2019 Hawk, ~700 miles, broken exhaust valve

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I bought my Hawk in April, looking for a good bike to get back into riding for the first time in 20 years. It went together well, with really no issues or complaints until yesterday. on a street a couple of miles from my house, while riding home, i heard a metallic pop and the engine quit. no ability to restart, and with the fast crank, i could tell there was no compression. I tore into it tonight to get more info on the failure and found that the exhaust valve broke and dropped into the cylinder, causing all kinds of fun stuff to happen. needless to say, I'm not too happy about the bike anymore.

I'm working with the dealer I bought it from as it's still under 90 day warranty. I will let you all know how that goes if your interested.

I have some video of the carnage posted on my YT channel, and will give the link if anyone's interested. but since I'm semi-new here posting, I didn't want to spam unwanted links just yet.