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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: ducati ste on January 12, 2008, 09:58 PM
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Interested in doing a t/a build.
What sort of price would a frameset cost, Worst case would be strip and powdercoat to a mint n.o.s type one.
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At the minute mate start at expensive for a fooked one and then go up to fooking stupidly expensive for a NOS one, and I'm not joking!
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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About £300-£1200 ;)
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Chips and pissed on comes to mind on that plan then :'(
Don't mind getting a shitter and taking my time with it, £300 sounds ok but not much more.
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Aye.....unfortunately if you'd have come 6 months ago £300 nicker would have bought you a half decent one ::)
Gone mad of late has the TA's
Daz.
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Mmmm tell me about about it, should have kept both of mine :tickedoff:
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;) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190189977733&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009 :smitten:
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Your all right it's gone crackers, I've restored about 8 - 10 last few years, 6 months ago I would have sold a restored one with tange forks for £220 posted - £275 with TA forks. The last few on ebay have been creeping up and up. They're not that hard to find either or they weren't, must of sold a fair few in this country bitd. A good set of forks is always the pain in the arse to find.
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found this one on the bay wrong forks tho £500 :shocked:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160197329704&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
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found this one on the bay wrong forks tho £500 :shocked:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160197329704&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
They could be Gen 1 Haro forks ;)
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i think you might have just hit a bit of bad timing to get one.
alot of us have had them got bored then moved to a different build,so they got sold
but now i think we or some have realised they are a MUST for a collection
so got them back and prices have krept up alot.
you never no ,keep your eyes peeled they do pop up .
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i think you might have just hit a bit of bad timing to get one.
alot of us have had them got bored then moved to a different build,so they got sold
but now i think we or some have realised they are a MUST for a collection
so got them back and prices have krept up alot.
you never no ,keep your eyes peeled they do pop up .
can I have your Dirt Bros one? please? :'(
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mine to me goes alot deeper than just a xl ta frame .
not for all the tea in china comes to mind.
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not for all the tea in china comes to mind.
I thoight you might say something like that. :daumenhoch:
I never desired the TA myself, until i saw yours. what the difference between a standard one and an XL?
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top tube 1" longer
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found this one on the bay wrong forks tho £500 :shocked:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160197329704&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
Yeah I thought he was having a laugh too...that needs a fair bit of work and money to make it right...mine was £370 and I feel money well spent, although I spent some money on getting it right for me, it had at least been loved...it seems that one has been missing love for some time.
mine.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v311/Broggie/100_0179.jpg)
Ray.
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Can't say as I desire one to be fair, nice F&F don't get me wrong but they're certainly not at the top of my shopping list. I'm glad really with the way they've gone. I'm sure if I dropped on a survivor from someone and got it cheap enough I'd still restore it but they have never really done owt for me, each to their own as always.
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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Mate, TA's f*ckin rule, and a must for a true collector without doubt. Anyone who disagrees has got to be bloody bonkers.
I found the frame forks and bars to this little slag in a mountain bike web page garage clearout sale. Paid a £100 for the lot although it was 4 years ago and it was in a bit of a state although no dents cracks rewelds etc etc it needed a full bare metal strip which i done myself then i gave it 6 coats of etch primer and 6 coats of 2 pack snow white. I followed this up with 6 coats of laquer then flatted it to 2000 grit and polished it to death!!!!. I had my own spray booth!!!. You have never seen a finish like this one belive me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its not always the obvious places like this that you hit gold my friend. Ive found PK's a trickstar and loads of burners on mountain bike webpages for the right money. Belive me stock is becoming thin and prices are now gettin fu*kin ridiculous. This comunity and folloeing as good as it is is slowly eating itself up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
All the best dude and most of all enjoy. Si :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/jj209/simondom/Various319.jpg)
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i love a TA! :smitten: Had to put them up....sorry!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s213/munners1975/Claremun007.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/s213/munners1975/Claremun045.jpg)
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F*ckin mustard mate.
Lovely job dude, never appologise for postin perfection.
Follows up what i was saying perfectly.
Well done.
Simon
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Ive got to say if it wasnt for seeing a TA, my collection would probably have ended with the Chopper...I saw a TA and that was it...I couldnt afford the TA's that were around, so I bought an 84 master, but it wasnt a TA and so I felt something was missing.
I had to wait a while, but my TA eventually found me...
Its one of those bikes that you never want to sell, and if you do, you'll ALWAYS regret it.
Ray.
