to try get the top spec blue model, and my local bike shop could have easily sold a dozen more! please if you are listening Kona, Australia is not happy with the Kona supplier!
Hell yes. The whole way Kona is sold and marketed in Australia is pathetic. No bike shops in Brisbane (capital city) where you can even inspect or purchase. Learn from the Trek website on how to make it easier for potential buyers. Just trying to get local info on Kona bikes here in Oz is difficult. And why this: Limited Lifetime Warranty (on frames) applies to purchases from Kona U.S.A., Kona Canada and Kona Europe. Why is the rest of the world not treated the same????!
I stil prefer the likes of the stinky 5 paint and decals. I have a 2000 manomano still with 2000 jr t forks and woukd never sell it. Ive never seen any vids or posts of any other manomano s.maybe they all mostly broke 🤔🤔
Dam right - my mate has a stinky that's been battered for the last 15 years and still more solid than most new "enduro bikes ! don't get me wrong , it's not a light frame but defo bombproof and shreds 🤘
"step in for Pat, he's got some work to finish" 1 minute in he's literally skateboarding around playing with a dog hahaha
H ha, he totally is
Love my Kona Line up
1. 2016 Explosif - tastefully uprgraded.
2. 2016 Process 134 DL 👌
3. 2017 Honzo Al DL
Needless to say I’m a huge Kona Fan, I have loved these bikes since 2002! Got my first shred and the rest is history! Keep it up Kona!
Id like to see some history on the Stinky, which is probably the most well known freeride bike out there from back in the day. Everyone and their brother was riding one. Shit, Ive still got one as a backup rig.
I just picked up a 2010 Kona Kula Supreme (scandium frame) bike, and it's an amazing bike. Love the creativeness of these folks!
Just bought my Kona Steel Honzo and digging it. Can't wait for the weather to clear up and hit some trails with friends.
Lol why wait? I have been riding my bosses 2019 hei hei for a month now and we're in Canada... it snowed this week
ASMR touch I’m riding streets but no trails. They are closed because of all the rain.
Still riding my 03 Caldera. Love Kona.
Bought the Kona Kilauea back in 1995/6, Curve Components for the brakes, chainrings, etc. Took some hammer that bike and NEVER let me down. It went to Bike Heaven about 2 years ago - 20 years after I bought it.
My first bike, that wasn't a hand me down, was a Kona Kilauea, must have been about 1994-1995 ish. Since then I've had a Five-O deluxe and a Stinky Deluxe. Love Kona. Cheers for the insight to history.
I love my 05 kona stinky!! Thank you KONA for making kick ass bikes.
You guys skipped all the good ones between 2003-2007 :(
BlunderCig I know that’s right like my 2006 coil air with Marzocchi bomber all mountain 1
YUCK! Circa 2005 was when Konas were the most popular brand in my city, and also the easiest bikes to hate. Cheap and ugly frames with awful geometry, plenty of failures, and component choices that were big on suspension and small on less obvious things that could be expensive to replace.
I have the 2007 Kona Stinky Deluxe
Surprised nobody has mentioned the Dawg either, love my 05' Dawg Dee-Lux :D
@@Metal-Possum I'm actually quite surprised to hear that, they've always been very reputable over here in the SW UK especially the old Stinkys were incredibly reliable cheap DH bikes, they'd get thrashed and sold over and over again but they'd never break 😅
Still riding my 2015 Kona Precept Dl.It was my first full suspension trail bike ever! And it still rock! Sometimes I ride it casual and sometime hardcore.It is a playful and FUN bike! Thank you Kona! >:D
I gave my buddy my very first Kona, a gold, 2006, Caldera. I loved that bike, but now I have a 2016 Honzo AL that is even sweeter. Only thing I might get instead of another Kona would be a Chromag...but time will tell. Thanks Kona!
I'd love to see Connor ride the 1999 stab and his latest operator back to back 👍
kona Rock 🤘
Being an old git I came here for the steel Cinder/Explosif etc and none to be seen....shame. I still ride my steel Cinder and Lava and love 'em.
