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Title: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: benno on January 26, 2014, 12:36 PM: picked these up today with a f & f , I've never seen them before , does anyone know much about em ?
what sort of year they might be and are they very sought after :)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/83AE967C-A97B-4E6D-8AEC-6A3F947D68B4.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/83AE967C-A97B-4E6D-8AEC-6A3F947D68B4.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/F85B0D89-22AF-4B12-B378-F3D200FFEA39.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/F85B0D89-22AF-4B12-B378-F3D200FFEA39.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/387B1900-9ACE-4A47-8534-717BDD6ABB1C.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/387B1900-9ACE-4A47-8534-717BDD6ABB1C.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/benno5/C282E7B3-0687-4671-BF13-C1AE848DDEA3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/benno5/media/C282E7B3-0687-4671-BF13-C1AE848DDEA3.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: oldschoolace on January 26, 2014, 12:42 PM: Came on some mongoose decades :daumenhoch:
Strong wheels. mine got the bleach treatment and get used on ramps all the time :)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: oldschoolace on January 26, 2014, 12:43 PM: May be interested if you ever let them go ;)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: That Swan Guy on January 26, 2014, 12:58 PM: OE as said, came on some completes bitd, rarer than 5 spokes, look great on some bikes.

Nice :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on January 26, 2014, 01:10 PM: Quote from: benno on January 26, 2014, 12:36 PM
picked these up today with a f & f , I've never seen them before , does anyone know much about em ?
what sort of year they might be and are they very sought after :)
You can pretty much tell from the hub array that they would have been from around 1985 >>, looking at Tuff 50/50's. And rarer for sure because they were weak and broke easier, thus being skipped at an early age in their lives. I think they came on Diamond Back Hot streaks and Skyway Streetsyler's
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on January 26, 2014, 01:11 PM: Here ya go :daumenhoch:

(http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w495/Freestylerider/streetstyleradhk1_zps51833587.jpg) (http://s1078.photobucket.com/user/Freestylerider/media/streetstyleradhk1_zps51833587.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: PRO THUNDER on January 26, 2014, 01:16 PM: Does anyone know if these came in black? I've got a 87 BOSS Comp freestyler and they came with black 6 spoke Skyways. Anyone got a set? :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: BMX1973 on January 26, 2014, 04:58 PM: Did'nt these 6 spoke Skyways come on Haro FSX frames in 87/88 :-\

Cool wheels :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: benno on January 26, 2014, 06:08 PM: Cheers fellas :) I quite like em but don't think I've got anything I
would use them on !
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: pickle on January 26, 2014, 06:15 PM: I've got a cool street scene that came with those as standard. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: stevesredvxr on January 26, 2014, 06:16 PM: Quote from: pickle on January 26, 2014, 06:15 PM
I've got a cool street scene that came with those as standard. :daumenhoch:

:daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: brummie on January 26, 2014, 06:20 PM: did you get that red fst then mike
nice that if you did
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: benno on January 26, 2014, 08:37 PM: Quote from: brummie on January 26, 2014, 06:20 PM
did you get that red fst then mike
nice that if you did

;) ;)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: hunterdubber on January 26, 2014, 08:45 PM: That red FST on ebay was nice ,,,I have a soft spot for them , one of my mates had one BITD :smitten:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Dark Diggler on January 26, 2014, 08:47 PM: They are just as shit as 5 spoke ones :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: oldtired on January 26, 2014, 09:36 PM: Skyway are making new six spokers , but they're offset like OGK's :chin: :crazy2: 6 spokes is 12 degrees less flexy than 5 :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: Glynnyboy on January 27, 2014, 03:57 AM: Quote from: PRO THUNDER on January 26, 2014, 01:16 PM
Does anyone know if these came in black? I've got a 87 BOSS Comp freestyler and they came with black 6 spoke Skyways. Anyone got a set? :daumenhoch:
Yeah they came in black. Kuwahara used them on the magician pro
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll167/glynn9371/KuwaharaMagicianPro2.jpg) (http://s288.photobucket.com/user/glynn9371/media/KuwaharaMagicianPro2.jpg.html)
Title: Re: 6 spoke skyways
Post by: hunterdubber on January 27, 2014, 07:20 AM: A mate of mine had a lavender pair supplied on his Falcon Prostyler from Halfords in 86.