Stickered up

Got the decals on the Haro today... Really happy with the look!

Colour Match

I'm more than happy with the colour matching done to an original 1986 Haro Blue. My restored stem cap beside the original stem cap :-)

Done

Painted

Primed!

Ready for paint

The Haro Master is looking a bit naked... 

Blue Font Dominator

Needless to say, I've been looking for a long time for a tidy blue font Dominator for my ongoing '86 Master build.

I'd planned to use a white repop Viscount Dominator in the meantime. Since they weren't exactly expensive, I figure I'd have a go as redoing the gold text to blue myself.

The gold letter comes off with a little acetone in a matter of seconds:

Then I got this from a model shop. Clear Blue paint:

A steady hand:

Job done:

Haro Master: All packed up!

Packed up...

And hopefully it will come back looking a little something like this :)

More Action Zone Bars

I managed to pick up a section set of Action Zone bars, so these will be heading on to the Haro once I get it powder coated. These will be done in Haro blue to match the Haro Master once it's finished.... whenever that happens :)

Haro logo resto

The white Haro tyres had the logo badly faded/washed out so I took a try at touching it up with a Sharpie.

Before:

 After:

A bit better at least :)

Group 1 decals

Cleaned up the cranks as best I could today and applied the new green decals.

Not 100% sure on them... might still go with the normal blue ones.

Packed up for powder

Well I've decided to restore the Haro too, so it's all packed up to be sent off for powder coating. Off to SuperBikeDan again :)

Haro Fork Standers

Just finished cleaning up the fork standers. The decals needed replaced as they were torn and worn, but I'd planned to use customer green/blue decals on them any way.

Before:

After a polish and new decals applied:

Green gyro cables

Odyssey Gyro gen 1 cables in any other colour than black or white are an absolute nightmare to find. Modern coloured cables such as Odyssey gen 3 or those from Savage tend to have black bodies with coloured cables. Which in my mind stands out like a sore thumb on an old school build.

These are the Savage Gyro cables. Cheap compared to the price of an 80's original.

I'm lucky enough to have a set of green Odyssey Gen 1 cables but don't want to risk snapping them so I figured I'd have a go at painting the black bodies of my Savage cables neon green and keep the Odyssey cables "for show, not go".

First I taped off everything except the bodies and sanded down the black and sprayed white primer on them.

After the primer was dry two further coats, one neon green followed by clear lacquer.

An hour later, tape removed and the finished cable. First beside an unpainted green Savage gyro cable.

And beside an original Odyssey Gen 1 Gyro cable:

1985 & 1986 Haro Brouchers

I've uploaded the 1985 and 1986 Haro Catalogues to google docs:

1985 Haro Broucher

1986 Haro Broucher

RL Edge hub

I really would like an RL Edge hub... they look quite funky and a free coaster is always nice to have.

In anycase here's the Mechanics Guide for the RL Edge

Odyssey Gyro with Hatta MX-10

I'd heard but (not seen) that the Hatta MX-10 and a Gyro wasn't possible. However I tried the combination and everything seems fine :-)

Paint measurements

20cm of chrome from the tip of the drop out:

 

10 cm of paint from the leadin edge of the seat post:

 

10 cm paint from the rear of the bottom bracket:

 

Green Gen 1 Odyssey Gyro Cables

Nice to get a set of green first generation Odyssey Gyro cables... At least there are 3 lowers and 1 upper :-)

Haro build

Just built up the Haro tonight just to see how it will look when it's finished.

 

The problem now is that I don't know whether to go for another restoration job or keep it survivor....