17 Hawk in use again

Vtunimog · 06-12-2022, 06:13 PM

Somewhere back in 2020 i parked my Hawk and started riding my KLR mostly. Now my 22 year old daughter wants to ride and thinks the hawk is the perfect bike for her to learn to ride on.

After not riding for a while I noticed the bike is definitely a bit unstable in the front end. While I don’t expect her to ride very hard and push the bike the cornering is a bit loose. Any suggestions to stiffen up the front end ?

On the positive note, I had a 2 amp battery maintainer on the bike while In storage , I filled the bike with some gas, while the battery is toast I was able to get it to fire off pretty easily by the kickstart and the bike ran like a champ with no problems at all.

Any input is appreciated

06-12-2022, 06:13 PM	#1
Vtunimog Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Vermont - USA Posts: 73	17 Hawk in use again Somewhere back in 2020 i parked my Hawk and started riding my KLR mostly. Now my 22 year old daughter wants to ride and thinks the hawk is the perfect bike for her to learn to ride on. After not riding for a while I noticed the bike is definitely a bit unstable in the front end. While I don’t expect her to ride very hard and push the bike the cornering is a bit loose. Any suggestions to stiffen up the front end ? On the positive note, I had a 2 amp battery maintainer on the bike while In storage , I filled the bike with some gas, while the battery is toast I was able to get it to fire off pretty easily by the kickstart and the bike ran like a champ with no problems at all. Any input is appreciated
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