Skyway ta question

[adeshere]

Hi,

Been asked about a TA which has a serial number BUT no skyway or date stamp.

I sort of remember something about a company buying up the parts to make the frames, and then making them but selling them as not branded TA's

Anyone shed some light on this ?

[fouronethreeoh!]

The japanese produced ta frames had a serial no. starting with a K, i think thats correct.
Im sure someone started a ta serial no. register on a thread here.

[munners]

Im 100% poitive that the Jap K serial numers also had SKYWAY stamped under the bb too.

[phantom photon]

Dirt Bros 

[Bob_Acid]

Yup there's been at least one of them floating about which i've seen a few times now. Funmonster had it at one time. I'm pretty sure his had Skyway stamped in the knurling on the dropouts though.

[adeshere]

Yep, it was me who started the TA serial number list.

The K ones were the initial ones that had a K serial number and skyway stamped in to them but no date

Dirt bros , now that was what i was thinking of.

[munners]

That thread was brilliant, where is it?

[Bob_Acid]

DBI just used rank and file TA frames.

[adeshere]

The thread is  http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=16494.0

not updated it in ages thou

[tigerbrown]

Hi,

Been asked about a TA which has a serial number BUT no skyway or date stamp.

I sort of remember something about a company buying up the parts to make the frames, and then making them but selling them as not branded TA's

Anyone shed some light on this ?

hi there im new to rad and was wondering if you are refering to a t/a thats just been sold on ebay.com with serial number 0000032 nothing else.... trying to do a bit research because i put a drunken daft bid in for it and won earlier this week.... doh!!
any help would be appreciated
cheers

[adeshere]

If its a chrome one with just the serial number stamped on the bottom bracket but without the skyway and date stamp there, then yes.

[tigerbrown]

If its a chrome one with just the serial number stamped on the bottom bracket but without the skyway and date stamp there, then yes.

aye thats the one ive just bought on ebay (item number 350149589983)  ... its on its way from the states now..  its perfect nick and everything fits except the unusual serial number... any ideas or do you know anyone i could try?
cheers

[adeshere]

I was asked by someone else about it, and this is why i started this thread

At the end of the day its still a skyway TA frame and forks, just probably one sold under the dirt bros name

[tigerbrown]

***update*** frame arrived today should read "skyway usa 02-83 0000032" but think its been rechromed or polished so much that all you can make out it "*****y usa 02-** 0000032"  must be a really early usa made curved bridge frame and forks
thanks for your help
its my first build so al probs be needing more help in the future

[adeshere]

Ah, well that would explain it.

Thought the chrome looked too good for being original

[Bob_Acid]

I was asked by someone else about it, and this is why i started this thread

At the end of the day its still a skyway TA frame and forks, just probably one sold under the dirt bros name

What makes you think it's got anything to do with DBI? All the evidence i've seen tells me DBI used rank and file TA frames they bought from Skyway.

[kirk]

Thats true Bob me old mucca, Vic just painted em Green . Might still have a Vic Murphy TA among my piles of bits and bobs in the attic, Ten years ago you could`nt give the things away.