CO1271 - this was taken from a 1992 build Group 1. The just the year stamp remained - dropping the decade. The CI is referenced at the beginning of the serial.Īs with the serial above, some Haro BMX models also had the model name referenced in the serial number. This makes the frame 1994 built, and listed as a 1995 Haro Group 1 Ci BMX. The example below is slightly different but still has the build year as a number in this case a 4. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec The basic build year stamp remained - A91H. In the early 1990's the Haro BMX serial number system changed, the build month often became a letter from A to L. This bike would be known as a 1990 model. The serial number below can be read in the same way. The second two digits - the number (88) refers to the year – 1988 and the month of build is referenced as 08 for August. Generally, the year was stamped as the first part of the serial number.įor example my 1989 Haro Invert has a serial number H8808XXX. The late 1980’s Haro had a pretty simple serial number system. As with the other 3 cracks, this holds up too.įor early 1980's Haro serial number information refer here to this post on BMX Museum.
SPECIALIZED BIKE SERIAL NUMBER DECODER SERIAL NUMBERS
I spent quite a bit of time looking into the Haro serial numbers on a few of my bikes as well as checking against other Haro BMX owners to see if my serial number crack was right. This guide may not work for all Haro BMX bikes built between this time and I have listed below which Haro serial numbers it does work for. The serial number guide will help date Haro BMX bikes made between approximately 19. This post is intended to be used as a guide to help you read the Haro BMX serial numbers and find out what year your BMX was built and sold. The date will help you find the correct decals for your bike and also help to figure out what your Haro BMX is worth if you are going to sell. Mongoose, GT and Redline BMX serial number guides are already up on the blog.Īs I'm sure you know finding out what year your Haro BMX bike was made is important information. If you search for 1234, you will only find bikes with serial numbers of 1234 and serials close to that - not a bike with serial number of 12345689.A quick how-to guide for reading the serial numbers on your mid-school and new school Haro BMX bikes. We do not currently do partial serial searches.We do close serial matching - bikes with serial numbers that are close to the serial you entered are shown below the matching results under the heading "Serial Numbers Close to." - given a search of a serial number with a couple numbers/letters that are different or missing.Searching for either M4106I9CA1 or 200910427-2A will find the bike. If you see multiple numbers on a bicycle - such as in the photo of the Look bike above - try searching for just one of the numbers at a time. We split bike serials up by spaces and store each separately.We treat all these numbers the same way - a search for 005LLL will match a bike with the serial OOS111. Certain numbers and letters are difficult or impossible to distinguish between (e.g.We've done a few things to make it more likely that you'll find the bike you're looking for. When searching for a serial number, use our serial search bar - it's the second bar on our search form. Hopefully you can find the serial number on the bicycle you're looking at - email if you're having trouble.įinding bicycles by serial number on Bike Index is a critical part of our functionality. When adding a bike to the Index, it's best to enter all the groups of numbers and letters separated by spaces. On older Schwinns there are numbers stamped on both the drive side and non-drive side rear dropouts the one on the non-drive side dropout is the serial number. Some BMX bikes and a few Schwinn bicycles place the serial on the rear dropout. Some Schwinn bicycles also have the unique identifying number (their serial number) on the head tube.Ī serial number located on a rear dropout. Rad Power bikes have their serial number on the head tube. The bottom bracket (where serial numbers are typically located) is circled.Ī serial number on the underside of a bottom bracket.Īnother serial number beneath the bottom bracket, aligned parallel to the frame. Here are some examples of where and what to look for: Most bicycles have their serial number engraved beneath their bottom bracket, but sometimes serial numbers are found in other places.