SOLD THE SHIT HAWK! THANK GOD!!!!!!
Retired- but not tired!
SuperBike
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,481
From: Pittsburgh
I've noticed before among all his sig mods list there is no mention of MCCT, no R/R, no supension mods, no TPS... just cosmetics. Is it any wonder he thinks the bike is ****? It looks like he never addressed what's been illustrated all over this forum as a few basic requirements. You can lead a horse to water but...
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SuperSport
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 807
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I'm sorry the bike didn't work out for you. Some need more attention than others and some of us enjoy working on them more than you do. In an earlier post you said that you got your Superhawk for $1,000 so it's not a big financial loss, if any. Good luck with the R1. Good having you aboard.
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SuperBike
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,707
From: Essex, UK
I wish your next bike good luck with its new owner
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SuperSport
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 700
Anything will give you problems. If you replaced the bad cct with an oem unit, that is your fault. If it was manual and still let loose after 40 miles, again something you did wrong. Wait until something on your r1 takes a ****, then enjoy trying to work on that mess.
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 604
From: DFW Texas
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 604
From: DFW Texas
Pics?
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MotoGP
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 3,871
From: Phoenix, AZ
Haha, R1 is a race bike, superhawk is a sport tourer... not the same category. All the same, sorry to hear you had a rough experience. Sometimes the nicest thing is just to get rid of it and start again eh?
I'm all about hearing opinions, and we all know the drawbacks of the bike, but going on a forum and straight trash talking a bike where all members of the forum are owners of said bike is not likely to be received very well. Especially to those who have taken care of theirs since new and have had no issues with them (other than completing maintenance items)...
I'm all about hearing opinions, and we all know the drawbacks of the bike, but going on a forum and straight trash talking a bike where all members of the forum are owners of said bike is not likely to be received very well
. Especially to those who have taken care of theirs since new and have had no issues with them (other than completing maintenance items)...
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SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 834
From: Nooksack WA
Haha, R1 is a race bike, superhawk is a sport tourer... not the same category. All the same, sorry to hear you had a rough experience. Sometimes the nicest thing is just to get rid of it and start again eh?
I'm all about hearing opinions, and we all know the drawbacks of the bike, but going on a forum and straight trash talking a bike where all members of the forum are owners of said bike is not likely to be received very well. Especially to those who have taken care of theirs since new and have had no issues with them (other than completing maintenance items)...
I'm all about hearing opinions, and we all know the drawbacks of the bike, but going on a forum and straight trash talking a bike where all members of the forum are owners of said bike is not likely to be received very well
. Especially to those who have taken care of theirs since new and have had no issues with them (other than completing maintenance items)...
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MotoGP
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,942
From: Lake View Terrace, CA
Sounds like poor installation was the cause of the second CCT failure, if this is the same bike.... then again how many full M4 exhausts systems are out there in the state of WA?????
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...79/#post330370
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...79/#post330370
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SuperSport
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 576
From: Issaquah, WA
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Superstock
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 395
From: Columbus, OH
Maybe he should get a scooter. Better yet, get a ten speed. I would bet quite a few of us shithawk guys will eat that r1 up in the twisties or on the track. Why get on here and trash the bikes that these guys enjoy? What are you 12 years old?
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SuperBike
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,611
From: Belgium, WI
Honestly, An unmolested hawk is pretty sweet. Once you mess with it, or any bike for that matter, they become a labor of love. By any measure, the superhawk with its niggles is still a great bike. Anyone to say otherwise is a complete ****.
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 604
From: DFW Texas
Out of my mind, back in 5
MotoGP
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 6,109
From: Skurup, Sweden
I'm well past 100k miles and still running... And my engine started out early on when i started playing, as "mildly tuned", but I doubt the "mild" part applies anymore... It still get's used as a daily ride, despite various exotic and expensive parts, and roughly 130 rwbhp...
And the only times I have been left stranded, it was all my doing, bad decisions on untested stuff, nothing I could blame the bike for...
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Superstock
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 338
From: Colorado
I understand the op's frustration, but it sure does sound like user error. A correct install of manual ccts would have provided him a trouble free bike for years to come...I mean it is a Honda. Have fun looking like every other squid on an R1. I just hope he isn't one of those guys that will start riding around wearing a jacket and gloves while his helmet is strapped to the bike. We have way to many of those cool liter bike riders already. I mean I feel like such a loser next to all these awesome guys on r1s and gixxers
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Squid
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 65
From: Northeastern Utah
Still loving the hell out of my Hawk... It's not perfect. I'd be happier if it got about 10mpg more, had another gallon in the tank... But it's plenty fast enough and handles well enough... It's does everything very well and even when I'm riding it as fast as I dare, it doesn't feel like I'm flogging the bike like some others I've ridden. It's a more relaxed, competent sport bike.
Oh, you can act like a Squidly Hoodlum on it... Easily... But the Superhawk is not about being flashy and impressing 16 year old boys.
Oh, you can act like a Squidly Hoodlum on it... Easily... But the Superhawk is not about being flashy and impressing 16 year old boys.
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SuperBike
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,458
From: South of Live Free or Die & North of Family Guy
Have fun looking like every other squid on an R1. I just hope he isn't one of those guys that will start riding around wearing a jacket and gloves while his helmet is strapped to the bike. We have way to many of those cool liter bike riders already. I mean I feel like such a loser next to all these awesome guys on r1s and gixxers
