So this may be the worlds lamest build thread, as my new Hawk (88 Blue) is super low miles and clean, and I don't plan on modding it much, but I figured I should at least document it and will give a place to track what I've done.
Per my introduction, this is a nearly identical bike to the one that I bought in the early 90s, road cross country, through college, and only sold it when I moved to NYC. And immediately and forever regretted it. Over the years I've had a bunch of other bikes, and while I've liked them a lot, none scratched the Hawk itch. So, I started looking around about a year ago, and finally found the one - Blue, 88, low miles (9600) and in great shape. The only issues I can find, besides dry-rotted tires, hideous 70s round chrome mirrors & a few little cosmetic things, are seriously leaky fork seals and carbs that need a good cleaning. It even looks like someone replaced brake/fuel/radiator hoses at some point, as the visible ones are all nicely flexible and in good shape (although they will probably get replaced anyway at some point)
This is what it looked like when I got it home and into the garage - and yeah, that's the only work space I have!
Per my introduction, this is a nearly identical bike to the one that I bought in the early 90s, road cross country, through college, and only sold it when I moved to NYC. And immediately and forever regretted it. Over the years I've had a bunch of other bikes, and while I've liked them a lot, none scratched the Hawk itch. So, I started looking around about a year ago, and finally found the one - Blue, 88, low miles (9600) and in great shape. The only issues I can find, besides dry-rotted tires, hideous 70s round chrome mirrors & a few little cosmetic things, are seriously leaky fork seals and carbs that need a good cleaning. It even looks like someone replaced brake/fuel/radiator hoses at some point, as the visible ones are all nicely flexible and in good shape (although they will probably get replaced anyway at some point)
This is what it looked like when I got it home and into the garage - and yeah, that's the only work space I have!
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