2023 hawk dlx

[Hebbe]

I recently purchased A 2023 hawk dlx assembled from tx motorsports. they delivered it and i removed most of the bolts and added lock tight,changed the oil to Rotella t4 and debadged it. I have rode it a little over 50 miles and have loved everything about it. I went to check my chain before I rode to work this morning and noticed it had about a inch to much play. Can i adjust the chain on the side-stand? i see everyone jacking it up with the rear tire off the ground. planning on adjusting the chain and changing the oil and putting in the NGK iridium spark plug this weekend.

[tknj99]

Yes you can. Having the rear wheel off the ground just makes it a bit easier

[bigdano711]

This guy's video really helped me with chain adjustment. The stock chain has been notoriously crappy, so you will probably want to get a better chain.


When adjusting on the kickstand, I go for the top-side of the range. On a carbed Hawk 250, it's 20mm-30mm, so I go for 30mm or just a tad over.

[Hebbe]

Was way easier than I was expecting. Took like 3 minutes to do. after reading the nightmare that some people have I was expecting an all day affair

[Hebbe]

Took a ride into the local Mexican restaurant to get my taco fix!

[ProDigit]

chain adjustment can be done on the fly.
You can even bring the chain sliders all the way forward, and use a chain breaker to take out a link or two.

It's slightly easier to have the rear wheel off the ground.
I use a car scissors jack to jack up the other side of the sidestand peg.
that way the bike rests on the front wheel, the peg, and the jack, with the rear wheel up.

When placing the jack more towards the front of the engine, rather than the back, the bike can actually rest on the rear wheel, and the front wheel comes off the ground.

It's not super stable, but good enough to work on, remove wheel axles, change sprockets or cush drive, brake pads (with drum brake bikes) etc...

[bigdano711]

Originally Posted by Hebbe

Took a ride into the local Mexican restaurant to get my taco fix!

One of the BEST reasons to take a ride is to get a taco! Sweet bike, man. Diggin' the saddle bags.

[buzz]

just adjust on kick stand, no reason to jack wheel off the ground.People just don't know what there doing,its simple.

[Hebbe]

Have to get a little more at the grocery store than I could fit in the saddle bags. Redneck solution, until I decide on a more permanent luggage solution.

[bigdano711]

I bought a trunk off Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1


I got the biggest one. I haven't loaded it down, yet, but I'm sure it'll make the bike squirrelly. Here's a couple pics of what it looks like on the bike:


Edit: I should mention I had to cut some slots in the mounting plate for the two rear mounting bolts.

[TominMO]

What does it weigh?

[Hebbe]

That trunk is sure big enough! I plan on doing some moto camping when the weather starts cooling down a little so I want to figure something out. I figure the bike weighs around 300 pounds.

[bigdano711]

Originally Posted by TominMO

What does it weigh?

The trunk itself is actually pretty light...less than 5 lbs is my guess. It's also pretty flimsy rubbery China plastic, but it locks and seals up water tight and has a nice liner. Will probably break if I lay the bike down.

I plan to do exactly the same thing, Hebbe! I already have my load sorted: sleeping gear in a duffle that gets strapped to the top of the trunk, all food stuffs, clothes, tools, PERCOLATOR and a simple small propane grill to make coffee in the morning go inside. Also good for power outages, which we suffer from pretty regularly out in the middle of nowhere. I'm looking at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...M7AG99XZ&psc=1

[Hebbe]

Originally Posted by bigdano711

The trunk itself is actually pretty light...less than 5 lbs is my guess. It's also pretty flimsy rubbery China plastic, but it locks and seals up water tight and has a nice liner. Will probably break if I lay the bike down.

I plan to do exactly the same thing, Hebbe! I already have my load sorted: sleeping gear in a duffle that gets strapped to the top of the trunk, all food stuffs, clothes, tools, PERCOLATOR and a simple small propane grill to make coffee in the morning go inside. Also good for power outages, which we suffer from pretty regularly out in the middle of nowhere. I'm looking at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...M7AG99XZ&psc=1

Don't get me started on power outages! they got bad enough here last year here that I had a 1000 gallon tank installed to run my house off a generator while they work on it

[Hebbe]

Strings to tie my saddle bag on came untied the other day and got dragged down the road for a little while. Sewed in some nylon with some buckles to make sure it doesn't happen agian.