Toughness of the Hawk

SuburbanCowboy · 04-03-2017, 10:46 PM

This summer I am wanting to do the continental divide ride from canada to mexico. I like crazy adventures and have been thinking of buying two hawks and doing a lot of mods to it. I need it to handle 1500 miles of dirt trails and carry the rider and 70 pounds of gear and gas. Most of the riding I see people doing on these things are small rides at atv parks and round town riding. Couple of questions.
1. Can these machines do some serious off roading for thousands of miles at a time and not falling apart?
2. Has anybody heard of anybody doing this kind of extreme ride with good results?
3. Has anybody see racks an panniers put on the hawk?

I have been riding bikes for 40 years and currently have a kawasaki versys 1000 but it isn't made for this kind of riding.

Thanks for the help

04-03-2017, 10:46 PM	#1
SuburbanCowboy Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 5	Toughness of the Hawk This summer I am wanting to do the continental divide ride from canada to mexico. I like crazy adventures and have been thinking of buying two hawks and doing a lot of mods to it. I need it to handle 1500 miles of dirt trails and carry the rider and 70 pounds of gear and gas. Most of the riding I see people doing on these things are small rides at atv parks and round town riding. Couple of questions. 1. Can these machines do some serious off roading for thousands of miles at a time and not falling apart? 2. Has anybody heard of anybody doing this kind of extreme ride with good results? 3. Has anybody see racks an panniers put on the hawk? I have been riding bikes for 40 years and currently have a kawasaki versys 1000 but it isn't made for this kind of riding. Thanks for the help
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