HAWK 250 spoke torque?

Megadan · 07-02-2023, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mattman32100

Hey guys im new here, this is my first post here.
i have been pretty active on the hawk 250 facebook group but sometimes they can give some misleading answers or just conflicting opinions.
long story short I bought the warp 9 spoke torque wrench.
what i did not do before ordering was confirm the torque spec on the spokes. when i asked the group on facebook (and from my own research online) i found VERY conflicting answers. i saw a video of some guy torquing his to 18inlbs and ive seen another do 24. most people online are saying 48inlbs but only because that what a honda rims is specd for. obviously the hawk does not have a honda OEM rim so im not willing to just "send it" and crank it to 48. is there anyone on here that torques their hawks spokes? any help would be appreciated
thanks in advance!

There is no "spec" for it. Anybody giving you any sort of figure is either using a spec from another bike or just making shit up. I have been doing spokes with a simple spoke wrench for my entire life.

I use the old school tap test, aka tension resonance. A properly tightened spoke will give of a middle C note, or close to it.

6 years with a Hawk and I have not broken a spoke or had a single wheel issue. No expensive tools and made up BS figures.

Now. If you want to figure out what that spoke spec should be, you could incrementally increase the torque setting, give the spokes the old tap test, and keep doing so until you hear that nice middle C note. That's the figure I would use.

As for the Facebook group. Most of them are wannabe experts that got most of their information from me or other members here. This is the source of all their "expertise." I am on the same group as you. It mostly makes me laugh