Author Topic: whitehawk no 10 done and seen by creator (Read 6867 times)

BADDH · « **Reply #25 on:** April 12, 2013, 06:46 AM »

This is great, steve will love restoring his bike I bet

Whats the storey with these bikes guys, I have not come across these before albeit gotta say they do look awesome

Ps Janspeed exhaust stickers take me back, zender too

nitrohopper · « **Reply #26 on:** April 12, 2013, 07:25 AM »

hi mate these bikes were built in the early 80s by a guy called mick witlock in horndean hampshire . mick used to make trails bike frames and bit then went on to start building bmxs,i think he built 14 in total and i know we have one phil has two i know of another 2 at least and phil say he knows of two or three . As a boy me and my mates would ride to whitehawks shop from all around to see what amazing things mick had got that week it was a meeting place and i used to love the place , which is why i feel this bike should live again watch this space we can rebuild her we have the technolgy

BADDH · « **Reply #27 on:** April 13, 2013, 06:34 AM »

Quote from: nitrohopper on April 12, 2013, 07:25 AM

hi mate these bikes were built in the early 80s by a guy called mick witlock in horndean hampshire . mick used to make trails bike frames and bit then went on to start building bmxs,i think he built 14 in total and i know we have one phil has two i know of another 2 at least and phil say he knows of two or three . As a boy me and my mates would ride to whitehawks shop from all around to see what amazing things mick had got that week it was a meeting place and i used to love the place , which is why i feel this bike should live again watch this space we can rebuild her we have the technolgy

Bloody brilliant, love it ....

Is Mick still around ? this storey sum's up why We all have got hooked on these bikes there so much more to this than a bike

Cracking thread this ---"I will be right here"

nitrohopper · « **Reply #28 on:** April 13, 2013, 02:03 PM »

yes mick is still is around and living in the aera i sold him a starter motor for his car the other week didnt recognise me though but then it has been 30 years it was just nice to see a legend alive and kicking ,if i can get a few of his bikes togeather i will take a picture and drop it into his home just to show that he hasnt been forgoten

nitrohopper · « **Reply #29 on:** May 02, 2013, 11:10 PM »

hey guys just a quick update on the whitehawk build . the frame forks bars and seat post we are trying to save with a trustie wire brush and a large trough full of water mixed with a rust eatin chemical then its of to find a caring chromer as we are going to try and have it rechromed and get it back to its former glory . I have been buying a few bits here and there to bring the build along nice sugino gt 3piece blue44 sugino chainring and matching bolts tuff neck stem which we hope to polish the muvers out of ,aero style blue seat a nos sx lever in blue and a tech2 in blue not sure which way we are going yet cables i have my eye on a 1020 but i we can i would like to save the original mx1000 82 that i have i have a set of blue survivor 7x in blue with nice blue hubs but i also have a set of ukai in silver coming with blue hubs and nips so i will wait for them to get here before i make any rash choices

depending on how this w/e pans out we may have some frame news next week

Diesel1 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 18, 2013, 12:14 PM »

I am looking forward to seeing the rechromed frame and forks nitro!

Please let me know what the total cost of the rechrome is.

Simon.

nitrohopper · « **Reply #31 on:** May 27, 2013, 05:41 PM »

This afternoon my wife took my daughter round to her friends for a playdate so i kinda left me with nothing to do , when i remembered that when tidying up the shed the other week i came across a tube of autosol hardly touched ,also this week i had purchased a drill mounted polishing wheel so i went to the loft and got down the mx1000 from the whitehawk i also grabbed the tuff neck stem that i had bought of the captain so began an afternoon of polishing

from this to

nitrohopper · « **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2013, 12:38 PM »

today i took a trip to the chromers to see how they were getting on he said he was struggling a little but he would get there in the end and i would have it back in time for mk

all being well and good we should be up and in the running for mk
cheers to roy at kacimac ltd in fareham for his hard work and persistance (roy 07503752062)

bigfatolly · « **Reply #33 on:** July 30, 2013, 06:40 PM »