Awesome bikes.
I'm with you on that one, I bought a Lava Dome in '96. Project 2 forks were brilliant and the Curve brakes were different, excellent cro-mo frame
My first Kona was 1994 Cinder Cone, I loved that bike. After that I got 1998 Lava Dome (I grew) and then there was a long pause without any cycling. Now the only bike I have is 2011 Dew Deluxe and I’m thinking of buying a MTB again. Every bike I’ve had since 1994 has been a Kona. They seem to fit very well under my ass.
I loved my original 98 stab, also love my 15 process. People hate on Kona but they rule
Eddy ride a bicycle wich process i have the 111 with a 150 mil fork man it slays
Kona is my jam!
In the town I grew up in Kona owned the dirtjump scene!
I'm so stoked to demo your new process 153 al dl!!!! Going to do a review on it...
Been waiting for this video. Finally! Only 3 weeks late!
I dont miss having the pads fall out of my olde Hayes Brakes.
They were so shit!! brake fluid everywhere as well
Oh I remember those
I just got an 04-ish stinky frame and I’m stoked about making it into a sick bike
Would like to see Kona go threaded Bottom Bracket.
I do like the Wah Wah 2 pedals. Light and lock in well
Any comment on an ancient Kona Ninja frameset, has Joe Murray decal, this frame is now set up as an urban warrior! Thanks for any help in identifying. Was bought in Sydney (Aust.,) from a Canadian tourist many years ago. :)
Loved my konas back in early 2000s had both them stinky Five and super deelux, also had the Giant ATX one had my accident on that what stopped me riding for a few year's someone planted a tree in front of me 😂 smashed everything ohh the pain! I just started riding again and wanted something similar I picked up the cube stereo action team 2024 emtb feels amazing some similarities to the old girl!
Min 3:19. Were not trying to sell anything?
I still ride my 2007 Coiler...
Todo los modelos de kona en doble suspención perrisimo lastimar no tengo cash 😥😥😵saludos desde las faldas mont Tlaloc chicoloapan México raza fletera!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🚵🚵🤗🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Hi i have a 05 kona stinky ive have in my posession silly thing i cant seem to remove the front wheel can u tell me how to please thanks
Got a damn near all original 00 stab primo. Still rips
Got a kona process 153 Al for 1999pounds,,, stoked...
I had the stinky 5 ❤ It got stolen and I still miss it now 😂
Well done! Takes a lot of time to create a video like this - but for us fans - we dig. 134 CR/DL here.
Aw! Ever since i like kona bikes. But unfortunately i can't afford to buy even just the frame. So instead i bought a fake kona frame here in the philippines. So everytime i see a legit kona bikes i can't help myself to drool and imagine if i can only afford one. 😢😢😢😢😢
I thought pat had stuff to do ?? we can see him playing with the dog in the background 😂
Do you have a kennel out the back too?
I was at the airport strip in toronto when the kona symbol went from kona with a bowl of fruit to the shape around kona now lol.... i also saw the inspiration ha ha.....
i loved my 2001 stinky dee-lux other then the top shock bolt kept breaking
Proud owner of a 2005 Kona Blast. Upgraded to Shimano Alivio M4000, 2002 Air Bombers....ya baby love the ride of that bad puppy! Get looks for that white and ride frame. Old school fun.
The Process DL 2014 looks sick, and very long reach
I need a seat stay for my 2005 stinky primo, Kona is charging 240 usd, that's really sad.
I have the stinky 2009 green, very cool bike, i bought it on 2010 and now in 2022 still rolling on the bikepark.
I was waiting to destroy it and buy me a DH bike but damn, it´s like indestructible.
The Kona Humuhumu at the end is my opinion the coolest pub bike you could ever own. I can’t understand why they discontinue it and even worst why it has a Buffalo on the frame instead of a.. say a Hawaiian fish?!
Where's a Kona Srap?
Where are the Cadabras and CoilAirs?
