NJFZ1
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Thanks Eric! Yea, it's pretty clean and it's all there. Just needs some detailing and minor modding at this point
Well Another Hawk has Landed!
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Thanks Eric! Yea, it's pretty clean and it's all there. Just needs some detailing and minor modding at this point
imb4ufz1
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Nice bike. Wish i could go hunting, BIKE i meant
NJFZ1
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Well the Hawk is coming home tomorrow And today some new turn signals showed up. They'll replace the stock ones that are very droopy.
New turn signals:
And today some new turn signals showed up. They'll replace the stock ones that are very droopy.New turn signals:
FZ1riderNY
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Well the Hawk is coming home tomorrow
New turn signals:
That must be relative to those bikes. I saw three others in the classifieds and all of them had the "droopy" lights in the rear. I bet you can't wait til tomorrow!
johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
A simply nearly free mod that is also necessary. Take off your seat check the mounting tabs for the rear plastics. If they are intact re-enforce them with fibre glass. They are notorious for breaking especially if you plan on a passenger.
NJFZ1
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Yea, the long stalks of the rear light will make them droop over time. I had found some stock ones, but I figured it would happen again so I went with these aftermarket ones. They look very similar to the Buell ones that are favored by the Hawk crowd. In the front I'll have to get creative as the stock ones clamp around the forks.
Yea, I'm excited
johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
Locate and drill a hole in each head light mounts. You will have to drop the forks to get the stock mounts off good time to freshen up fork oil. I run 10 wt in on leg and 15 weight in the other.
NJFZ1
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I bet some clear epoxy on the back of them will work just fine. I have used that method to reinforce several of the panels on my YZF1000. These plastic parts all start cracking after a while...
johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
My rear most ones are broken and gone. I haven't found a good solution yet, other than a new tail piece(400.00)
NJFZ1
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Yea, that's where I plan to mount them, but I didn't realize I had to drop the forks to take off the stock signals.
I didn't want to drill into the stock mounts so I bough some replica ones on eBay. They were cheap and black so they'll match the bike well.
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Deftone
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:+1: What he said.
johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
Just went and looked. If the won't open up enough they should cut off easy.
NJFZ1
Moderator
Well oddly enough the front signals are in really nice shape so I'd like to remove them w/o destroying them. If I have to remove the forks then it will just have to wait until the Spring, but like you said it would be a good time to freshen the oil (and possibly the seals) anyway.
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johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
The forks are very easy to work on.
CorrectionsK9
Wizard
Somebody please go buy this!!!!! wish I was closer....
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NJFZ1
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Looks nice, but it's a salvage tittle. That bike has been on eBay for months now. Started out asking $4k and as you can see even at the current price it doesn't look like anyone wants it. It's probably worth closer to $1500...It would make a nice track bike
NJFZ1
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Well the Hawk is home
The Honda Accord handled towing duties w/o any issues. I was concerned with the hills along the way since it's only a 4-cylinder. Even with almost 100k miles it pulled the trailed and bike w/o a problem. Just required the occasional downshift to 4th gear, but that was kind of expected.
Well I didn't have time for much else today since I had to return the trailer and run some other errands. I will try to get some more pics on Sunday if we don't end up getting too much snow tomorrow. And Johnny I didn't forget about the video clip of that Supertrapp exhaust. I'll try to get it on Sunday as well. It sounds sweet
The Honda Accord handled towing duties w/o any issues. I was concerned with the hills along the way since it's only a 4-cylinder. Even with almost 100k miles it pulled the trailed and bike w/o a problem. Just required the occasional downshift to 4th gear, but that was kind of expected.
Well I didn't have time for much else today since I had to return the trailer and run some other errands. I will try to get some more pics on Sunday if we don't end up getting too much snow tomorrow. And Johnny I didn't forget about the video clip of that Supertrapp exhaust. I'll try to get it on Sunday as well. It sounds sweet
johnnyontherocks
The Cosmic Avenger
Did you ride it at all
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NJFZ1
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No, because I didn't get a chance to go to DMV and get the plates yet. I mean I rode it up and down the street, but that was about it
FZ1riderNY
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Glad you got it home with no problems Tony. She looks great. Best of luck with it.