What did you do with your SuperHawk today?
MandownMertech
Superstock
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 289
From: Sacramento / NorcaL
took off the clutch cover to swap er out to find my water pump impeller was more than just a little bit corroded. had to order new impeller, mech seal and oil seal. threw in some new dowels as well.
Got my axle sliders in for my up and coming 929 front end.
And a pretty lil billet oil cap too
Got my axle sliders in for my up and coming 929 front end.
And a pretty lil billet oil cap too
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Squid
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 88
From: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Due to our - minus temps not much really .. made a list of things I need , CCT's , Rubber, Chain/Sprockets
Oh ya , my last ride in October 2011 had to cut it short and park it .. WHY you ask ?
motor made this crazy-*** sound .. like some hammer bashing metal fabber !!
I'm pretty sure the shim "popped" out of the rear cylinder
Oh ya , my last ride in October 2011 had to cut it short and park it .. WHY you ask ?
motor made this crazy-*** sound .. like some hammer bashing metal fabber !!
I'm pretty sure the shim "popped" out of the rear cylinder
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MotoGP
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,942
From: Lake View Terrace, CA
Not too much just a quick ride home from the South Bay.
Though I did remember that I had the old GoPro, though I am too lazy to do any editing right now so here you go:
The sound sucks and all that and yeah it does need to be trimmed down but for you guys who haven't got to ride in a bit.....
Palomares Rd - YouTube
and yes there is a deer @ 7:40 =)
Though I did remember that I had the old GoPro, though I am too lazy to do any editing right now so here you go:
The sound sucks and all that and yeah it does need to be trimmed down but for you guys who haven't got to ride in a bit.....
Palomares Rd - YouTube
and yes there is a deer @ 7:40 =)
Last edited by 8541Hawk; Jan 18, 2012 at 10:53 AM.
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Squid
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 34
From: NorCal
I guess I eye raped her again while I dressed out to commute on my GS1150ADV
Bought her NIB in 1999 and still have a thing for the old beotch..
Shes sitting in a corner of the garage and is patiently awaiting another solid days worth of work and TLC; tuning/tune up, tweaks, and parts installations:
Another reg/rect (R1 part this time)
R/R wire and connection replacement (burnt up)
mototec undertail
CF SS2R repack and needs new internal heat shield
MCCTs
Plugs
maybe another friggin battery..
and others issues I cant remebr right now.
Bought her NIB in 1999 and still have a thing for the old beotch..
Shes sitting in a corner of the garage and is patiently awaiting another solid days worth of work and TLC; tuning/tune up, tweaks, and parts installations:
Another reg/rect (R1 part this time)
R/R wire and connection replacement (burnt up)
mototec undertail
CF SS2R repack and needs new internal heat shield
MCCTs
Plugs
maybe another friggin battery..
and others issues I cant remebr right now.
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 604
From: DFW Texas
Let's hope you can get her back on the road soon!
On a better note, I rode mine to work every day this week!
Unseasonably warm this year. I've put 700 miles on my VTR in 2012 so far, and 100 on my Bandit. (Not commuting, I only live 3 miles from work, lol)
Some days were as cold as 28 degrees, but most rides were in 55 degrees +/- 10. Today it is supposed to get up to 75. Crazy.
I have a 5k to run, so it will probably snow next week, lol.
Gotta love north central Texas. (DFW)
On a better note, I rode mine to work every day this week!
Unseasonably warm this year. I've put 700 miles on my VTR in 2012 so far, and 100 on my Bandit.
(Not commuting, I only live 3 miles from work, lol)Some days were as cold as 28 degrees, but most rides were in 55 degrees +/- 10. Today it is supposed to get up to 75. Crazy.
I have a 5k to run, so it will probably snow next week, lol.
Gotta love north central Texas. (DFW)
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Connie Demico does toad?
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 383
From: Lakeway
A friend installed my new ContiMotions then a few of us went for a scrub-in ride. I'm left with .5 inch chicken strips, there would be none except that I'm chicken. That was the first time I've ridden the bike without wooden tires. Stop reading this and get new tires already.
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SuperSport
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 684
From: Richmond, VA
Installed a Scotts steering damper, mounted up some 'Stones. Slowly getting ready to attack NOLA in three weeks!
