Author Topic: I'm Guessing this is Pretty Rare ? PROJECT DONE ! (Read 5771 times)

Faze7-Ade · « **on:** January 18, 2010, 05:52 PM »

BITD we were given '84 Haro Sport's for the trick team.

3 white and 1 chrome.

They came direct from the UK Haro importer / distributor at the time. I know most of the frames I saw around that time were white, but didn't think the chrome one was anything really special.

It's only now (after some discussion with some of the Haro experts on here) that I've found out a chrome '84 Sport doesn't feature in the Haro catalogue from that year, so I guess it's a rare bit of kit ?

So I tracked down the frame, which is still with one of the other former members of the team, and got a photo. The stickers aren't original, but it's in fair shape and ready for a bit of love.

Does anyone know of any other chrome sports from that year ? Just how rare is it ? Any ideas ?

dordymush · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:36 PM »

dont know whethers its rare or not. but its one nice looking bike and i aint much of a haro man

winnit93 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:39 PM »

nice that

trickydeno · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2010, 09:58 PM »

very nice

wouldn't know how rare though.............but i bet mr swivel does!

HARORIDER · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2010, 10:15 PM »

seen a few chrome sports but never with that colour decal set on $:-\$

Rombloke · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2010, 10:20 PM »

lush that,....and i am a haro man

Kaner · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2010, 10:39 PM »

Mmm . . . I really like that a lot. I fancy a Haro Freestyler to add to the stable, got a real hankering at the moment and this aint helping!

Faze7-Ade · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2010, 08:21 AM »

Quote from: harorider on January 18, 2010, 10:15 PM

seen a few chrome sports but never with that colour decal set on $:-\$

Yea - it's had a change of frame stickers. The originals had green in them, which didn't go with the way the rest of the bike looked. The black writing on the stickers is actually blacked in with marker pen, to get the desired colour scheme.

I've told the owner about the magic that Del can work on decals, so he may invest in something to smarten up the stickers

pickle · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2010, 08:37 AM »

fook that, give it a dust down and leave as is

double chevron · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2010, 08:43 AM »

Nice looking bike

You need to talk to Dom, if not done already, think he has one

Faze7-Ade · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2010, 08:53 AM »

Quote from: double chevron on January 19, 2010, 08:43 AM

Nice looking bike

You need to talk to Dom, if not done already, think he has one

It was Dom that go this all going - he asked me about a photo of my sport elsewhere on the forum, and I mentioned to him that we had a chrome '84 sport. So I did some digging to get the frame number for him, and this photo. He said it was rare (and that he's not seen one in the flesh), so I wanted to see if anyone else has one or knows of one. They were available in '85 in chrome, by the looks of it, but not officially in '84.

Swivel · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2010, 09:00 AM »

Bloody lovely that!!!!!

I have an early 86 Sport in original chrome/decals just sitting here next to my desk which is very nice also

jimmyp · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:24 AM »

Looks lush and different

pickle · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2010, 11:25 AM »

Quote from: Swivel on January 19, 2010, 09:00 AM

I have an early 86 Sport in original chrome/decals just sitting here next to my desk which is very nice also

what a waste!

MartyC · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2010, 04:51 PM »

That looks great in chrome

Faze7-Ade · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2010, 08:23 PM »

From everyone's reaction to seeing my mates chrome sport has given me the urge to start my next restoration project. I had this kicking around, asking me for attention, and it's something I've been meaning to have a crack at since last summer, but never really got around to doing.

I'll be building it as a bike to ride, and the first stop will be the metal finishers for some nice new chrome.....

Looks a bit rough but I hope it'll come up like new. The forks are fine though and have come up mint with a bit of metal polish.

I'll post up some more photos when I make some progress.

PHIPPSIO · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2010, 08:53 PM »

very nice Ade, look forward to seeing that chromed and ready to build. Del does a great set of chrome 84 sport decals on mirror vinyl, same colour as the white sports and they look really good.

CD17 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2010, 09:22 PM »

I would say thats very rare, its a Taiwan made Gen 3 Sport, I've never seen another Chrome 84 Sport

Thanks for sharing

Faze7-Ade · « **Reply #18 on:** April 19, 2010, 09:32 PM »

It's back........

Thanks to Del for the decal set !

I'll be building over this week, and I'll be racing it at MK10 !

More pics to follow when it's done

Kaner · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2010, 07:38 AM »

That is fantastic!

Looking forward to seeing it built up!

pickle · « **Reply #20 on:** April 20, 2010, 07:45 AM »

lovely!

double chevron · « **Reply #21 on:** April 20, 2010, 08:47 AM »

looks good so far

daz bmx it! · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2010, 10:37 AM »

I'm liking that

Moose · « **Reply #23 on:** April 20, 2010, 10:47 AM »

Sweet - top job

monkian · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2010, 10:48 AM »

Very nice

Any chance of some closer shots?
So who did you get to do the chrome. Some people have had mixed fortunes

Look forward to seeing this come together

Author Topic: I'm Guessing this is Pretty Rare ? PROJECT DONE ! (Read 5771 times)

winnit93

trickydeno

daz bmx it!

monkian