After Torker shut down at the end of 1984, Haro moved production to the Anlen factory in Taichung, Taiwan, and soon began offering complete bikes for the first time - another milestone for the year.
The original 1984 Master and Sport frames were welded by Torker BMX in Fullerton, California, and chrome-plated by Bush Plating in nearby Garden Grove. That year, Bob Haro himself retired from riding to focus on design and management. Haro Design launched a wide array of products that year for freestyle and racing.
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The King of Skate Parks contest series that year helped transform freestyle from its “trick show” and bike shop demo to a new era as a competitive action sport with professionally managed teams and events. The year 1984 also was a milestone for freestyle and for Haro. The Master remained a flatland BMX mainstay for years. The Sport replica is based on a 1984 prototype made in California and has a single toptube, instead of the Torker-style twin top tubes used on the Master and the Freestyler.
The 1984 models were groundbreaking because the Sport was the first dedicated vert bike, with a longer wheelbase and slacker head angle than the Master and its predecessor, the Freestyler. Each frameset package retails for $999 and includes a special display box. The Sport framesets will be packaged with a jersey and a pad set and signed by Mike Dominguez. The company planned to begin shipping 300 limited-edition framesets in May: 200 Master framesets, packaged with a custom jersey and signed by Bob Haro, and 100 Sport framesets.