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Title: Skyway TA id
Post by: oldtired on March 25, 2010, 04:18 PM

One for the TA buffs i know there are some Japanese ones about how do you tell the difference , freme no's i assume?  is there an id list anywhere?  don't know much about TA's other than their mystical coolness  :LolLolLolLol:   

Title: Re: Skyway TA id
Post by: oldtired on March 25, 2010, 04:46 PM

cheers Glen , had a giggle   "USA models are stamped USA"   :LolLolLolLol: any difference i build quality between em ?

Title: Re: Skyway TA id
Post by: dannywhiteley on March 25, 2010, 04:51 PM

Jap made ones are all curved bridge (but so are early and later US ones) so look for K serial numbers on the BB for jap made ones.  All jap ones were chrome aswell (although some will now be painted no doubt).

No baseball logos though.


Ive owned all three types (Jap, US straight and US curved) and bizzarely as most people prefer curved bridge (cos they were stronger) I actually prefer the straight bridge as its the one I remember seeing in a BMX shop in Bangor, North Wales when I was a kid.  Therefore its the one I have kept and built.

Title: Re: Skyway TA id
Post by: dannywhiteley on March 25, 2010, 05:01 PM

Here we go..

US serials look like this

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n249/citypets2/IMG_9446.jpg)

while Jap serialslook like this

(http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/n2cus/P1110989.jpg)

Title: Re: Skyway TA id
Post by: oldtired on March 25, 2010, 05:18 PM

cheers danny
 take it the USA is,    month (or welder), year,  serial no , japanese factory ,etc ? or just guess like most japanese serials?