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Just seen this and pondering the pros and cons of the resultant domestic fall out....
[url= http://www.evanscycles.com/products/kona/honky-inc-2012-road-bike-ec034487 ]Kona Honky Inc[/url]
Built one up around a frame I bought in the CRC Kona Sale of 2011. It's marketed as a 'tough winter road bike' or something along those lines, but I haven't ridden mine much lately as I don't want to get it all wet & dirty 🙂
It's a comfy, stiff frame but possibly a little short in the top tube (my old, flexy, 531 road bike probably had the edge on all day comfort)
Compared with calipers the discs are easy on the hands for the prolonged downhill braking you suffer in our neck of the woods (running BB5s).
The carbon fork doesn't flex or wobble at high speeds when you've got loaded panniers on the rear. I think the newer models might have a slightly different geometry due to a slightly shorter fork. (Mine's a 2010)
HTHs
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If it's a 56cm you're after check out the soiled bikes at Evans. Make's it an even easier decision.
Got a honky tonk... It's nice.
Not a super refined steel ride, like 853 etc, but nice. I am upgrading the frame to a ritchey, because I can, not because there is anything wrong with the honky.
Shonky biff also rides a honky. Throw in "hung like a donkey" and you must have a limerick in there somewhere.
Had a 2010 one to, as some comments above, they're a nice neutral handling winter/light touring road bike. The ride is pretty dead but fairly comfy so great for getting in the miles and then having a summer bike to look forward to...
My mate, who's into nice steel bikes like Indy Fabs, has one and took it on a week's touring we did last year. He seemed quite happy with it, he also had a Kaffenback so I guess he prefers the Kona to that given he didn't ride it as much.