Name: Matthew Berry
Age: 30
What do you do for a living? The Family Business - Funeral Home
When did you start collecting? Last year 2004
What originally got you started? I was gonna sell my old bike and was looking around on
ebay to see what i could ask for it. Then all of the memories came back, and i believe you know the rest
of the story!!!
How long have you been collecting? Close to a year I guess
What is your favorite bike to collect? It use to be Redline, but that has changed I would say
Haro now.
What is your current restoration project? 87 Haro Team Master.
How many bikes do you have in your collection? At the moment I have 30 I think, and I have sold
quite a bit lately.
Is there any one bike that brings back special memories? All of them cause I remember looking at
the magazines back in the day saying I want one of these, this, and this one in this color and this color,
with this part and this part on them.
Is there a bike that you don't have that you still want to build? A lavender Hutch Trickstar.
What was your first restore? My first real bike I ever had a Redline RL20A in Radberry that I got in
1986 when my 86 Blue and chrome Haro Sport was on backorder for months and never
showed up. Then my order was cancelled cause 87's was being made.
What was your very first bike that you can remember riding as a kid? A orange Tony the Tiger
Huffy I won from Kellogs!!!
Any last comments you would like to say to every one? It's been real fun collecting all this stuff
and the memories that come back from it. Just like everyone else i imagine, "you all know the feeling",
but man this addiction can get out of hand and become very expensive fast. BE CAREFUL YOU NEW
GUYS!! And Thanks to all that i have dealt with and have had contact with!!!
