Haro Master 1992 complete, original?, mint...cost £120

[aerostylie]

Yes I still can’t quite get my head around that despite speaking to Jai why he sold it so cheap (but he just wanted rid of). I’m not sure if I’m getting too over excited by this, please tell me if so.

Ok, this was available at Jai’s (SE BMXers) stall at MK on Saturday & Sunday (I only saw it Sunday morning as I’d arrived late Saturday)   I cannot believe this was not picked up on Saturday, why, am I missing something?




So this Haro was looking at me with a sticker on the grips ‘£120’. I asked if that was for the complete bike, the answer ‘yes’ from Jai’s wife. I suddenly had to grab Rob Pickle for his advice (having a Haro Master himself), basically ‘look at this, I like the look, is it worth it’. Well his answer convinced me, and £120 notes came flying out my wallet, Rob also spotted the Haro pegs (nos) for the front forks, £10 for them.

Like an excited kid I was trying to take in what I’d just got, Ukai HP48s, Haro tyres (were flat but tubes were perfect after inflating), Nippon front brake, grips that Joe JT71 found impossible to get for his Haro, original brake blocks, no marks on the chain-ring teeth etc etc. Jai mentioned later that it was a display bike that was taken around when it was launched.






I wheeled it back to the car (where Sue was). Her reaction was ‘I only have to leave you for 5 minutes’ a look of  what’s that, and ‘did you swop the Vertigo for that’ as it was covered in dust and grime. However a wipe over the stem showed the potential and trying her to convince her what a bargain it was considering the components (hence me dragging Sue to meet every Rad member to convince her of it!).


So got home Sunday night completely knackered, but started cleaning. All I’ve used is a yellow duster on all the components, no autosol or any cleaning product, only used astonish with some water to get the brake blocks back to white, and some black model paint to touch up some tiny areas (ie pedals/stem), oh and some tyre shine. There are some minor decal marks but really not that noticeable unless looking for them. I thought I was old skool but it’s dawned on me that I actually prefer the mid skool look. 




Anyway sorry for the waffle, I’m just totally blown away by it…£120 +£10 for the pegs wow. Will love and cherish this bike, I hope I’m not wrong in saying it’s probably 100% complete as it left the factory bitd? Please correct me if wrong.



Paul

[subversion]

Great lil bargain there Paul

[ozone]

Tyres alone would probably sell for over £100 if you banged them on eBay.com  You could put some Barefeet or similar on there and you'd have gotten your bike for next to nothing.  I'm sure the mrs would approve. 

[Robbo]

That has got to be the bargain of the year, well done Paul.

[ED209]

f u c k m e that is amazing... I, like so many others looking at this would have done exactly like you and snapped up that.

wow  

[Badbaldie]

g find pal. i was there on sat if id have scean it id have snapped it up too. good on ya.

[Gashead]

Yeh Yeh - we all tell our wives it was a fifth of the original price 

[JT71]

I' m quite jealous Paul! really pleased for you though, great buy! I reckon the cranks might have been changed, maybe be it had those sh1tty fusion ones that Hoff kept snapping originally? but i might be wrong.

[stuntmaster]

bargain i would have had that if saw it .must have been hiding . gone to a good home tho 

[pickle]

I think everyone either thought it was sold or they were to busy trying to find pairs of grips 

when Paul asked me if it was a bargain........i think i said something along the lines of "bargain of the year mate! if i'd have had a spare £120 i would've had it on Saturday morning"

so glad it went to a great home and it's come up a real treat mate!

the only thing is, i think it's a 92 model and not a 91 as the 91 had peg bosses on the rear chain stays (as mine does) but still awesome!!!   

[SteveD]

Thats a Bargin! and although the twin top tubes are not the classic style at least it does not have those platforms on the rear dropouts like an 85 master

[JT71]

Hey Paul

PM me your addy, got a little prezzie for you.

kind regards Joe

[harris]

i was going to have it friday ,but then found it handy as a wall guard to stop people getting behing jais stall
so had it across the end,i just cant keep bringing bikes home,i have no room in the lab to play..

[brummie]

great pick up that paul well doe sir..

[gary4130]

has to be bargin of the decade that :daumenhoch:just for the tyres alone never mind the rest of the bike , :shocked:will have to ask jai if he's got any more jems like that hiding

[brettypeeps]

I will give you double  Bargain 

[NORTY40]

Bargain mate , sounds like it has gone to a good home instead of someone out to make a quick profit 

It's come up mint 

Well in Jai too for such a good price 

[aerostylie]

Thank you kindly guys for the replies, you lot are cool , much appreciated, and still stoked by it.......I look at other bikes now and think I ain't paying that

Lots of peeps mentioned the cost of the parts if split, but I couldn't bring myself to do that, how many times will you see a complete, and for the price paid. So, I won't change a thing on this, gonna keep it as bought, although I do have one of those Fusion opc to replace the oddy one, mmm not sure, and I was a little naughty and had a ride at MK on those tyres  the ride was soooo smooth though, really nice.

Thanks guys for the year info,  I looked at the serial number and assumed 91, serial YA91H60394, mmm how odd? I wanna try and get as much info on this, ie ad's, spec etc so any further help or advice would be great

And the misses appreciates it as well, so it now lives in the Master (no pun intended) bedroom........result

[christhejob]

re serial number, i think i put this in an earlier thread about these
92 masters will have been made in 1991 before release, hence 91 serial number

look at all companies now releasing 2011 ranges - they'll all be made now.. 

oh christ was that really 20 years ago now??

anyway nice find P!

[aerostylie]

Chris, thanks for the info mate, yep that makes sense now

And Glen, you are a superstar fella

Located it in the 1992 catalogue, whey hey, spec shows the crank as an odyssey excaliber and in the pic. I can't seem to get the page I want onto rad, page 6, just to show peeps but it's all a dead ringer 

Man i love this

EDIT...THANKS GLEN, HE DA MAN, SEE BELOW 

[JT71]

well f*** me it did have an Excaliber crank!

I wonder how yours ended up with white brake blocks.

So not only have you ridden some seriously rare tyres, you probably applied the brakes too! doy ou know how hard it is to get white brake blocks?

 

Awesome! bikes are for riding!

I have the only part you are missing Paul. send that addy now!