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Join Date: May 2017
Location: Charleston, SC
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Welcome LuLi the Hawk
I already put 155miles on her this weekend. Did some checks and it seems the only issues I have had are the clips on the right front plastics broke and a nut for the rear sprocket fell off. Oddly I found it in my driveway this morning, so it must have held on until I was pulling back in.
Burnt my leg on exhaust after day one, so I wrapped it and I think that does help the carb out some from getting heat soaked. Did some exploring and found land I didn't even know existed a mile from my house, had 3 old buses and a couple containers. Now that Im comfortable looks like I need more speed already for around town riding. I was only hitting 52 and was getting passed like crazy. I may end up looking into getting more supermoto type street tires if I decide to keep this bike for mainly on road use. |
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Houma, La.
Posts: 11,638
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Nice pictures of the Hawk.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: CO
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If it was 52 on the China Bike speedo (stock, non digital speedo), you are most likely 5 to 10% slower then what it was showing.
A properly tuned carb will also help with the exhaust and engine heat ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Thanks for the pics. I'm not sure why old buses appeal to me, but they do.
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 8,089
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In regards to your sprocket nut being on the ground, I suggest a visit to my thread here.
http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=19265
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Holiday, Florida
Posts: 672
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Buses?
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: East Central Hellinois
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Thanx for the post
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