#HARO BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBERS FULL#
See the new Series 1 and the full line of Haro BMX components at a bike shop near you. Just ask Greg Hill, Toby Henderson, Stu Thompson, Clint Miller, Brian Patterson, Tinker Juarez or any other member of the Haro All-Star team. That's because Haro is ahead of the competition when it comes to design, innovation, and quality construction.
Haro number plates were the first plates ever designed for BMX.
Haro ad, 1982: To be number one you have to earn it. He'll be working for us, so we're moving up. He was the guy in charge of marketing and product development. It'll be about a 4850 square foot building that we just bought, and we're getting offices. We're moving in February to our new office.
Casey's full time and the office manager. I've got about - in full production - probably about sixteen guys that work here full time. The finished design entered full production at the Torker facility in Fullerton, California in the summer of 1982, and would mark one of the most important moments in the history of Freestyle BMX.īob Haro, BMX Plus! march 1982: We have a 3000 square foot building. A deal was struck and a period of prototyping and refinement began, with Haro, Morales and a young headline maker named Eddie Fiola all testing the frame at skate parks south of Los Angeles. The frame would be marketed and sold as a Haro product, and on his return to California, Haro pitched the idea to his frame sponsor, Torker BMX. During the long days and nights on the road, Haro shared with Morales his vision and desire to create a dedicated frame and fork combination specifically for the future development of Freestyle riding. They travelled in a new Dodge truck, decorated in the Haro team colors and covered almost 18,000 miles over the period. In the summer of 1981, Bob Haro and fellow Haro Trick team member Bob Morales set out on a three-month tour of the United States to promote BMX Freestyle to the youth of America.
#HARO BICYCLE SERIAL NUMBERS PLUS#
Available in red, yellow, blue, black and white.Īd in BMX Plus september 1981: New type-2 number plates, velcro fasteners, panel covers, stadium numbers, brake levers. New Series-one: velcro fasteners, stadium numbers and brake levers. I am pretty sure his name was Greg Keyes. Gary Haselhorst, july 2006: The Lever was designed by a kid in High School. I met a guy who had an idea for that and we put that together and put our name on it. Everyone dug on 'em, until they found out that it flexed a lot and limited stopping power.īob Haro: Around 1980 we started making a plastic brake lever. It was trick looking with those two finger slots and cool color combos when you mixed and matched. The Haro lever was the major "brake-through." It was an instant hit for the first year and a half. Haro Designs, the first name of the company, was formed in 1980 with headquarters in Torrance, California. I used to put all the decals and numberplates underneath my bed.ĭemand for these stylish plates quickly outgrew Bob's one man capacity. In 1978, Bob rented a 10x15-foot workspace in Torrance California, for $100 a month and moved his business out of his bedroom.īob Haro: My room smelled like vinyl ink. Bob began producing numberplates for BMX bikes in his bedroom in 1976, the year he graduated from high school, at first for friends, then later for any racers who wanted them. If you want to add any info, please contact 1976īob Haro is getting his numberplate business off the ground. Sources:, BMX Plus!, 2Fresh Timo, Ride BMX UK, BMX Action,.
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