1990 Haro Extreme Complete Restoration

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1990 Haro Extreme Complete Restoration
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Posted: Feb 26, 2013 at 3:55 Quote
so i was doing some voluntary work at the bristol bike project this afternoon, when i found this haro extreme in the donations section..... what would usually happen is cheap bikes which have been run down are donated, made road worthy again and passed on to someone new as a free mode of transport or broken for parts. however i thought the haro would make a decent restoration project, so i made a small donation to the project's running fund and acquired myself a 1990 haro extreme.

the bike is completely original with exception of the tyres. the paintwork is a bit rough, graphics are scuffed, faded and peeling.

its also rusty pretty much all over, which you cant really see in the pictures, due to the colour of the paint. Although it needs a lot of work doing, it shouldn't be to difficult to turn back the years on it

heres some pics of the bike as i bought it
vintage 1990 Haro Extreme

The haro out on its First ride Smile
1990 Vintage Haro Extreme

Some of the rust that I sorted out before it worsened. There was quite a lot of rust on this bike to begin with
sorting the rust

Cleaned up with some chunkier tyres
Cleaned up with some different tyres

Now work begins, first with a full strip down tup
1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme Restoration

May 1990

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

i begun to remove the graphics with a meat cleaver i found in the kitchen (of all things) and the paint just easilly scraped away with them.... i guess 22 years of wear and tear had taken its toll on the paintwork. i decided to continue with this method as its far cheaper than having the frame shot blasted... then I used nitro mors to get in all the tight places such as around the welds.
1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme work in progress

1990 Haro Extreme

heres the bb that i removed from the frame Thumbs Down lol
old bb

Work begins on the forks

1990 Haro Tange forks prepped for paint

1990 Haro Extreme Resto

the frame before paint. this was completely stripped by hand and took weeks but i had to get the paintwork right Wink
vintage e-stay frame stripped by hand

vintage e-stay frame stripped by hand

Posted: Feb 26, 2013 at 4:08 Quote
The bike goes into primer tup
1990 Haro Extreme Restoration

1990 Haro Extreme Restoration

1990 Haro Extreme Restoration

The haro in paint> i went for AA yellow, it took 7 cans of paint in the end but i the quality is spot on Big Grin
The paintwork on Frame and fork has finally been finished.... see the album for the rest of the resto

The paintwork on Frame and fork has finally been finished.... see the album for the rest of the resto

The paintwork on Frame and fork has finally been finished.... see the album for the rest of the resto

both the bars and stem have been cleaned, touched up on the scratches and re-lacquered.
Vintage Haro Bars And Stem

Vintage Haro Bars And Stem

Further progress Big Grin

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme Restoration

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

And that is so far all i have.... will update soon

cheers, sean tup

Posted: Feb 26, 2013 at 17:34 Quote
I must say SWEET HARO! Very nice job on the resto as well bro!!!

Posted: Feb 27, 2013 at 12:11 Quote
jonesn wrote:
I must say SWEET HARO! Very nice job on the resto as well bro!!!

Thanks man tup

Posted: Feb 27, 2013 at 13:51 Quote
I salute you this is absolutly amazing:')

Posted: Feb 27, 2013 at 14:39 Quote
Cheers guys, the bike is finished now. Just need to get some more pictures up tup

Sean

Posted: Feb 28, 2013 at 1:47 Quote
Finished! 28/02/13

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

Posted: Feb 28, 2013 at 4:43 Quote
sean-s-1991 wrote:
Finished! 28/02/13

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

Wow :O

Posted: Mar 2, 2013 at 10:05 Quote
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!

Posted: Mar 12, 2013 at 9:22 Quote
heres some more pics of the bike that were taken today

sean :Cool :

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

Posted: Mar 13, 2013 at 9:06 Quote
with my titanium Hope/mavic wheels, IRC tyres, charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs fitted

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

with my titanium Hope mavic wheels IRC tyres charge saddle and some x-lite bar plugs

Posted: Apr 1, 2013 at 13:13 Quote
Here's some more pics of the bike. All these were taken at dean lane skatepark in bristol

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

1990 Haro Extreme

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 9:16 Quote
You did an awesome job on it! How long did it take you to complete?

http://www.eaglevalleyrealty.org/

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 11:07 Quote
Cheers it took me from October til march or April to complete

Sean

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