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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: haro__master1985 on June 16, 2007, 05:20 PM

Title: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: haro__master1985 on June 16, 2007, 05:20 PM: Just had a question off a guy about streetbeat forks ,he says they are stamped ?

I have a 85 green streetbeat which i bought when ebay was flooed with them and the forks arnt stamped !

Should they be ?
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: CD17 on June 16, 2007, 05:46 PM: Stamped with what ???

I had a Green Streetbeat & don't remember any stamps on the forks :-\
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: haro__master1985 on June 16, 2007, 05:57 PM: Quote from: wish id kept my TA on June 16, 2007, 05:46 PM
Stamped with what ???

I had a Green Streetbeat & don't remember any stamps on the forks :-\

Dunno ? think hes just trying to be clever ?
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Trev on June 16, 2007, 06:03 PM: I have a Street Beat and a Street Styler here in my room and neither of those forks are stamped.
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: lazychubs on June 16, 2007, 06:14 PM: some forks was stamped like the se ones
as a bloke in sarf end has 2 beats
and one set was stamped
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: dordymush on June 16, 2007, 06:22 PM: some had skyway round where the axle fits.
might mean that.
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: lazychubs on June 16, 2007, 06:28 PM: nope these was stamped on the bottom of the fork
like landing gears
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: dordymush on June 16, 2007, 06:43 PM: no i know the ones you mean big rhys.
they were off the latter beats.
87 i think with the funny shapped drop outs.
both mine had skyway by the knurling on the drop outs
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: lazychubs on June 16, 2007, 06:44 PM: yep thats em dave
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: pickle on June 16, 2007, 06:59 PM: Yep Daves right....the MKII's with the two tone paint jobs were stamped, the white and green, white and red, grey and lavenda and so on :daumenhoch:

The MKI wasnee
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Trev on June 16, 2007, 07:49 PM: I have a mkII street beat. blue & grey. i can't see anything stamped on these forks. :(
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Moose on June 17, 2007, 09:31 AM: The forks changed around late '86 early '87 so the first two-tones came with the non-stamped forks and the later ones with the stamped forks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e250/Christmoose/Skyway/Sneek1.jpg)
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: haro__master1985 on June 17, 2007, 04:42 PM: Thanks for clearing that up for me guys :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: pickle on June 17, 2007, 04:44 PM: Quote from: Moose on June 17, 2007, 09:31 AM
The forks changed around late '86 early '87 so the first two-tones came with the non-stamped forks and the later ones with the stamped forks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e250/Christmoose/Skyway/Sneek1.jpg)

Moose....i've never seen Skyway tyres before! bet they're a few quids?! :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Trev on June 17, 2007, 04:45 PM: Quote from: Moose on June 17, 2007, 09:31 AM
The forks changed around late '86 early '87 so the first two-tones came with the non-stamped forks and the later ones with the stamped forks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e250/Christmoose/Skyway/Sneek1.jpg)

actually, i do remember my old skyways being stamped like that...
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Moose on June 17, 2007, 04:49 PM: Quote from: pickle on June 17, 2007, 04:44 PM
Quote from: Moose on June 17, 2007, 09:31 AM
The forks changed around late '86 early '87 so the first two-tones came with the non-stamped forks and the later ones with the stamped forks

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e250/Christmoose/Skyway/Sneek1.jpg)

Moose....i've never seen Skyway tyres before! bet they're a few quids?! :4_17_5:

They're very rare in white.

Bought those off a fellow member for, what I thought at the time, a small fortune. As it turns out it wasn't a bad price.

I've now sold them to a fellow collector for what I consider to be a bargain (given the current market).
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: pickle on June 17, 2007, 04:56 PM: fair play mate.....just i never even knew they made tyres!! :-\ stupid me! ::)
Title: Re: Skyway streetbeat forks ?
Post by: Moose on June 17, 2007, 05:06 PM: They're the same as Panaracers. Skyway sold them in white, grey and baby blue