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Haro #Plate
 
At the ripe age of 18 Bob Haro made his first number plate!  This was about 1976-77 when the only plates available for BMX was motorcycle motor cross plates so Bob came up with what was then known as Factory Plates.  In 1978 the plates became known as Haro and the design on the right is close to the original at that time. Take a look at the Haro plate... it's design is over 20 years old and it still looks great, number plates really haven't came to far since then but why should they...
Thanks to Bob we have all we need!

Features: 
* Probably the first to use built in Velcro.
* Top of the plate wrapped around the handle bars at the point that would get scratched up from crashes.

Original #plate by Bob Haro
Bob Haro... the inventor of the Haro Lever, Haro Plate and later on Haro bikes.  Bob is also known as one of the early pioneers of flatland/freestyle.

At One Point...  at least in Nor Cal, it was popular to cut out the plastic where the #circle is, replace it with metal mesh/screen, paint it to match your bike and then stick your numbers on the metal.

Today:  Haro the company is no longer owned by Bob but he is now designing plates under the Haro name once again. You can check out the new plates named: Offset, Team Issue and Big Screen in the mag's or on Haro's web page.

 
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