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Offline kjilaja

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Blue 84' skyway TA
« on: June 01, 2014, 02:46 PM »
Afternoon all,just finished this today, custom painted 1984 blue skyway TA.had this frame and forks for a while now,it was originally white but I tried all the usual colour ways,red,blue,black and wasn't happy as they had all been done before,so I sent it to a mate of mine who does custom car painting and got him to wet paint it blue(think the correct colour is lancia rally blue),well happy with the result,had most of the parts already,but thanks to hunterdubber(gt xt bars) and crazycraig(polished araya 7x) Del(custom mirror chrome and White decals)I've got it finished,hope you all like :)
Parts list:

April 84' skyway TA frame and forks
Tioga bear trap headset
Tuf neck pro model stem
Gt xt bars
NOS blue oakley b2's
Chrome tech 3,mx 1000 and blue 84 DC cable
Chrome DC seat clamp
Shimano dx seat post
Blue shotgun II seat
Redline techmatic BB
Redline 180 401 crank
Redline 44t bubblefont chainring
Skyway pedals with polished cages
Polished araya 7x with NOS suzue hubs
NOS white blue/green label comp3's

Cheers :)


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« Last Edit: June 01, 2014, 03:29 PM by kjilaja »

Offline stevesredvxr

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2014, 02:52 PM »
Love that colour Nick.

Excellent build and something different from all the usual white and chrome TA's


Awesome.  :smitten:


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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2014, 02:57 PM »
Very different Nick for a TA, love the colour, not sure about the tyres though.  :-\


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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2014, 03:27 PM »
Really nice is that Nick. Good balance of colour and so cool to see different colour TA  :4_17_5:
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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2014, 05:34 PM »
Custom loveliness  :daumenhoch:
You always need a cheese option......

Offline BMX1973

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2014, 06:06 PM »
That is a nice shade of Blue   :daumenhoch:

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2014, 07:08 PM »
Nice.. T/a's suit Blue..
Here's my old one which I did nearly 10years ago.  :daumenhoch:

 

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2014, 08:55 PM »
OH YES  :4_17_5:


Totally tremendous T/A   :coolsmiley:

Very nice that Nick , love a well executed  custom build ,great spec



WOW  Scarey Lee  that's a blast from the past , I immediately thought of yours when I  read the title of this thread
 :smitten:  that bike with the Tuffs and Zeronine plate

Offline crazycraig

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2014, 09:09 PM »
Looks ace . Wheels work a treat .

For me it needs a padset .
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Offline bigfatolly

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2014, 10:19 PM »
Looks ace and love the giant bars!!

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2014, 10:58 PM »
It's the weekend for TA's on spokes !!

Looks good Nick , nice custom with some quality parts  8)
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Offline Mikku

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2014, 12:45 PM »
Now there's something you don't see every day!! Such a sweet-looking TA, though I have a bit of a phobia against white tyres so I'd have to agree with Dan on that one. Otherwise that's about perfect for me!  :4_17_5:
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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2014, 04:23 PM »


Little lee, he was cute, daft but cute

Offline Jaan

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2014, 04:41 PM »
Sweet that Nick, love the Rob Fehd or Andy Patterson bars  :daumenhoch:

Offline Kaner

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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2014, 04:43 PM »
Great colour!

Love the blue on a TA.


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Re: Blue 84' skyway TA
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2014, 05:29 PM »
Love the colour  :daumenhoch:

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