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whitehawk no 10 done and seen by creator
BADDH:
This is great, steve will love restoring his bike I bet 8)
Whats the storey with these bikes guys, I have not come across these before albeit gotta say they do look awesome :daumenhoch:
Ps Janspeed exhaust stickers take me back, zender too :LolLolLolLol:
nitrohopper:
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:
--- 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
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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 :daumenhoch:
Cracking thread this ---"I will be right here"
nitrohopper:
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:
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
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