Typhoon/P-40 Warhawk Build.

[whopperchopper]

Had a bit of fun with this one, started out as a nice 68 typhoon with lots of patina, and i always loved the P-40 so decided on a very very low buck fun build. Most everything is hand made, hand painted the sharks teeth and hells angel, didn't care much for the look of the under seat "billboard" so did a rear fender with stabilizer. Nothing on it is permanent and can be changed back to stock in about 30min! Should get some looks from the neighbors this spring LOL..

 

[Rockit!]

Now THAT looks like a fun bike!

 

[Xcruiser]

Thats sweet! I had a similiar idea for my 1941 schwinn dx frame based on the P-40 Tomahawk/Warhawk.Thanks for some inspiration from your very cool bike.

 

[Chips_Mahoy]

That's awesome & funny at the same time! I was just thinking about doing a WWII theme fighter theme with the green bike I brought home the other day.

 

[aka_locojoe]

Some very creative stuff going on there. Nice.

 

[jalopyjimmy13]

beat me to it darn looks great man

 

[pacman270]

the forks are killer

 

[Crank!Basti]

the forks are killer

what he said.

I really like the forks - would you mind if I copy your idea?

 

[Xcruiser]

like i said earlier i had a P40 idea in mind but i'd have never been as cleaver and creative as you.Targeting,guns WOW its just flat too awesome!!!

 

[aka_locojoe]

BTW don't forget to post it here viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15700&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=d

 

[whopperchopper]

the forks are killer

what he said.

I really like the forks - would you mind if I copy your idea?

Go for it! I think i seen the forks here on a thread. Cant help with the spring set up just a bunch of random parts laying around my work that i cobbled together, its actually adjustable and has about 1.5 to 2" of travel.

 

[rusty1]

...on your front springer, how do you bolt the leading links to the orig. fork and keep them tight but still moveable for the springer to work?...can you help?

 

[expjawa]

Cool bike. I'd been thinking about something similar, but intended to use a Tiger (it would be, after all, the Flying Tiger). But more recently, I've moved to an F4U Corsair-based idea...

 

[NewOrleansFlyer]

P 40 was one of my favorite planes growing up. Nice tribute. Great effort!

 

[whopperchopper]

...on your front springer, how do you bolt the leading links to the orig. fork and keep them tight but still moveable for the springer to work?...can you help?

I used shoulder bolts. the shoulder sits perfectly on the fork slot, then used a washer on the threaded end that had a smaller diameter than the shoulder, used a oil lite bushing with the same ID as the shoulder and trimmed it to have a few thousands of play when the nut was tightened.