It's not a symmetrical tread pattern. Check out the side knobs, you'll see little angled bits that are clearly the leading edge for a directional tread.
it's a pic from DURING the build-up, those frames come as a frame only and without a shock... the RP23 hadn't arrived yet, it's in now... look ant the shot with her in it...
no... that's just a chunk of water pipe that Kona puts there for shipping, the frames are sold wothout a shock... the RP23 from the blue frame is now on the yellow one and my blue one wears an 08 DHXair 5.0