hawk update

[Zapkin]

It was my understanding that the ones for the TT250 actually read correctly when installed into the tank on a Hawk. But, you talked me right out of it. I will use the odometer, reserve and if and when this one breaks. replace it then. thanks. if it aint broke dont fix it i guess. my best friends dad told me that many years ago..still hasnt sunk in.

[Do©Hawk]

Originally Posted by Zapkin

Yeah the rim is damaged where the spoke goes in. It looks as though it was ripped out. I slapped a gob of JB Weld over it

Gotcha. I remembered you had plugged the hole with JB Weld, wasn't sure there was damage besides the missing spoke. I priced a replacement wheel for mine in case the repair went south, but it worked out for me thankfully.

[Bill Hilly]

Originally Posted by Zapkin

It was my understanding that the ones for the TT250 actually read correctly when installed into the tank on a Hawk. But, you talked me right out of it. I will use the odometer, reserve and if and when this one breaks. replace it then. thanks. if it aint broke dont fix it i guess. my best friends dad told me that many years ago..still hasnt sunk in.

I don't know, maybe they do read more accurate.. I wasn't necessary trying to talk you out of doing it, but was just giving you my thoughts on the matter.

[Zapkin]

Originally Posted by Bill Hilly

I don't know, maybe they do read more accurate.. I wasn't necessary trying to talk you out of doing it, but was just giving you my thoughts on the matter.

well I am going to wait until I have to mess with it. Took the bike out today and got all of the mud off of her. about to hit 1000 miles on the new gauge. I have to ride, it is necessary.

[Bill Hilly]

Originally Posted by Zapkin

well I am going to wait until I have to mess with it. Took the bike out today and got all of the mud off of her. about to hit 1000 miles on the new gauge. I have to ride, it is necessary.

I'm fixing to go on a ride today, but don't know were to go. LOL. I usually like to stop, and eat, especially if I go to Mason, or Point Pleasant, but I realize that I have gained a good bit of weight recently. My Hawk has always ran great, but now that I have modded the motor about all that I plan on doing, I realize that the best performance upgrade that I can do now is loose weight.

[Zapkin]

Originally Posted by Bill Hilly

I'm fixing to go on a ride today, but don't know were to go. LOL. I usually like to stop, and eat, especially if I go to Mason, or Point Pleasant, but I realize that I have gained a good bit of weight recently. My Hawk has always ran great, but now that I have modded the motor about all that I plan on doing, I realize that the best performance upgrade that I can do now is loose weight.

yeah get the old horsepower to weight ratio a little better. hehehe

[Bill Hilly]

Originally Posted by Zapkin

yeah get the old horsepower to weight ratio a little better. hehehe

Yeah. The term muscle car really was overused, but it was originally a car that made at least one HP for every ten pounds the car weighs. So the Hawk weighs over 300 lbs, and with my boots, and heavy coat, and the recent weight gain. I only need just shy of ,60 HP .LOL

[Zapkin]

Comment changed and removed so that I don't accidentally encourage people to engage in overindulgence in alcohol and the purchasing of motor oil that may or may not be needed. So. that being said, good night.

[Zapkin]

Went for a short ride today. This is how she sits now.

[Zapkin]

Thinking about ordering this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYSLJMD/ref=twister_B0B8VWFKWW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

How hard is it to make a bracket and do any of you have any suggestions for a person of my limited skillset? Like..the cheapest easiest (not necessarily most durable) solution?

[XLsior]

have you fixed the back wheel yet...


I'd prioritize that over a new muff

[Bill Hilly]

Originally Posted by Zapkin

Thinking about ordering this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GYSLJMD/ref=twister_B0B8VWFKWW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

How hard is it to make a bracket and do any of you have any suggestions for a person of my limited skillset? Like..the cheapest easiest (not necessarily most durable) solution?

You really don't have to use a drop bracket, especially if you don't mind it melting a corner of the airbox, but if you do want to use one, you could probably just buy something at Walmart in hardware, for probably around $2.00 . I had a hard time getting the muffler up quite high enough on my TBR7, and I used one of those light duty, fairly long U bolts that come with a little metal strap. I put the U bolt on the frame, right above the resivoir for the rear brake fluid, and then using the strap, and nuts pulled the exhaust up with it. I still had to make a bracket, about an inch long, is so , because the mount on the muffler has either a little to far forward, or backwards. On my Hawk, I have the exact exhaust as you show in the link, and the mount on the muffler lines up perfectly with one of the bolts in the passenger grab handle. I just used that hole with no bracket, BUT, it did put the pipe right against the corner of the airbox. I got my money's worth of use from that U bolt ( probably $2-$3 ), because I am still using it. I didn't want my saddlebags to get against the muffler, so I reshaped it into a muffler guard, and it's on the bike now.

[Zapkin]

Originally Posted by XLsior

have you fixed the back wheel yet...


I'd prioritize that over a new muff

yeh well its a more expensive thing to deal with and we lifted the bike onto a stand and the remaining spokes seem to be fine and the wheel is not terribly out of true, so I am going to procrastinate about it. my stock exhaust looks like crap..rust all over it now. oh well, who knows what I will end up doing.

[buzz]

Get the exhaust,wheel might last forever. You will know when its bad and then fix ,

[Bruces]

If (when) that wheel collapses at 60mph ,I bet you will wish you fixed your stupid wheel that you have known about for months already .