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A Skyway T/A built from all original Skyway tubing, including the rear triangle, front end, dropouts, headtube, and BB shell. I had the front end reinforced with a Skyway Streetbeat front end and gusset. The tubing was purchased years ago from Skyway in Redding, CA. I've always wanted to re-create an early 90's Dirt Bros. bike so this is platform from which I'm starting with.

NeilH · 2012-11-25 7:27pm

Devo!

vassar · 2012-11-25 7:27pm

franticbmx · 2012-11-25 7:28pm

Very cool"

thesega · 2012-11-25 7:30pm

You franking Kidding me??? That thing is SWEETTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kcsslows · 2012-11-25 7:51pm

The raw finish looks bad azz .

perront · 2012-11-25 7:55pm

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan...(and I mean that in a good way)

RoadRunner · 2012-11-25 7:56pm

Are you clear coating it?

hboost · 2012-11-25 7:59pm

RoadRunner wrote:
Are you clear coating it?

It has already been powdered in clear.

skaman · 2012-11-25 8:03pm

Awesome custom.

Jerry A Hutcher · 2012-11-25 8:04pm

Thats very cool Joe cant wait to see it finished..

theflowrider · 2012-11-25 8:48pm

vettefan · 2012-11-25 9:04pm

Wow, that is sweet.

electrongeek · 2012-11-25 9:09pm

That thing is hard!! Nice one Joe!

RoadRunner · 2012-11-25 9:19pm

hboost wrote:
RoadRunner wrote:
Are you clear coating it?
It has already been powdered in clear.

Sweet.

skirkpat · 2012-11-25 9:31pm

NICE for sure,

erdalicious · 2012-11-25 10:35pm

Schwinning1984 · 2012-11-25 10:53pm

very cool.... I knew the story of them buying the rest of that tubing but I'd never really seen one.... very sweet

alainmagana · 2012-11-26 12:16am

thecaptain · 2012-11-26 12:43am

wow, really cant wait to see this finished!

BirdDog · 2012-11-26 3:13am

I love it

Frank250 · 2012-11-26 3:19am

Damn

bennyt4130 · 2012-11-26 6:30am

Schwinning1984 wrote:
very cool.... I knew the story of them buying the rest of that tubing but I'd never really seen one.... very sweet

DBI never bought any tube sets nor did they have any frames welded up BITD. They never had to. in 1991, Skyway could not sell the TA because nobody wanted them anymore and they had already released the 300 TA which was to replace the OG TA. Skyway had hundreds of finished frames in white only. DBI bought the remainder of TA F&F sets, restickered and sold as DBI. Finding a bonafide real one would be a score. The extra tube sets were built into frames recently by Skyway and sold for double what they were worth. Bet they wish they hadn't sold their back stock to Vic and crew. Imagine the melee if a few dozen NOS OG TA F&F sets hit the market at once today.

Note- Since Vic has DBI back in business to some extent, I would be pretty cautious about making fakes with the DBI name and graphics.

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hboost · 2012-11-26 6:53am

bennyt4130 wrote:
Schwinning1984 wrote:
very cool.... I knew the story of them buying the rest of that tubing but I'd never really seen one.... very sweet
DBI never bought any tube sets nor did they have any frames welded up BITD. They never had to. in 1991, Skyway could not sell the TA because nobody wanted them anymore and they had already released the 300 TA which was to replace the OG TA. Skyway had hundreds of finished frames in white only. DBI bought the remainder of TA F&F sets, restickered and sold as DBI. Finding a bonafide real one would be a score. The extra tube sets were built into frames recently by Skyway and sold for double what they were worth. Bet they wish they hadn't sold their back stock to Vic and crew. Imagine the melee if a few dozen NOS OG TA F&F sets hit the market at once today.

Note- Since Vic has DBI back in business to some extent, I would be pretty cautious about making fakes with the DBI name and graphics.

I only have this frame and there won't be anymore built, there isnt enough tubing around anyway. Plus, I was in contact with Vic when I thought about putting this together and he even emailed me the art for the decals, thanks.

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freedo · 2012-11-26 6:59am

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