Looks nice in its raw state look at that lovely British brazing

nitrohopper · « **Reply #34 on:** August 08, 2013, 08:33 PM »

been to the chromers today and i now have all the peices of the whitehawk together at last ,
this w/e will be filled with a build that ive been looking forward to a while now

the powerlites came up loads better than we expected

the forks are stunning the have a couple of marks but considering how they were when we started i think they are great

the frame also has a few marks on it but then i had been left in a shed for 30 years and if we had pushed anymore we could have ruined the metal

sawzall · « **Reply #35 on:** August 08, 2013, 08:57 PM »

that's looking sweet lee,but im sure it would look better in my collection

nitrohopper · « **Reply #36 on:** August 08, 2013, 09:14 PM »

now now phill , i spoke to micks brother during the week so what i am going to try and do is arrange to go and show mick one afternoon when its finished perhaps u could join me

sawzall · « **Reply #37 on:** August 08, 2013, 09:19 PM »

that sounds like a plan lee

nitrohopper · « **Reply #38 on:** August 11, 2013, 11:44 AM »

here it is guys 1982 whitehawk expert
frame no w10
its been a long road and i have really enjoined doning this one for my good mate steve
i am meeting up with the bike builder mick witlock on thursday of next week so i get some photos and as much info as i can for u all reference this small bike company in horndean

Diesel1 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 11, 2013, 02:15 PM »

That is stunning. The fella Mick will be amazed I reckon!

Simon.

fischflo · « **Reply #40 on:** August 11, 2013, 04:55 PM »

lovely bike & great restoration altogether

- just hope the seat post won't bend

Would be great to get a straight shot right from the side

nitrohopper · « **Reply #41 on:** August 11, 2013, 05:49 PM »

sideways on

sawzall · « **Reply #42 on:** August 11, 2013, 06:22 PM »

you have done it proud lee

scoff · « **Reply #43 on:** August 11, 2013, 09:08 PM »

Now that's a nice piece of history there, excellent work..!

GavinDavis · « **Reply #44 on:** August 11, 2013, 09:16 PM »

Fair play with that, it looks great!

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #45 on:** August 12, 2013, 10:47 PM »

Fricko great resto

top job and looks lush

what grips are you trying to find ?

nitrohopper · « **Reply #46 on:** August 13, 2013, 01:36 PM »

I ORDERED some cams from from alans in blue today they arrived and they are tris not happy but no time to change so I will have to go with those

nitrohopper · « **Reply #47 on:** August 19, 2013, 10:36 PM »

HEY GUYS , its been a long road but the whitehawk is finally finished it was at mk in the british race tent amongst some amazing builds from sawzall and animal i have loved every minute of this build and today the journey was finished with it being seen in the flesh by the man who built it in 1982 the legend that is mick whitlock he was over the moon to see what i had done with the ole girl

we had a good chat about the time he had spent in the bmx world and how he had loved every minute of it saying what a wonderful and happy time it was in this life , he explained how mine had been an early model and then went on to tell me how he had made the differnt models and how impressed he was with phils sawzalls two and how rare that phils cruiser must be being he only ever made 6 of them , he then went on to show me pics of the team as was back in the day i will upload more pics when i have them it was real nice to see this man being reunited with somthing he had built all those years ago .

he also brought me a copy of the wally whitehawk sticker which as a boy i had even seen on a french kids gt when on an exchange trip to le harve he had appaenrtly heard of this wonderful shop in le harve and hopped on ferry ridden to horndean and bought some bits including the wally whaitehawk stickers

i would also like to take this chance to thank phil for my trophey from mk as "sawzalls pick british race bike "of mk13 which means that we had 2 mk official winners best old school cruiser and bike of show tiim march rep and one phil winner so i am one happy bunny thanks guys

sawzall · « **Reply #48 on:** August 20, 2013, 09:28 AM »

great pics lee

willo73 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 20, 2013, 09:58 AM »

This is a great thread and story with a happy ending

Also testament to how well these 80s bikes were made - tough as old boots