Been lurking here for a while and following these bikes for about 25 years… Picked up this 1990 Hawk at an auction a couple months ago. Mechanically very sound but had some cobbed wiring for turn signals and such. Had a SS front steel brake line that was about 14 inches too long, And the clutch perch was broken as was the adjuster on it …. So it was held together literally with some old throttle cable wire, A hose clamp, a sheet rock screw, and a piece of gold bracelet chain… (I’m not kidding) Cush drive was nonexistent, and it looked like it had been for a while. Crazy wiring for the rear turn signal’s using speaker wire and some weird little button like yellow bulb. replaced master cylinder and lever and clutch perch, cable and lever as well.
Swapped stock handlebars over to SV650 Clip-on’s flipped upside down, New mirrors, grips and new front brake line, and a used Corbin seat ( thx to a member here) New front/rear turn signals also.
Had a few broken plastic tabs here and there that I hot-stapled back together so now it’s all good. Only real missing piece at this point is the grommet for the rear of the fuel tank And the bolt and spacer to hold it on… Runs and rides nice. Interesting when it’s parked next to my 1998 VTR1000 Superhawk.
Based on what I’ve seen working on it it looks like it was really well cared for for a long time and then whoever the last owner was pretty much did not know what they were doing and were just hacking things. Probably a good thing I got it when I did... Not sure how much longer it would have lasted at the rate it was being patched together.
Fun cool little bike though I prob won’t keep it long— glad I could interact with it for a bit…
Swapped stock handlebars over to SV650 Clip-on’s flipped upside down, New mirrors, grips and new front brake line, and a used Corbin seat ( thx to a member here) New front/rear turn signals also.
Had a few broken plastic tabs here and there that I hot-stapled back together so now it’s all good. Only real missing piece at this point is the grommet for the rear of the fuel tank And the bolt and spacer to hold it on… Runs and rides nice. Interesting when it’s parked next to my 1998 VTR1000 Superhawk.
Based on what I’ve seen working on it it looks like it was really well cared for for a long time and then whoever the last owner was pretty much did not know what they were doing and were just hacking things. Probably a good thing I got it when I did... Not sure how much longer it would have lasted at the rate it was being patched together.
Fun cool little bike though I prob won’t keep it long— glad I could interact with it for a bit…
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