Hawk 250 Custom-ish
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Got this Hawk in early April with 36 miles on the clock
Not a fan of the styling nor the other mechanical shortcomings. So I’ve made a number of mods. Sprockets and Upgraded rear sprocket fastening (tapped the bushings in hub and bolted directly through sprocket to bushes) Shinzo 244 4.60 rear, 3.00 front 225 ml of 15 weight fork oil Hand built fork brace (modified 4x4 fence post anchor spike) VM26 with 115 main jet and cone filter, removed air box Custom aluminum battery box Removed catalytic conveyer and wrapped pipe NGK Irisim plug Crank case breather filter cone Remove and replace most body bolts Remove all plastic and de-tab frame Remove all paint and apply non-painted finishing to many surfaces Drop muffler mount 1.75” to smooth lines Seat foam re-shaped, added to and covered in marine grade vinyl Handbult rear fender (0.080 aluminum) Replaced all lighting (LED headlight and driving light, total draw 2.5amps) instrument cluster with tach Modified wiring loom and relocate to under seat Replaced hand controls, grips and mirrors Relocated rear brake reservoir (plan to move up between rear door peg mounts, build and install a guard) Ram mount on bars Remove header heat shield and repurpose as chain guard Trim front sprocket cover I’ll update the photos later from the computer. This here phone won’t keep my images upright. |
Looking forward t seeing more pictures. :tup: FYI. Picture need to be in landscape mood to post right unless someone else has figured this out.:crazy: Portrait always comes out sideways.
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Heck yeah. You did what I have considered doing with mine for a little while now. I Always thought about removing the plastic and making it look more like an older 60's and 70's style dirt bike. I would still consider some kind of front fender though, such as an old SL350 front fender. http://articles.superhunky.com/image...126/SL3502.jpg
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here's some more pics
AND I added some to the original post have a rear fairing planned as well |
Nice job with the battery box.
Plan on removing the tabs for the tank plastic mounts and smoothing the tank out? |
Wow!
Now that’s what you call “All Out Modding”! Plus, you can sell all of your plastic parts!
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Very cool! You went all kindsa crazy!
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Looks great. Reminds me of the Hodaka desert racers of the early 70s.
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Thanks for the kudos
Hard to put things aside and move on Probably going to go with a tracker-inspired back end and seat. Put the MSR shifter on but didn’t like the clamp’s clearance so have chopped it off, trimmed its length a little and welded onto the stock clamp. The fender slides into the frame between the sheet metal bracketry and tubes to fit extremely snug. I’ll probably rebuild the battery box with a slope towards the rear to house the electronics in a foam-lining and deter the vibration which is likely imparted by having the ECM and flasher zipped onto the frame. I took out the sheet steel cross-brace under the seat and put in a tube. |
Looks BA! excellent work! What did you use for the taillight?
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all The lights were off the shelf from cycle gear, eBay, Amazon, etc
Forgot to get pic of the taillight area. Will do |
This is awesome! I agree on the styling of the hawk. I've been waiting for someone to do exactly this. Been thinking about doing it myself to have something nice and custom.
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Excellent!
What we need though is a photo taken from the side of your bike which shows the whole bike, front to back. I think an image like that would really show off the 1960's dirtbike character, and might start a stampede of copycats - me at the forefront... |
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