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I figured I should start a build thread on here since I plan to actually make some changes to this thing after 3 1/2 years. I'll start with some history first though.
I picked it up in Seatlle in July of '08 with 8,300 miles on it, bone stock.
It was my main mode of transportation for the next year, over with I put 10K on it, including a trip down Hwy 101 to Northern California and a non-stop 14 hr solo trip home on I-5.
In November of '09 I replaced the clutch and recovered the seat. I added some foam, but have never been very happy with it.
In Oct. of 2010 (now living here in stupidland) I met up with a guy from the Hawk forum and went for a ride down the coast on Hwy 1.
After that, I decided I'd finally paint it after thinking about it forever.
There were a couple small dings in the tank from when the PO dropped at low speeds.
I chose Ford Sonic Blue for paint, of course.
I was pretty pleased, but the paint never cured very hard and got beat up on the few rides since then.
Looks like I don't have any pictures of them specifically, but I made some jump plates out of 1/4" aluminum to move the rearsets up 1.5" and back 1.5". I also got rid of the ugly license plate mount and just bolted it to the inner fender up close to the seat cowl. I'll get LED bolts for it later. And I picked up lower clips-on since the stock ones have about 3-4" rise and a sportier riding position is more comfortable for me. I made up a relay harness for the headlight too since the stock harness severely limits light output.
I scored a free new tire from a guy I work with, today I mounted it. It's a 180/55/17, the old one I had is 150/70/17 and it's had a plug in it for 3 years. If I let it sit, it would go flat.
Old tire
It rubbed a little bit on the chain guard so I took it off. I may trim it and put it back on later, we'll see.
Yesterday I bought a tank off of a NTV Revere, which is the Hawk's ugly European cousin. Hawks are known for having a rather limited range due to the 2.9 gallon tank, but the Revere has a 5 gallon tank and requires minimum modifications to fit.
I'm really not a fan on the yellow paint on this one, it makes the tank look lumpy I think. They look good with darker colors though.
Overall my plans include:
-Repainting (Sonic Blue again, likely with some gray)
-Redoing the seat since I'll need to trim it some to fit the tank
-SS brake lines probably
-Rebuild the forks
-New rear shock (hopefully)
-Different turn signals since the one I have are cheap Chinese crap
-New headlight (hopefully)
-Bar end mirror (maybe)
-Jet kit and exhaust (maybe)
-General cleaning
I picked it up in Seatlle in July of '08 with 8,300 miles on it, bone stock.
It was my main mode of transportation for the next year, over with I put 10K on it, including a trip down Hwy 101 to Northern California and a non-stop 14 hr solo trip home on I-5.
In November of '09 I replaced the clutch and recovered the seat. I added some foam, but have never been very happy with it.
In Oct. of 2010 (now living here in stupidland) I met up with a guy from the Hawk forum and went for a ride down the coast on Hwy 1.
After that, I decided I'd finally paint it after thinking about it forever.
There were a couple small dings in the tank from when the PO dropped at low speeds.
I chose Ford Sonic Blue for paint, of course.
I was pretty pleased, but the paint never cured very hard and got beat up on the few rides since then.
Looks like I don't have any pictures of them specifically, but I made some jump plates out of 1/4" aluminum to move the rearsets up 1.5" and back 1.5". I also got rid of the ugly license plate mount and just bolted it to the inner fender up close to the seat cowl. I'll get LED bolts for it later. And I picked up lower clips-on since the stock ones have about 3-4" rise and a sportier riding position is more comfortable for me. I made up a relay harness for the headlight too since the stock harness severely limits light output.
I scored a free new tire from a guy I work with, today I mounted it. It's a 180/55/17, the old one I had is 150/70/17 and it's had a plug in it for 3 years. If I let it sit, it would go flat.
Old tire
It rubbed a little bit on the chain guard so I took it off. I may trim it and put it back on later, we'll see.
Yesterday I bought a tank off of a NTV Revere, which is the Hawk's ugly European cousin. Hawks are known for having a rather limited range due to the 2.9 gallon tank, but the Revere has a 5 gallon tank and requires minimum modifications to fit.
I'm really not a fan on the yellow paint on this one, it makes the tank look lumpy I think. They look good with darker colors though.
Overall my plans include:
-Repainting (Sonic Blue again, likely with some gray)
-Redoing the seat since I'll need to trim it some to fit the tank
-SS brake lines probably
-Rebuild the forks
-New rear shock (hopefully)
-Different turn signals since the one I have are cheap Chinese crap
-New headlight (hopefully)
-Bar end mirror (maybe)
-Jet kit and exhaust (maybe)
-General cleaning
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