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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: nitrohopper on April 07, 2013, 05:28 PM
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Today my mate steve brought me round whitehawk no10 which is going to be a joint resto project over the next few months . Steve has owned this bike since 1983 and has been sat in the shed at his mothers house since 1989 as you can see from the pictures we have our work cut out any info that anyone has ref the wally whitehawk sticker as ours is only half there we would like another on this bike when it is eventually finished
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Its certainly lost its shiney nature.....but will be a good project :daumenhoch:
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heys guys does anyone know if i can get these bars back to former glory the metal though rusted on top seems good underneath would i need to wire brush them dip them can anyone help these were nice powerlite bars bitd cheers bullseye
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can't wait to see progress with this :daumenhoch:
i use this stuff for rust removal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hammerite-Rust-Remover-Dip-1-Litre-Dilutes-to-make-10-Litres-/261156486793?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cce23be89
i also have an image of wally ;)
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Looks like pretty well established rust but :daumenhoch:
If this turns out half as nice as Phil's Whitehawk ,,, well you're on to a winner
Good luck with the project and will be looking forward to the updates :daumenhoch:
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Do you mean 'Powerlite' bars? nice bars those with the powerbend 8)
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I do love this sort of thread.. Good luck lads :daumenhoch:
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thanks phill will try the rust stuff and soak the bars frame and forks also i am going to try and polish the 83 mx 1000 that we have with this bike
thank u hunter dubber for words of encouragment ,
thanks bullseye for correcting me on the powerlite bars
and cheers Pooch for noticing
its going to be a long and maybe expensive rd but i think to keep one of englands own alive and kicking it will be well worth it cheers guys
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scrape all that crap off with a knife ! it will improve. trouble is it will return slowly !
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a few more pics of job in hand
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Cool project!look forward to this!BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN has done resto threads about bringing up chrome as bad as this.It would be worth reading as he had fantastic results. :daumenhoch:
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Love the Ripseed sticker, they had a shop in Pinner or Hatch End iirc
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Love the Ripseed sticker, they had a shop in Pinner or Hatch End iirc
not sure about that,I thought the only one was in Edmonton? :-\
The brazing/welding on that frame looks the nuts btw :daumenhoch:
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gona enjoy following this thread :daumenhoch:
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Cool thread & cool bike :daumenhoch: . Look forward to seeing the progress ;)
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Very cool frame that and super rare too, very much looking forward to the finished build :daumenhoch:
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Love the Ripseed sticker, they had a shop in Pinner or Hatch End iirc
not sure about that,I thought the only one was in Edmonton? :-\
The brazing/welding on that frame looks the nuts btw :daumenhoch:
Nope they had at least 2 shops that I can say with 110% certainty :daumenhoch:
http://www.r-tecautodesign.com/keith_ripp_ripspeed_rallycross/keith_ripp.htm
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Great looking project. Looking forward to the resto :daumenhoch:
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a little bit of inspiration for you ;)
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mate thank u who did ur decals? they are cool i remember that mini from back in the day i seem to remember that mini having a uni black mini and some cali lite black pads and skinny comp3 style tyres mate for a second i was twelve again looking around that shop in ore of all the great bikes and bits that were there for us to druell over .. do u think i should do WANTED LIST up of the parts i am after to make this build the muts or is ity best to just say as i can afford or should i get everone looking for the blue /silver bits now whatr do u think evereone has been so helpful with my pro p that i know that u could all do well the aim is to get it done for mk13
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Wow.. this one is needing a lot of TLC :daumenhoch:
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:Great_Britain: Awesome find........... :smitten:
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Thats brilliant amazing find :4_17_5:
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The bars can b saved . Chromers will clean all that then copper plate first, polish then nickle and Chrome. Triple plate will easy save them fella ;) I have saved worse believe me ::) gotta a pair I'm doing at mo that r far worse than urs :daumenhoch: good luck with the resto its a well cool F&F that :Great_Britain:
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Love the Ripseed sticker, they had a shop in Pinner or Hatch End iirc
not sure about that,I thought the only one was in Edmonton? :-\
The brazing/welding on that frame looks the nuts btw :daumenhoch:
Nope they had at least 2 shops that I can say with 110% certainty :daumenhoch:
http://www.r-tecautodesign.com/keith_ripp_ripspeed_rallycross/keith_ripp.htm
I stand corrected!never knew about the others!I visited the Edmonton one on a few occasions :daumenhoch:
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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:
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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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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 :daumenhoch:
Cracking thread this ---"I will be right here"
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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
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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
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depending on how this w/e pans out we may have some frame news next week
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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.
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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
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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
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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)
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Looks nice in its raw state look at that lovely British brazing :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
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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
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the powerlites came up loads better than we expected
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the forks are stunning the have a couple of marks but considering how they were when we started i think they are great
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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
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that's looking sweet lee,but im sure it would look better in my collection :LolLolLolLol:
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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
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that sounds like a plan lee :daumenhoch:
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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
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That is stunning. The fella Mick will be amazed I reckon!
Simon.
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lovely bike & great restoration altogether :daumenhoch: - just hope the seat post won't bend :-[
Would be great to get a straight shot right from the side 8)
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sideways on
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you have done it proud lee :daumenhoch: :Great_Britain:
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Now that's a nice piece of history there, excellent work..!
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Fair play with that, it looks great! :daumenhoch:
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Fricko great resto :shocked: top job and looks lush :smitten:
what grips are you trying to find ?
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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
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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
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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 .
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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
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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
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great pics lee :daumenhoch:
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This is a great thread and story with a happy ending :daumenhoch: Also testament to how well these 80s bikes were made - tough as old boots 8)
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great thread,great bike,cant believe I missed this at MK :-\ :4_17_5: