ONE FOR THE SKYWAY TA FANS.

[munners]

noice.  So is this 3 TA's you have now?  1 NOS built, 1 NOS and one rider?

And all chrome...  What are the chances?

I have:

This one.
NOS chrome that i built.
WHITE NOS BUILT
WHITE REPOWDERED
and the chrome survivor.


Love a TA me.

[QUADROPHENIA]

dont build it, remember the pink ripper build 

[Swivel]

Yep don't build it, this is one for the trophy cabinet me thinks in the loft room 

[tigerbrown]

ive got some dropout like those

gives me a hard on when i look at em




my rear ones not as good as yours matey... big respect

nearly finished building it up... hope i dont damage them too much

[SaMAlex]

ive got some dropout like those

Yours dont have the gaps in the welds like the other one ??

[tigerbrown]

ive got some dropout like those

Yours dont have the gaps in the welds like the other one ??

youre right... hmmmm

his has been rechromed before i got my hands on it mind
you can only just see the skyway usa on the bb now
serial number 0000032

[tigerbrown]

just been and taken another pic... you can still see the gaps on the inside

never noticed that before cheers

wonder if its been filled

[munners]

Not filled mate.

Re-chromed.

Still fooking lovely though. 

[SaMAlex]

just been and taken another pic... you can still see the gaps on the inside

I dont think those gaps on the inside are the same. They look like the Vent holes in the end of the tubes. The other frame has an actual gap in the bead of weld.

[dialledbikes]

Mike, you got a copy of head first?  I used to have it on vhs back in south africa hundreds of years ago.  Wouldnt mind a copy if you can make me one on dvd, lemme know

Only on video, but you're welcome to borrow it if you wanna make a DVD.  Are you at Hayes this weekend?

[dialledbikes]

No probs.  I will dig it out this week.

[tigerbrown]

just been and taken another pic... you can still see the gaps on the inside

I dont think those gaps on the inside are the same. They look like the Vent holes in the end of the tubes. The other frame has an actual gap in the bead of weld.

it's the earliest us made ta on the register... wonder if they changed the welds along the way..

anyone got a upclose and personal pic of an early japan made rear drop out??

im intruiged

[adenough]

mine hade the vent holes in the welds, i noticed this was different on some, i put it down to simply design change to lessen distortion during the welding process, pretty random maybe, or just a mexican imigrant couldnt  read the drawings properly and drilled right through, fook nose, but i dont think its anythin to do with identifying from usa/jap' models? well, anymore typing for today and ill be accused of chatting to a female in the guise of using rad bmx as a cover! yes realley !!

[dannywhiteley]

just been and taken another pic... you can still see the gaps on the inside

I dont think those gaps on the inside are the same. They look like the Vent holes in the end of the tubes. The other frame has an actual gap in the bead of weld.

it's the earliest us made ta on the register... wonder if they changed the welds along the way..

Anyone got a upclose and personal pic of an early japan made rear drop out??

im intruiged

Original chrome jap made frame dropouts.  Solid welds with no holes, only the vent holes in the tubes.

[tigerbrown]

nice one danny

LOLTM

[aerostylie]

Nick that is a beaut of a T/A, spesh with the full logo still showing, wow

So what's the deal with the holes, mines got em as well, serial: Skyway USA 7-84, 13952.  Could it signify USA made?



Paul

[dannywhiteley]

I think the change to the holed drop-outs occured early in US production, but as Jackiebrowns very early US TA show, not right from the start of US production.

That would explain why it was still in place when it came to welding the reissues.

No idea why they would make that change though?

[munners]

Never noticed the holes not in all of them.

Unreal.

Pieces of art are a TA.

[tigerbrown]

Never noticed the holes not in all of them.

Unreal.

Pieces of art are a TA.

learn something new everyday so they say....mental