I was looking at some raw Street Beat frames on the bay...and I ran across 2 differnt frames....here is the first item...Item number: 7250062899 and the next item is Item number: 7250200980 the first one is a 85 and the next is a 86. Did they actually start putting the brake mounts on the bottom of the frame then? I honestly dont recall that at all. Maybe I'm getting too old for this hobby..money draining pit...NOT!!

I think the mounts on the bottom have always been there, then in 87 they had 990 mounts I think.

oh so what you are telling me is that there is finally a streetbeat newer than 85 on ebay?

i had a 87 streetbeat with the grey/blue/grey scheme. it had 990 mts just like that one on the bay. it even had those taper legged forks. the only difference from the one on the bay: the one i had i got for "free"

at work il post the one i had, as i got it and as i sold it the first time (ended up getting it back, and just giving the frame away)

[ June 21, 2006, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: carldrexler ]

I mailed the seller of that '86 with a very similar query, no reply yet though.
I'm glad I bought the one I did, but I wish I'd known there was an alternative to drilling through the frame and mounting a Pitbull on the chainstays. Never saw a MK1 with mounts myself, didn't know they existed.

Newer ones do come up now & then, mosly the blue, black & chrome ones from what I can remember. There was a MK3 (I think the auction said) on the Bay a little while ago, UK seller, frame was red.

www.vert-ego.com has an MK with 990 mounts

the two tone streetbeats came with the mounts. those appeared in 86.

here are the pics:

after i got it out of a trash pile:


after i painted it to sell it to a buddy:


note how the blue is too dark and the grey is too light.

those pics were taken in 1997

[ June 22, 2006, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: carldrexler ]

85's don't have the mounts.
This site might be worth looking at:
http://people.freenet.de/SKYWAY/SKYWAYindex.html

Anyone know where I can get all the technical details (dimensions etc) on these 85 frames?

[ June 22, 2006, 05:55 PM: Message edited by: monkian ]

You could make an offer on this frameset: Item number: 280000463262 (If you're based in the UK?)

[ June 22, 2006, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: monkian ]

Monkian,
That one's expensive. There'll be others, I'm sure.

[ June 23, 2006, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: Wayne R. ]

Wayne R. Thanks for your helpful insight. I'm sure it's open to offers so how can it be expensive?

Ah, so only now do I notice that you're not from the US or Oz and wanting, for some weird reason, a UK resident to bid on an auction on your behalf...
Bit of a goof, I'll have to take that on the chin, bow and doff my hat.

But I still do think it's a bit overpriced at £84. Mine was sent direct from the US for about half that. Bought to ride.

Here's one that sold as an auction: Item number: 7245846971