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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: oldskooldayz on September 19, 2011, 12:05 PM
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Right so i wanted one of these new skool freestylers as i wanted to see one in the flesh and see what could be done to it to make a new skool old skool retro ride
so i have dragged a few pics of the net of how they came from the factory and the others are of the progress i have made in converting it across
now its a long way off the finished product but im likeing it so far and this is just a taster to see what people think of it
im sure to a lot of you this will be a pile of you know what but given some attention you can teach a new dog some old tricks
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/freestyler_1_505.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/freestyler_2_505.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6040.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6041.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6042.jpg)
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Like it Joe, but get some Kool Kaps for the Tuffs mate and lower that post :2funny:
I'd have to loose the gyro too, but that's personal taste :-\
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defo lower the post but as its been painted its added a few mm and wont slide down :LolLolLolLol:
defo a load of changes to happen yet :daumenhoch:
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Looking lovely that is mate. What year did that frame set come out?? :daumenhoch:
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Cheers mate it came out in 2009
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Looking nice that!!
Never seen a post so long...... :shocked:
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Nice Joe :daumenhoch:
I took the old one for its maiden voyage to t1 on saturday , good fun mate :daumenhoch:
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Been after one of these for years HOLY GRAIL :shocked: :shocked: :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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cheers guys im lovin it and cant stop looking at it and want it finished already but waiting on part
Nice Joe :daumenhoch:
I took the old one for its maiden voyage to t1 on saturday , good fun mate :daumenhoch:
im missing it mate and now i have spent the cash i want them both back but needed it as you know and why im on the new retro side
but i will have some oldies again soon :daumenhoch:
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after all these years....
i still dont know how you can call that fooking thing a "haro freestyler"
its an insult to the original,
mild steel frame?
its a fooking joke.
"haro" knew full well that there are complete mugs out there that will buy anything with a few old stickers on it,,
and there are.
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after all these years....
i still dont know how you can call that fooking thing a "haro freestyler"
its an insult to the original,
mild steel frame?
its a fooking joke.
"haro" knew full well that there are complete mugs out there that will buy anything with a few old stickers on it,,
and there are.
:LolLolLolLol: not to everyones liking then :LolLolLolLol:
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:LolLolLolLol: marmite :daumenhoch: its an os rider copy thingy that looks the dogs , which wont kill the wallet when you ride :daumenhoch:
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why do people leave neg comments when they for 1 have probably never seen 1 in the flesh and 2 never rode 1 :-\
I personally think they ride really nice and albeit yes might be a steel frame but they are not that heavy
also either strip the post and polish to get it in or as it's fluted strip the outside ridges and polish and leave the candy blue on the inside like i did on the retro ripper below :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn22/harorider_2008/DSC02236.jpg)
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I think on The Museum, there is sticky about changing the 1 1/8 stem set into a 1" :daumenhoch: That would defo be one way to go IMO but looking sweet though :daumenhoch:
Change out the bars to original Master bars, change out the front brake to a Nippon and should almost be there :coolsmiley:
Keep it going bro :daumenhoch:
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why do people leave neg comments when they for 1 have probably never seen 1 in the flesh and 2 never rode 1 :-\
I personally think they ride really nice and albeit yes might be a steel frame but they are not that heavy
also either strip the post and polish to get it in or as it's fluted strip the outside ridges and polish and leave the candy blue on the inside like i did on the retro ripper below :daumenhoch:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn22/harorider_2008/DSC02236.jpg)
Defo gonna stripthe outside flutes to have the double silver n blue combo buddy as it will look sweet i think :daumenhoch:
I think on The Museum, there is sticky about changing the 1 1/8 stem set into a 1" :daumenhoch: That would defo be one way to go IMO but looking sweet though :daumenhoch:
Change out the bars to original Master bars, change out the front brake to a Nippon and should almost be there :coolsmiley:
Keep it going bro :daumenhoch:
You must have read my mind I have the bars and the nippon just waiting on the new more upright stem to arrive
And will be loosing the gyro and going for a blue anno headset too :daumenhoch:
Thanks for the positive feedback chaps :daumenhoch:
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Haro fluted layback all the way bro :coolsmiley: but you would have to shim it as it's only 22.2mm :-\
(http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j406/Londonhellboy/2011-09-06133544.jpg)
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::) Terry sell that to me! :knuppel2:
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(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/nn22/harorider_2008/DSC01925.jpg)
