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03-02-2016, 07:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Tuscaloosa Al.
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ordered a new hawk.
New to post here but have been reading a lot. Just ordered a new Hawk 250, should be here next week. Went ahead and ordered a Mikuni carburetor and was wondering when yall put yours together did you go ahead and check the valve clearance before you started it or did you just go ahead and start it up and see how it ran?
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03-02-2016, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: connecticut
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Details details we need details. From who, what color ???
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03-02-2016, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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Congrats! Pics when you get it please!
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03-02-2016, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Tennessee
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I did the valves on mine after 20 miles or so. Otherwise, Started right up after I put it together. I did replace the spark plug before running it, just because I already had the NGK.
To me, I didn't like the stock mirrors, so replaced them with dr200 mirrors. The rear brake switch is a little too cheap, so was gonna replace it, but figured I would try epoxy on its two plastic nuts, that seemed to work really well. Other than that, pretty straight forward. Hope you like it. Good luck. |
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03-03-2016, 02:19 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Portland, OR
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Congrats man! You're gonna love it!
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03-03-2016, 03:21 AM
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probably should go ahead and order up new sprockets. for 60mph on roads and still plenty of ooomph for trails, i settled on 16 t front/45 t rear send. if you r a mostly road guy might go for 17t front. also, when you put it together , read the threads here on cautions ie oil, grease the speedo, etc. deal of the decade i think:}
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03-03-2016, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Mooresville NC
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I'd suggest you get a 17 front sprocket. mine is good up to 55 with that, and in town allows you to relax the motor just a bit more. still works pretty good for trails.
go ahead and adjust the valves when you get it. don't trust how they put them in from the factory. Mine ran, but they were tight. lots of tapping now. tappy valves are happy valves! If you've read much here, you already know to check and locktite bolts. if you don't get any type of build instructions, I got some with mine and scanned it in. the PDF is big, but I could email if to you if you want it. |
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03-06-2016, 06:28 AM
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IMO the stock sprockets are geared too low unless you have some tight steep technical trails. |
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03-06-2016, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
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A little more cost and assembly time than a front sprocket, but a rear sprocket could not hurt either. Member 'Wolftrax' reported tremendous improvement with just the front (he changed to a 17), but even more once he changed the rear to a 45 tooth. However, a smaller rear sprocket will necessitate to move the rear wheel back or the need to lose links in the chain.
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03-09-2016, 02:38 PM
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" if I need to go fast I,ll jump on the harley" If i remember right it was at a dirt flat track event somewhere in california, his name was Bobby Knievel, and he was pointing to a brand new factory prepped XR 750. needless to say, he knew what he was talking about 
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03-09-2016, 02:50 PM
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Location: Kingston, NY
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I bought the standard NGK D8EA (2120) spark plug and they work so you could just run the regular version. As far a cross reference it is the same as the plugs in my 1979 Honda CM400A bobber project for the gf, if you needed to give a bike model to the parts counter to get an iridium version.
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03-03-2016, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Kingston, NY
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If you want a little bit of info about the bike's, I have been collecting every tidbit of info I could find about them into one thread. Also make sure you order a few jets for the Mikuni carb, it comes with jets that are too lean (I believe 20 and 100) so you want to swap those out before running it.
http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=15942 Sport Rider - If you want to send me the pdf file or upload it to a file hosting site, we can add it to the thread with credit to you for uploading it. It may help a lot of new HAWK owners. |
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