Hawk Resurrection and Revival.
In another thread of mine I debated selling the Hawk and getting a scooter. After some thought I decided that I am going to keep the Hawk, for now, and look into an ebike or scooter down the road.
Over the past couple of years life has put me in a bind more than a couple of times, and my own physical and mental health have suffered. I stopped caring about bikes in general, or a lot of other things for that matter. The Hawk just kinda bored me, and I lost the spark. I decided I need to change things up a bit and try to make the Hawk fun again. I am going to start small with a couple of changes, and a lot more cleaning up and removal of some things than big changes. First, I went ahead and ordered what was left of what I needed to do a round headlight. That should be here the middle of next week. Basically just a cheap copy.of the Trucklite. To go with the round light I am going to remove the dirt bike style front fender and install one of these CG125 style metal fenders. I have this one on order as well. https://www.ebay.com/itm/294859784855 It should work with the 21 inch wheel by my measurements, and if not I have a couple.of ideas to make it work. I also plan to lower the front down a little to help level the bike some wince I also lowered the rear. I don't need to do this really, but why not. It's easy to reverse if I dislike it. I am still debating on deleting the tank plastics or not. I will wait until the above is installed before deciding. I also considered removing the side plastics and making a battery box foe under the seat, but that can be a down the road project. Lastly, I am going to remove a few things. First, the fuse box and extra lighting harness I installed for the flood lights. I plan to remove my skid plate, since I no longer ride off road much. If anybody has an interest in it let me know and I can box it up and see what shipping might be. Still debating on the oil cooler. Since the bike is mainly.going to be a short distance machine, I have considered removing it. I may instead order a smaller stacked plate cooler and mount it in the same place. I am undecided at this point. Lastly, I am considering buying a tbr7 front wheel to run an 18 rear 19 front combo with road tires. My one issue with this is mainly the cost. That, and my Shinko 700s have barely any wear on them, and ride good as they are. I may leave that for another day. My bike as it currently sits for posterity and to track changes in this thread. https://i.ibb.co/2jbsNgM/1a.jpg https://i.ibb.co/zQq8qKt/1b.jpg |
I have also been toying with the idea of a low slung exhaust. The header is cheap enough. I can take my pick of mufflers.
https://m.aliexpress.us/item/2255800...US%21888865834 |
Following with interest.
I’ve debated fabbing up a round headlight for my Templar. |
Ha! I know it's hard to turn loose of the old Hawk. I had too many good time with it and doing the upgrades. I really need to sell mine but i haven't really put any effort into selling it. lol
I like what you plan doing with it. I still have the round headlight on my Amazon wish list but never pulled the trigger on it. I have too many other projects going on i need to finish up. That fender should bolt right up. |
That’s a beautiful hawk Dan! I forgot where I got the idea for my tail bag, guess it was from you
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Dan, your ideas for your Hawk are very similar to what my plans were for my Jialing resurrection. To me, it's kind of like giving it a Scrambler look.
The lowered rear, 19" front rim, scrambler like front fender, low slung exhaust, round headlight, no plastics etc. are great ideas. Most of the motorcycle companies are all entering the Scrambler game. I think I saw a youtube video of some new Honda versions as well. Progress on my Jialing move VERY slowly and I've had to compromise due to lack of money, time, and trying to find reasonably priced solutions. Hopefully I'll learn from your experience of good sources for some of the parts! Also, don't forget a round retro looking speedometer! :) |
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The Hawk is just a cheap alternative solution to buying a 150-200cc scooter, which would get better mileage, but also cost me a lot more. My current plans might cost me 200 bucks. Maybe 3 if I do the exhaust thing. The Hawk is also big enough for me and comfy, two important known quantities. I may make one othet change and install a trunk to my csc rack and ditch the soft bag. That is undecided at this point. |
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I have a heap of parts laying about. Depending on what you need, I may have something you can use. |
Yeah, the hard trunk is nice and big enough to put your helmet in. The one I have is also easily removable.
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Re-visiting the low slung exhaust idea, I have been looking around and the thought occurred to me that a cheap aftermarket kpm200 exhaust from Aliexpress may work out really well, and suit the somewhat mixed old school meets new school styling my bike would have. As a bonus, it has an O2 sensor bung built in. I can hook up a wide and and really get my jetting dialed in.
https://m.aliexpress.us/item/3256804...andl_shipto=US |
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I was actually just thinking it could be a good alternative for more road driven Hawks. Not such a good option for guys going in the mud |
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