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1987 Skyway StreetBeat 
#1 2006-12-15 8:35am
- Electro808
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1987 Skyway StreetBeat
1987 Skyway StreetBeat
(SOLD)
Brand new frameset straight out of the box fitted with various NOS parts.
Built this one up in the winter of 2005. I was really pleased with the finished product but I was made an offer on the frameset I could not refuse so off it went... 
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#3 2007-03-02 9:44am
Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
Look around those tires are normaly listed as lowrider tires. I ca;;ed a shop here that had them in the to be junked pile. Sold them last week 4 bucks each. Sorry!
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#4 2007-06-21 2:06pm
- streetbeat86
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Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
how can i find a frame and fork set like that?
thanks jim
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#6 2007-06-26 6:41am
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Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
For the guy who wanted a Streetbeat frameset here's a link to the Vert-Ego website. They have them but they are not cheap. http://www.vert-ego.com/main.htm
As for the date, you may be right but I bought the frameset from AlansBMX.com and he had dated them as being from '86. The guy has had a BMX shop since the early Eighties so I just took his word on it...
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#7 2007-08-07 5:38pm
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Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
very nice build ....I love the sticker set .....
[img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/SETH77777/th1485326119_9f04c8be06.jpg[/img] I'll trade BMX 4 JDM wheels [img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/SETH77777/212122.jpg[/img][img]http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o284/SETH77777/2.jpg[/img]
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#9 2007-10-24 7:16pm
- RoadRunner
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Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
I think that frame may be a Street Scene, not a Street Beat. Did you buy it with the decals on it already?
It's a super nice Skyway. 
Both thumbs up on the build!
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#10 2008-06-17 9:34pm
Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
i am building exactly the same bike ! Is that paint or powder coat on top of the chrome ??? how do you paint on top of chrome ???
its def a street beat mine had the oldest decals ever seen on the frame and forks the thing is i can find a pic of any skyway street beat's with foot platforms on the forks like the ones i have ?? or with the big triangle section welded in behind the seat post tube - except for this bike built by electro808 .... ???
anybody have any ideas please ????
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#12 2008-07-01 5:33am
Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
This is a Streetbeat mk2 1988 model! For me this is the best looking bike that skyway made especially the red mk2!!! ( j.vizzle if you want 1988 skyway catalog send me pm with your email, on top of the chrome is paint)
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#14 2008-09-30 3:04am
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Re: 1987 Skyway StreetBeat
The f+f was a NOS set so the paint and decals are original Skyway. I much prefer this model to the MK1 as it has round tubing with knurled sections for when you're climbing around on the bike. The standing platform is also improved and it looks better proportioned than a MK1 for some reason. Maybe it's because the MK1 used a T/A style downntube and seatmast - T/A tubing looks amazing... on T/As but the MK1 just looks too thrown together for my liking. A bit of teardrob/oval tubing on the rear stays may have helped:/. Was this just a way to use up some T/A tubing that was left over?
Vert-Ego.com still has a NOS chrome and black MK2 Beat for sale, the same as this one. It 's £200 + shipping but if you want one of these and have some $$$ burning a hole in your pocket, I say go for it:)
Last edited by Electro808 (2008-09-30 3:08am)
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