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1985 Akisu

I'm doing it for my girlfriend.

This thing took me 4 weeks to restore., but she really loves this color...so i'll have to hunt all over Singapore to look for matching colors. She loves it even more now. Its really light and they are bit rust underbeath the new paint job.
It was originall chrome but took me 2 week to remove the chrome and did all the colors, i wonder if i ride this ike people will call me sissy?

Last edited by skywayray (2008-03-28 2:51pm)

wraith81 · 2008-03-28 6:00pm

i found 1 of theese frames at a yard sale with a sky way tuff for $5. and for some strange reason iv found alot of matching parts all for free, its like it just fell into my hands

skywayray-banned · 2008-03-28 7:30pm

These frames are light aren't they? Would you sell them for $50? I'll pay you another $50 if you teach me how to get alot of matching parts for free

rebuilt twice nice GT · 2008-03-28 7:53pm

I got a frame and fork set that is powder coated orange if interested.

skywayray-banned · 2008-03-28 10:16pm

Sure, pm me the price and pics if you will?

wraith81 · 2008-03-31 2:20am

i found all the maching parts in the hard rubbish, every couple of months we thro all our rubish out onto the front lawn and the council come and take it to the tip for free. its a gold mind for bike parts mannnnnnnn.

skywayray-banned · 2008-03-31 2:27am

Thanks Wraith, maybe i should edit this bike to "1985 Hard Rubbish" instead.

Last edited by skywayray (2008-03-31 2:27am)

wraith81 · 2008-03-31 6:49pm

yea we can start a hard rubbish crew,this is what i scored in on day
http://www.bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=48980

Canoe · 2008-04-19 11:55am

pink, play on player....

skywayray-banned · 2008-04-19 7:48pm

Got ta love the pinks!

rebuilt twice nice GT · 2008-05-06 6:34am

Here is the frame and forks I have, not sure what to do with it yet?

skywayray-banned · 2008-05-06 11:41am

Sell it, it looks awesome! Or build it.

daddy-o · 2008-10-13 11:15pm

What is the serial number on your bike and where is it located?

I have this bike and the dropouts seem very similar as do the forks...

Pretender · 2008-10-14 7:41am

daddy-o your bike is an Akisu made frame and forks. It could have been sold under many different brand names.
The other frames in this thread do not look like Akisu frames but do have Akisu forks.
They look like they have Giant dropouts and the geometry differs. Akisu did supply frames for Giant bikes for some markets, often with no serial number at all, so perhaps these frames are from that period in the mid 80s. Also Giant frames were not always stamped on the dropouts with serial numbers starting with G as many believe as they,like Akisu, supplied frames for use by many different brand names (Akisu supplied hundreds of thousands of frames to brand names all over the world ).
Many Giant frames, along with thousands of other bikes, were fitted with Akisu forks and many are often mistakenly identified as Akisu frames because the forks are stamped thus. Giant dropouts are also similar to standard Akisu dropouts (as seen on daddy-o's bike) which may add to the confusion but when compared directly can be seen to be very different.
Because Akisu made so many frames for so many others with differing dropouts and serial numbers it gets difficult identifying Akisu frames. Some big brand names that used Akisu frames at one point or another do not acknowledge Akisu as the frame builder which all just adds to the big confusing mess and can cause arguments with owners in some cases.

skywayray-banned · 2008-10-14 8:13am

Very true Pretender.You seems to know so much about Akisu stuff. I used to have a Dyno slammer and when i took the fork out, it was stamped Akisu. Goes to show that Akisu makes frame, forks for many many brands.

I have a f/f just like daddy o's but the fork's not stamped Akisu, the rear dropouts are exactly like his and ive given up on finding out what make it was.

Thanks for the detailed input Pretender.