Still love all the kona's I have! Still ride my 2000 stab dee-lux with 2017 parts, still rides like a beast! But the kona i loved the most and will always love is my dear and beloved Kona Cowan DS, f*ck i love that bike!
meanwhile sitting here with a kona kikapu deluxe
Kona used to be the shit for their Stinkys, stabs, the bass, the enterauge, but it’s like they ignored all that just to talk about trail bikes and race bikes in these videos. That’s kinda why I stopped liking kona, they really decided not to care about the freeride/freestyle aspect of riding anymore and just make trail and race bikes.
Yes, it's disappointing from them.
Also, the old frame paints ruled.
I have a Stab Deluxe '09 and a Stinky '08.
Both are head turners, stand out of today's crowd like no other...and always get compliments and questions from strangers.
I love Kona bikes. I'm on my 3rd now i had a Nunu a Roast a just got a Big Kahuna 29er and i love it... Kona best bikes ever
"We're not trying to sell anything here"
Lol what?
Just bikes.
more!
where is my beloved howler guys?
Entourage? Anyone?
Step in for Pat was a let down
nice vid . but no love for Honzos
I know right.. How can there be a Evolution of Kona bikes without mentioning the Honzo?
All about that super deep seatpost insertion.... if you know what I mean
I own a Kona process 153cr G2, Its a fucking awesome bike, i love the design, i love how it tracks the ground, i love how well it climbs, i love how big burly and overbuilt it is, it is fucking awesome! , I will say this though, the supplier in Australia are a pack of wallies... none of them ride bikes and are just a bunch of pencil pushers... this is reflected in the fact they didn't get enough bikes into australia to meet demand! i was lucky to get the model i got but i really pushed hard to try get the top spec blue model, and my local bike shop could have easily sold a dozen more! please if you are listening Kona, Australia is not happy with the Kona supplier!
Hell yes. The whole way Kona is sold and marketed in Australia is pathetic. No bike shops in Brisbane (capital city) where you can even inspect or purchase. Learn from the Trek website on how to make it easier for potential buyers. Just trying to get local info on Kona bikes here in Oz is difficult. And why this: Limited Lifetime Warranty (on frames) applies to purchases from Kona U.S.A., Kona Canada and Kona Europe. Why is the rest of the world not treated the same????!
@@dextertheragdollcat213 because we hav sick rides else where...
Also so expensive compared to NZ prices ..getting ripped ..Evo cycles in NZ do a good job with the brand
That Stinky5 made me gag
中3男子です。これとおんなじやつ中古で譲ってもらいました!やったー!
Only Kona
Those boxes don't look safe stacked 4 high
I stil prefer the likes of the stinky 5 paint and decals. I have a 2000 manomano still with 2000 jr t forks and woukd never sell it. Ive never seen any vids or posts of any other manomano s.maybe they all mostly broke 🤔🤔
Evolution of Kona: Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap snap a bit later, snap, snap when they fixed the snapping, snapping some more.
I snapped a trek and a cannondale but my kona is still running after 7 years of owning it
Nothing about XC.. =( i think Kona HEI-HEI was f-d by s-works epic, unno horn, etc...
Interesting vid, could lose the annoying music in the bg though
Kona Rosco
Evolution of Kona bikes without a Honzo?? WTF
You missed all the 2000 bikes ... not impressed ... please do another vid .. mine I've had since new 2002 fire mountain...
Ahah, in Portuguese Kona means cunt!
In English, Sergio Loureiro means cunt.
Expensive
first but nice vid
Donald trump
Agree
Does anyone ride these bikes
Yeah! The Process 153 is fantastic! I bet the cf version is even better.
No
Kato suomalaisia täälläkin
Dam right - my mate has a stinky that's been battered for the last 15 years and still more solid than most new "enduro bikes ! don't get me wrong , it's not a light frame but defo bombproof and shreds 🤘
Meeeeeeeee 531 DL small
Kona sucks, always have, always will
What’s bad about it have got my kona for almost 7 years now only had a fork service
They make frames...literally one part of a bike.