Wolverine

That's very cheap. Damage on left side and that's the side they leave partially covered in the pic. C'mon man!
I'd go for it assuming there isn't much broken on it.

xeris

What CaryDG said.
If i were in San Diego I would be racing you to get there first.
A low mile, unmolested, mechanically sound example doesn't come along very often.
First thing is to deal with is the CCT's.

sdguero

Thanks guys. I'm heading over to look at it in a couple hours. I'll let you know if I purchase.

finepooch

worth it. get it.

sdguero

I wish it was man. We drove out (place was out in the sticks) and the bike is completely thrashed. The entire left side is destroyed, looks like the bike went down at 60+ MPH. Left side pipe was badly kinked, radiator (I assume it was the radiator) was bent up, tank had a huge dent/scratch in it. The entire left side fairing was just gone. "Just cosmetic" my ***. He claimed the frame was in OK shape but there was really no way to tell. I didn't even want to try and start it.

The ad and what he told me on the phone were super misleading. As we were leaving I told the guy he should put up a pic of the damage and be more forthcoming on the phone so other people don't waste their time driving out to his house and he started talking about how he not a liar and owns a bunch of guns. Really shitty situation. Just a redneck ******* looking to rip someone off. He had a bunch of other beat down bikes and some jet skis in his dirt driveway. Most of them were not even covered, just roasting in the east county sun.

Anyway I'm pretty bummed about it but still glad I went out as I'd be pissed if hadn't at least checked it out.

Thanks for reading and if I ever end up with a Superhawk I'll be back on these forums.

Wolverine

finepooch

ah crap man, that sucks. and i got the BS flag, lol
if you want a deal on a hawk here it is. i have no connection to the seller and i would profit zero from him selling his bike. i have two hawks already, a duc 1098, dirt bikes, etc... i still went to look at this bike about a month ago. it is in good condition. $2000cad is about $1500-$1600usd. the poor old guy(about 60) has had this bike on kijiji about a year. nobody wants these bikes here in atlantic canada. he bought a new bmw and just cannot move the vtr. it is a shame really. too bad you are so far away in california.
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COBulldog

This sucks. Before I bought my Hawk about a month ago, I was looking at some different options. One was a Triumph Daytona, which was allegedly "just knocked over with a few scratches." RIGHT! The guy sent me pics, and the whole left side fairing was badly rashed.

The bike had been laid down at speed, and he was super misleading. I offered him a fair price due to the price of the plastics I was looking at buying to fix the damage. He got all indignant and said he was "just going to sit on it until next summer."

captainchaos

Eh I know the feeling. You get your hopes up and then it's a big letdown but you probably made the right choice-if it's really trashed then it ends up being a bigger headache than it's worth. The deals are out there. Sometimes it's easiest (and often cheapest in the long run) to pay a little more for a clean original low mile bike. But we all like little projects and it's fun to do some fixin' and make it "ours." If so the deals are out there. I've bought several superhawks under a grand that either needed say TLC and carb work from sitting or light damage (but not "trashed") that were otherwise clean solid bikes. You were probably better off passing on that. He HAS to sell it, you don't HAVE to buy it, especially if he's an a-hole. There are others...

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