Author Topic: The Â£120 complete skyway T/A story (Read 5032 times)

davym2112 · « **on:** October 29, 2012, 10:54 AM »

I got a call a while back from a guy who said he had an old bmx for sale if I was interested. He finally sent through a few photos last week and it turned out to be a Skyway ta with lots of nice parts.
At this stage because of the crap pics he sent I didnt know exactly what the bike had. A deal was done and I agreed to go pick up the bike last Sunday morning.At the current exchange rate the bike cost a little over Â£120... I work in Singapore and the bike was actually on the island of Batam which is part of Indonesia . A 6 am start on the first ferry of the day got me there in 45 minutes and the guy agreed to meet me outside the ferry terminal

He said I could identify him by his white arab clothing an there he was in the full gear including turbin with the BMX. Really friendly guy who had the bike for over 20 years.I wish I had taken a photo of him with the TA !
Back to Singapore on the ferry and a few strange looks walking through customs

Got back home and finally had a chance to get a good look at the spec.
Skyway ta usa made frame and forks
Kuwahara stamped freestlye bars, laser post and stamped stem.
Redline / sugino 400 crankset and shimano pedals
DC calipers, cables and levers
Alloy hub skyway tuffs
Suntour arrow seat clamp and headlock
Tange headset
Mushroom grips
Seat is marked promax ? 1981
The Kuwahara stamped freestyle bars were the real bonus, I think these were only standard on exhibitionists, They go for silly money on the museum.

Kuwahara stem

And the rest

Frame is in good condition and should clean up well, forks not so good on the inside

The tuffs were so badly faded I thought they might have been white or yellow to begin with but 30 years in the Indonesian sun had taken its toll...

Totally fookin shocked when I started to give them a light sand alond the edge of one of the spokes and they are in fact blue

Going to get it stripped down now and see if I can get the rust off the frame and forks, will update with more pics as I progress with it.

Done think I will ever find anything this good for Â£120 again.....

crazycraig · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:04 AM »

Give you £125 for it

Spen69 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:09 AM »

Awesome find fella, and who would have guessed the Tuffs were blue?

denzil · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:15 AM »

top find that mate.

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:17 AM »

top score

great parts and the frame looks like it will come up a treat with the right care - don't use the wrong stuff

give it loads of love

hotdog · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:18 AM »

Great story. The DX pedals look in excellent condition. Try soaking the forks in citric acid crystals in water for a couple of days,it worked for me.

Devilock · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:19 AM »

Congratulations to you sir, what a result.

monkian · « **Reply #7 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:34 AM »

Incredible score

ronster · « **Reply #8 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:45 AM »

Wow...nice one, just goes to show there are still gems out there worldwide

Dark Diggler · « **Reply #9 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:50 AM »

Clean it, grease it, ride it. Its fookin ace just as it is

Devilock · « **Reply #10 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:52 AM »

Quote from: ronster on October 29, 2012, 11:45 AM

Wow...nice one, just goes to show there are still gems out there

Yes, here are some more

dannyrobo2012 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 29, 2012, 11:53 AM »

great story,even better find

Andy68 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:17 PM »

Hell yes!!!!!!! Nice score there bud.

Just tidy it up a bit and re grease, sorted!!!!

MaD-RoK · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2012, 12:21 PM »

RESULT!

bodamus · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2012, 04:46 PM »

Fantastic

not johndub71 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:05 PM »

Nice patina.

bobbbbsy · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:11 PM »

i dont know bmx prices on batam island but by uk prices you saved at least 600 pound sterling upwards!!
so you are chinese singaporean and you got it off an indonesian arab?! wow you should have got pictures !

rooski · « **Reply #17 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:22 PM »

Good score dude

,looking at it everthing looks in very good condition,theres no hammer marks on anything,just looks very grubby

Be CAREFUL how you clean it up,should look really good

BMX1973 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 29, 2012, 05:30 PM »

Great find, nice story behind it. Another old school bmx saved.

deeman · « **Reply #19 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:09 PM »

Sweet find and price!

animal · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:28 PM »

What a brilliant find

martin46 · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2012, 06:43 PM »

Wow, great story and great find

Good to know there are still bikes and parts like this just waiting to be discovered. Look forward to seeing how it cleans up

hunterdubber · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2012, 08:19 PM »

Great story , great find , great bike

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2012, 08:25 PM »

Nice one, those wheels are going to need a shot blast me thinks but with some loving that bike will look sweet

Pooch · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2012, 08:31 PM »

Nice when you get a score like that! Great find

Author Topic: The Â£120 complete skyway T/A story (Read 5032 times)

davym2112

monkian

ronster

dannyrobo2012

deeman