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Haro fluted layback all the way bro :coolsmiley: but you would have to shim it as it's only 22.2mm :-\
(http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j406/Londonhellboy/2011-09-06133544.jpg)
i got one of them just sold it for £20 and it was nos
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Haro fluted layback all the way bro :coolsmiley: but you would have to shim it as it's only 22.2mm :-\
(http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j406/Londonhellboy/2011-09-06133544.jpg)
i got one of them just sold it for £20 and it was nos
£20 :shocked: :shocked: Fookin' 'ell bro :uglystupid2: I would've snatched that up at that price :LolLolLolLol:
These things are fetchin' serious money on The Museum these days :-\
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::) Terry sell that to me! :knuppel2:
When I have my Haro back bro and sorted the scheme on it, you will get refusal on it, promise :-*
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:-[
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Haro fluted layback all the way bro :coolsmiley: but you would have to shim it as it's only 22.2mm :-\
(http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j406/Londonhellboy/2011-09-06133544.jpg)
i got one of them just sold it for £20 and it was nos
£20 :shocked: :shocked: Fookin' 'ell bro :uglystupid2: I would've snatched that up at that price :LolLolLolLol:
These things are fetchin' serious money on The Museum these days :-\
just winding matt up :2funny: sorry matt ;)
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Git! ;D
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looking sweet there - so it's not just like the real thing - i bet most peeps would want one just the same :smitten:
turning into a very cool ride >:D keep up the good work 8)
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why do people leave neg comments when they for 1 have probably never seen 1 in the flesh and 2 never rode 1 :-\
i dont need to see one "in the flesh" tbh, just looking at the cheap,bubblegum welds and knowing the frame is made from mild steel is enough,
haro had every opportunity to make this a compliment to the old school, instead they went for the cheapest option and an insult to the old freestyler/masters,
if they'd had them made from 4130 and built by a decent manufacturer i'd have wished them well and been impressed, even "SE racing" made a better job of their "retro" bikes,
tell you what, ride it hard for a few weeks and when it cracks/snaps post up some pics,
admit it, its made entirely for "looking at" and not any kind of bmx riding,
all it does is scream "i cant afford/cant be bothered to build/restore and old school bike"
i stand by what i said before and when they released them, its an insult to the old school.
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why do people leave neg comments when they for 1 have probably never seen 1 in the flesh and 2 never rode 1 :-\
i dont need to see one "in the flesh" tbh, just looking at the cheap,bubblegum welds and knowing the frame is made from mild steel is enough,
haro had every opportunity to make this a compliment to the old school, instead they went for the cheapest option and an insult to the old freestyler/masters,
if they'd had them made from 4130 and built by a decent manufacturer i'd have wished them well and been impressed, even "SE racing" made a better job of their "retro" bikes,
tell you what, ride it hard for a few weeks and when it cracks/snaps post up some pics,
admit it, its made entirely for "looking at" and not any kind of bmx riding,
all it does is scream "i cant afford/cant be bothered to build/restore and old school bike"
i stand by what i said before and when they released them, its an insult to the old school.
Calm down fella I think you need a chill pill
It doesn't scream can't afford a real one at all and I had a real one and a master an a fst oh and a sport
Yep it's not like you say quality material like the original or many old skool bikes and yes they did get it wrong that way but it's lush to ride and yep it probably will crack if ridden or tricked out like the real deal but even the originals broke when ridden hard
It looks nice to me and to a lot of others it rides nice and you can pull a wheely along with a few bunny hops an endo's
And it doesn't break the bank like the 1400 quid real deal
Has this hobby become snobby
So what about all the copy gen1's then are they ok because they are skool
It's only a puppet ;)
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the trouble is,is that if haro did make it "exactly" the same as the old school one then it probably would have snapped ask anyone that owns one or used to ride one back in the day and logically thinking most of the people that would buy one of these would be us old fookers who are not going to be getting 18ft out of a half pipe anymore :'( thats why haro have a range of new school bikes aimed at the youngsters that are built and made to ride like that :daumenhoch:
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why do people leave neg comments when they for 1 have probably never seen 1 in the flesh and 2 never rode 1 :-\
i dont need to see one "in the flesh" tbh, just looking at the cheap,bubblegum welds and knowing the frame is made from mild steel is enough,
haro had every opportunity to make this a compliment to the old school, instead they went for the cheapest option and an insult to the old freestyler/masters,
if they'd had them made from 4130 and built by a decent manufacturer i'd have wished them well and been impressed, even "SE racing" made a better job of their "retro" bikes,
tell you what, ride it hard for a few weeks and when it cracks/snaps post up some pics,
admit it, its made entirely for "looking at" and not any kind of bmx riding,
all it does is scream "i cant afford/cant be bothered to build/restore and old school bike"
i stand by what i said before and when they released them, its an insult to the old school.
