Weird Logo on my Killer V

[Andrew Kinney]

I bought a killer V from a coworker in the late 90's. I've rebuilt it and polished it, but the decals didn't survive. In the process of looking for replacement decals, I discovered that my logo is pretty unique. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. I have attached a pic.

I recreated the logo for a new decal. The font is called Janus Regular. I am wondering if this logo was applied at the factory or if it was a replacement at some point. Has anyone ever seen this kind of logo before?

Thanks!

 

[roKWiz]

I thought that decal is off a much later 2004 on FG1, similar to this.

 

[Andrew Kinney]

Here's another pic where you can see more of the bike...

The serial number starts with EF.. that should mean June 1993.

Are you saying you've seen the decal before? That would be something at least. I've never seen it before although I haven't looked at very many different models in my search.

 

[black lightning 1987]

Hard to tell from the catalog scan, but the 2004 1FG is close. 2005 Chase is similar as well.

 

[black lightning 1987]

1994 was the first year for the Killer V. Wondering if your frame could be a prototype. The KV 900 was available polished with a black fork.

 

[Andrew Kinney]

Here's another pic where you can see more of the bike...

The serial number starts with EF.. that should mean June 1993

Hard to tell from the catalog scan, but the 2004 1FG is close. 2005 Chase is similar as well.

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The font on that logo is not the same. Here's a cleaned up version of my logo...

 

[Andrew Kinney]

1994 was the first year for the Killer V. Wondering if your frame could be a prototype. The KV 900 was available polished with a black fork.



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My bike never had a killerV decal or a neck tube decal--at least not since I've owned it. The idea of it being a prototype is intriguing.

 

[black lightning 1987]

Now if we can get a clearer pic of the 2004 1FG.... I have a 2003 print catalog but not a 2004. Blowing up the scans just makes them fuzzier. June seems way too early for next model year regular production. Prototype might explain all the discrepancies but it would probably require some input from Cannondale employees to confirm.

 

[chumaman]

Give us this photo of the whole bike.....it's kind of weird
Me personally from what I see , this frame is polished
serial number without photos of the same....photo fragments with nothing substantial
stickers that exist they can be manipulated
generally slightly weird topic

 

[Andrew Kinney]

Give us this photo of the whole bike.....it's kind of weird
Me personally from what I see , this frame is polished
serial number without photos of the same....photo fragments with nothing substantial
stickers that exist they can be manipulated
generally slightly weird topic

Here are some more pics. The only full-bike shot is post rebuild so the decals are already gone. The frame was polished when I got it in 1997. The decals are completely different from the 1FG or the Chase.

 

[chumaman]

Definitely a prototype and I'm very pleased to have this forum enriched
My is quite ordinary FB .... 94' February
In any case, you should contact Cannondale,maybe there is more complete information
such pieces are still very rare
We have the earliest Killer V ever documented ... what a delight