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TAs :smitten:
Iv almost rebuilt my one that I wish I never got rid of....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b366/claire169/SkywayTA002.jpg)
Just need some Star Bars ::) & its got a chain now & the drop out savers have gone.
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Best. Bike. Ever! :daumenhoch:
I'm still looking for two more chrome ones.
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i think that if you love a TA...... then you really LOVE A TA! :smitten:
In my eyes they have an aura about them. I have often wondered why. Is it that the Skyway logo and its colours stand out so clearly in my mind from when i was younger? I just dont know.
The more i have got into this hobby the more i believe that Skyway are the most iconic bmx bike company and the TA the most iconic bmx bike.
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I sold a reasonable condition survivor TA frame and fork a couple of years ago for about £100 :uglystupid2:
It had just been sitting in my garage for years (it was a mate's old frame and fork he rode when we were kids) waiting to be restored/built up and I lost interest in it. Maybe it belongs to someone on here now? The bloke I sold it to said him and his mates at work had a whip round to buy the Skyway for a bloke who was leaving. Nice leaving present!
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I do regret selling mine now. I rode it in the OS races at bournemouth and MK, it was a really nice bike. Think I'd go for an XL if i were to ever try for another though.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v260/oberonspacefruit/tashot1.jpg)
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i think that if you love a TA...... then you really LOVE A TA! :smitten:
In my eyes they have an aura about them. I have often wondered why. Is it that the Skyway logo and its colours stand out so clearly in my mind from when i was younger? I just dont know.
The more i have got into this hobby the more i believe that Skyway are the most iconic bmx bike company and the TA the most iconic bmx bike.
I couldn't agree more, Nick.
I love 'em. :daumenhoch:
I've got another here that i'm building up. No pics have been posted up on RAD yet though. I'm looking forwards to finishing it off.
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I like a good TA too, always a great bike to do a build with. They just seem to have more scope than most bikes for a variety of what you can do and what works. As iconic as it gets.....
I've got some pics of a couple of mine, TA XL first then a regular white one
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/XL1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/XL2.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/Xl7.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/XL3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/XL4.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/TA1-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/TA2-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/Ta5-1.jpg)
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Some really nice bikes there lads 8). Given me something to think about.
Watch this space ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) :daumenhoch:
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I also cant put my finger on why, but Skyway has always had an aura surrounding it. Especially the TA, which must be the most beautiful f&f ever produced. So simple, so clean and a true classic.
I did once own one, around the early to mid nineties, it was a survivor frame with genuine forks that I picked up off a lad I worked with. I did a rough build up on it and sold it on for around £40 I think. Regrets, i've had a few...
I'd love to own another, but doubt I ever will. Its just something about the name, the logo, and the colours that looks so right.
IMO you cant beat a white TA, as a result ive gone for the next best thing (that I can afford) and bought this for my next build... (got some white Tuffs coming to help recreate the classic look).
(http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/d0/4f/83c5_1.JPG)
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The TA was the bike I always wanted as a kid but could never afford,so for me thats why I like em,and had to have one :daumenhoch:here's two of mine ;)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b270/daz1969/dazpic051.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b270/daz1969/DSCF0002b.jpg)
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It's here.
My very own T/A f+f set.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff70/ste996/taframe.jpg)
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Congrats mate! Welcome to the club! :LolLolLolLol:
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Congrats matey. Are those Tange forks with it?
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Come on then , spill the beans - Where from ? :D
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have had 3 ta's 2 that where xl's just got rid of this xl, only got rid cos prices are going stupid, when they come back down again i will get another
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y166/gtperformer/100_2171.jpg)
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Nice Pete. NICE! :smitten:
At last we are starting to see the hidden treasure (like the quad the other day) that is always denied by you! ;D
Are they Red Shim DX's? ;)
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Nice Pete. NICE! :smitten:
At last we are starting to see the hidden treasure (like the quad the other day) that is always denied by you! ;D
Are they Red Shim DX's? ;)
no victors £12, thats it i aint showing fook all else till MK now
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It's here.
My very own T/A f+f set.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff70/ste996/taframe.jpg)
Looks just like one I sold a couple of years back to a fella in Scotland.
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Spoil sport! ;)
Nice mate.
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nope - different forks........wish I'd kept the headset.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v614/retrogeezer1/PICT0357.jpg)
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Congrats matey. Are those Tange forks with it?
Thanks,
Yes they are Tange forks. Look similar to the genuine ones. Going to have a look round for some genuine ones for when i do a restoration but for now they will do while i use it as a rider.
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:daumenhoch: nice one ste
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Thanks Bill ;) :)