Calm down fella I think you need a chill pill
It doesn't scream can't afford a real one at all and I had a real one and a master an a fst oh and a sport
Yep it's not like you say quality material like the original or many old skool bikes and yes they did get it wrong that way but it's lush to ride and yep it probably will crack if ridden or tricked out like the real deal but even the originals broke when ridden hard
It looks nice to me and to a lot of others it rides nice and you can pull a wheely along with a few bunny hops an endo's
And it doesn't break the bank like the 1400 quid real deal
Has this hobby become snobby
So what about all the copy gen1's then are they ok because they are skool
It's only a puppet ;)
ill second that..calm down ffs..
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i'm perfectly calm ta very much :)
if you dont want honest opinions then dont post pictures of your bike on the internet,
simple as that really......
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fook it,i like it!nu-skool geometry with old school looks!bit like having a beetle with a subaru engine.Shame its not made of 4130,but lets face it,its marketed at old fookers like us who probably wont be riding it in that much anger.its probably no weaker than an original.
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Old skool new skool, whatever, it's just BMX, it's good BMX that's why we're here :daumenhoch:
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Loving what you have done with it. Great looking bike :smitten: :daumenhoch:
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Cheers guys for the positives :daumenhoch:
will update pics in a day or 2 just struggleing to get some dx stlye peds in anno blue 9/16
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Nothing wrong with these, look how nice they can turn out..... :daumenhoch:
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=343641&p=9
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Nothing wrong with these, look how nice they can turn out..... :daumenhoch:
http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=343641&p=9
That is just stunning i wont another one to do the same with now :daumenhoch:
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Actually that does look quite nice...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/yy124/jlewiscpa/2009%20Haro%20Freestyler%203/IMG_0019.jpg)
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i will leave it like this now it looks like its been left in a garage for a few years :LolLolLolLol:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6228.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6226.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6229.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6230.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6231.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6232.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6233.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ww235/busbug_2009/IMG_6234.jpg)
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Aaaaargh my eyes! The seat - make it stop!
Green tyres are bad enough but you get away with them because of the highlights in the graphics but yellow seriously?
;)
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Pull the bars back in line with the forks please... :police:
And lower the seat while you're at it!
It's a 2009 bike, not 1982... ;D
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Aaaaargh my eyes! The seat - make it stop!
Green tyres are bad enough but you get away with them because of the highlights in the graphics but yellow seriously?
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i actually want it to look like it has wrong parts :LolLolLolLol:
and if anyone would sell me a blue seat then it would have one :LolLolLolLol:
its more comfy to ride it in theis position as im very tall :daumenhoch:
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At the end of the day you build a bike to how you want it and if your happy with what you've done thats all whats important ,,,,,,, simples :daumenhoch:
you can't please everyone so please yourself
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At the end of the day you build a bike to how you want it and if your happy with what you've done thats all whats important ,,,,,,, simples :daumenhoch:
you can't please everyone so please yourself
Totally agree with Kappy, who cares if your brake cables are from the wrong era or your Kashi is a repop etc etc.
You build a bike how you want it to look and ride with the budget you have...easy,
then ride the fook out of it, take it out on the rides and have a blast. ;) :daumenhoch:
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^^What Dan & Daz said^^
Ride it like you stole it and don't give a fook about what the date stamped on your cables is >;-)
But move them bars back....
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^^What Dan & Daz said^^
Ride it like you stole it and don't give a fook about what the date stamped on your cables is >;-)
But move them bars back....
Negative comments are always worth listening to, I learned that when Spen told me to drop my seatpost and guess what happened when I ignored it? :daumenhoch:
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You bender :LolLolLolLol: I mean you bent it :LolLolLolLol:
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Thanks for the comments chaps
I could have made it super minto but really wasn't bothered
I was worried to ride the original gen 1 I had for fear of damaging it where as this can be used n abused
To a degree but will probably break :LolLolLolLol:
For some strange reason I like the faded painted tuffs and the yellow seat on it, it feels old and gives it a bit of personality even if the seat is crap
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Spen told me to drop my seatpost and guess what happened when I ignored it? :daumenhoch:
Ed bummed you in the bogs 8) ??? ::) :P :'(
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Spen told me to drop my seatpost and guess what happened when I ignored it? :daumenhoch:
Ed bummed you in the bogs 8) ??? ::) :P :'(
If I'm gonna bum you... you'll KNOW you've been bummed.
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Spen... don't forget fancy dress on my Birthday... got high expectations after the last time...
(http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/94b/983/94b98315-eed3-4c61-8299-27cb5403e829)
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Spen told me to drop my seatpost and guess what happened when I ignored it? :daumenhoch:
Ed bummed you in the bogs 8) ??? ::) :P :'(
If I'm gonna bum you... you'll KNOW you've been bummed.
You bummed me when you had me over with that dodgy raffle @ MK.
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La lala la la pom pobba pom pom :coolsmiley: ::)