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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: dwain dibbly on June 21, 2008, 06:24 PM

Title: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: dwain dibbly on June 21, 2008, 06:24 PM: now this is TRUE OLDSCHOOL :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

when we were kids growing up in yorkshire in the middle of the miners strike
all the exotic bikes and parts that we lusted over in mags were sadly way out
of our league :-\ so we improvised :D :D

i remember not having enough pocket money to even buy stickers to put on
my plate., so id cut pictures of the decals GT, CW, RIPPER etc out of action bike
and prit stick them on ;D ;D ;D
also remember badgering the pro's when they came to our tack when they used to cut there grips of
id take them and superglue they back together and fit them ::)

anyway the reason im rambling is because things seems to have gone full circle ::) ::)
with skyways graphites bringing ridiculous prices i decided to use some of my childhood
ingenuity.
what do you reckon
im well chuffed with them :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

3 hours masking :shocked: :shocked:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2089.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2087.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2086.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2085.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2084.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2083.jpg)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: meticulous on June 21, 2008, 06:56 PM: its gotta look better than the normal silver hubs, what colour did you use, dont just say gold, i mean which gold, :LolLolLolLol get them on that red pk :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: dwain dibbly on June 21, 2008, 07:00 PM: Quote from: carcosmet on June 21, 2008, 06:56 PM
its gotta look better than the normal silver hubs, what colour did you use, dont just say gold, i mean which gold, :LolLolLolLol get them on that red pk :daumenhoch:
not sure of the code. i'll check.
but its as close to the original colour that i
could find.
and yes they are destined for the ripper :):):)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: Rombloke on June 21, 2008, 07:03 PM: yip...looks like jobs a good un.
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: meticulous on June 21, 2008, 07:09 PM: get them round to a engravers and get the graffite name on, wow! might set off a trend! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: funkyfresh on June 21, 2008, 08:27 PM: Quote from: dwain dibbly on June 21, 2008, 07:00 PM
Quote from: carcosmet on June 21, 2008, 06:56 PM
its gotta look better than the normal silver hubs, what colour did you use, dont just say gold, i mean which gold, :LolLolLolLol get them on that red pk :daumenhoch:
not sure of the code. i'll check.
but its as close to the original colour that i
could find.
and yes they are destined for the ripper :):):)

Bet your glad you didn't get the ripper re-powdered now, eh?! ;)

They look smart, BTW... :daumenhoch:

and you're so right about everything we have now being unaffordable BITD...

M
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??
Post by: CD17 on June 22, 2008, 01:47 PM: Very nice work there, they look spot on :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: Bob_Acid on June 22, 2008, 02:11 PM: Good Job :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: dwain dibbly on June 23, 2008, 08:27 AM: now fitted :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2092.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2095.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/a158/dwaindibbly/IMG_2094.jpg)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??
Post by: virtualmeuk on June 23, 2008, 08:30 AM: Speak to del. He does repro wheel stickers like these:-
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o305/virtualmeuk/Reference/cb19_1.jpg)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: dwain dibbly on June 23, 2008, 08:33 AM: Quote from: Kenno - used to be virtualmeuk on June 23, 2008, 08:30 AM
Speak to del. He does repro wheel stickers like these:-
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o305/virtualmeuk/Reference/cb19_1.jpg)
dont really want the new school decals :)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??
Post by: mark 2 on June 23, 2008, 08:35 AM: You shouldn't have told us John ,we could have thought you've gone all lah-di-dah ;)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: sweetbeats on June 23, 2008, 09:51 AM: Nice Job,
Back in the day a mate of mine coloured his tuffs in with them gold metallic markers..looked good from a distance.
Made me smile about the prit stick...was never that hard up but close : )
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: meticulous on June 24, 2008, 07:25 PM: may i say i think the gold needs to be a bit more golder,to match the brakes, looks a bit like the original graffites i have, that are a bit faded

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/IMG_0452.jpg)

see... ;) ;)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: spesh on June 24, 2008, 07:46 PM: who did the stick on covers to make the new skyway hubs look like the old ones?
coz i want some
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: funkyfresh on June 24, 2008, 08:47 PM: cor
Quote from: spesh on June 24, 2008, 07:46 PM
who did the stick on covers to make the new skyway hubs look like the old ones?
coz i want some
coloredtuffs.com...
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: dwain dibbly on June 24, 2008, 09:10 PM: mine do look more GOLD in the flesh
the photo makes he colour looked washed out ???
there must be different colours for 1st and 2nd gen??
i based mine on these :)

(http://bmxmuseum.com/image/1983_haro_freestyler_fcampy_jtfreestyle__lg.jpg)
Title: Re: WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO ON A WET SATURDAY AFTERNOON......SKYWAY GRAPHITES??????
Post by: baldbmxer on June 25, 2008, 03:30 PM: The first generation Camey hubbed graphites colour always lasted better than the second generation which were prone to fading ;)