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04-04-2023, 08:03 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: connecticut
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Hawk 250 DLX question
I have not posted in a while but I'm sorta an OG here with my 2015 hawk. I still have it and ride it with my family on the trails in NH. My wife and kid have brand new Hondas which are great and I was about to drop about $7000 on a 300L for me when I noticed I don't see a kick start on the Honda CRF300L.
Which brings me back here, should I save $5,000 and get a hawk DLX, with fuel injection because I really like the idea of a kick starter? Wisdom from the tribe is appreciated. BTW I will always keep my 2015 hawk. I love it and it is a perfect buddy bike to lend to a friend who wants to ride but doesn't have a bike. TIA Tony |
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04-04-2023, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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I would spend a little more and look at a gpx fse 250e. If you don't need street legal that is.
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04-04-2023, 09:24 PM | #3 | |
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Thank you for the input, didn't know about the GPX. |
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04-04-2023, 10:28 PM | #4 |
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Welcome back.
Most bikes are ditching the kick starter now that everything is electronic. Ye old kick start of old with the AC cdi and a carburetor, and not even a battery in most cases are just gone with the wind. Heck, i have yet to even use it in a legitimate scenario on my Hawk. Last time I could have tried to kick it over I just bump started it with the clutch. Middle ground between a Hawk and the CRF300. have you looked at the Lifan KPX 250? Less than half the price of the CRF, and has EFI and a 6 speed gearbox so it can do both highway runs AND off road without compromising the gearing.
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04-05-2023, 02:04 PM | #6 |
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Or the templar they have a street legal variant and it has the ohc 6 speed motor.
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04-07-2023, 04:14 PM | #7 | |
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04-08-2023, 10:23 AM | #8 |
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The 6 speed Templar X has a DC CDI box. And yes, the starter is gone.
Templar M has the 5 speed which comes with an AC CDI, and it still has the kick starter. This is the ZS172FMM-3 249cc OHC engine (20hp). It is really a dependable powerplant. $1650 at PSM (plus $300 shipping). Lots of info here on how to set it up.
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