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Connie Demico does toad?
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 383
From: Lakeway
Got some detailing in while the wheels were off, my friend is a retired mechanical engineer from Germany. A true stickler, he had me cleaning bearings and the swingarm and such while he worked on the tires.
Gee, get yer tires done by a monkey at some shop, or get them done by a mechanical engineer(who also worked for Honda for 10 yrs just saying).
Gee, get yer tires done by a monkey at some shop, or get them done by a mechanical engineer(who also worked for Honda for 10 yrs just saying).
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 344
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SuperSport
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 700
I unintentionally went off roading. I took a different way home from school and ended up on a pot hole riddles dirt road, while it was raining. I was slipping everywhere but it made me want to buy a dirt bike again
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Superstock
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 433
From: Los Angeles & Winston Salem
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Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 344
yeah, people were saying annoying stuff like "wow, you're doing well for your first ever track day, I can't wait to see what you can do with a modern/light bike!" or "once you get a track suitable bike you're going to haul ***!"
Our bikes are fun to track, I don't plan on selling it and buying a CBR anytime soon...
My only mods are CCTs, some fork work + spring, and a stock rear shock modified by JD...I was knee sliding into my second session and got moved to the 'B' group by the end of the day...and as you can see from the video I'm not pushing the braking points or really even making the best line most of the time...
I'm down to go to any of the Willow tracks on the bike...I can't wait actually
Our bikes are fun to track, I don't plan on selling it and buying a CBR anytime soon...
My only mods are CCTs, some fork work + spring, and a stock rear shock modified by JD...I was knee sliding into my second session and got moved to the 'B' group by the end of the day...and as you can see from the video I'm not pushing the braking points or really even making the best line most of the time...
I'm down to go to any of the Willow tracks on the bike...I can't wait actually
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Superstock
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 433
From: Los Angeles & Winston Salem
Yep. Agree with all of the above. Most people don't even know what a superhawk is? If you really want to have fun, just tell them its a 650cc bike just like the Suzuki sv650. Everyone raves about SV650 (I do too) but in all honesty our bikes are just as cheap, have way more power and stock for stock have better suspension.
I'll post up a date in the group rides for a willow springs Superhawk trackday. Your going to really like the big track on the Hawk. Ride safe.
I'll post up a date in the group rides for a willow springs Superhawk trackday. Your going to really like the big track on the Hawk. Ride safe.
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SuperSport
SuperSport
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 604
From: DFW Texas
Got a wild hair and did a complete bafflectomy last night. Rode her to work today. Doesn't seem much louder than the partial I had already done, but it does seem a bit deeper. I like, but some D&D's are likely in her future, lol.
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Superstock
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 344
converted to single sided exhaust...one of my slipons was leaking and there was some issues with a broken clamp bolt on that side, so I just did away with it...bike runs much better now and sounds awesome. I was surprised; it didn't make it much louder at all.
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,942
From: Lake View Terrace, CA
Does what I did yesterday count? 
Flushed my brakes so got to take a quick run to the test track a.k.a. Calaveras Rd.
Now in the summer you can carry 2nd and 3rd on this road but in the winter you need to keep things in check a bit....
Also we just had a storm come through, so the road is pretty dirty and a bit slippery in places.
So in this vid I'm mainly in 1st & 2nd (for all you guys that say these bikes don't shift well between 1st & 2nd.... and my only real changes is one of Jamies shift levers) and yes i do have the VTR "traction control" on in places (which is leave the bike in second and just roll on the throttle)
with the rev's anywhere from 2K -10K
Calaveras Rd 1.27.12 - YouTube
Flushed my brakes so got to take a quick run to the test track a.k.a. Calaveras Rd.
Now in the summer you can carry 2nd and 3rd on this road but in the winter you need to keep things in check a bit....
Also we just had a storm come through, so the road is pretty dirty and a bit slippery in places.So in this vid I'm mainly in 1st & 2nd (for all you guys that say these bikes don't shift well between 1st & 2nd.... and my only real changes is one of Jamies shift levers) and yes i do have the VTR "traction control" on in places (which is leave the bike in second and just roll on the throttle
)with the rev's anywhere from 2K -10K
Calaveras Rd 1.27.12 - YouTube
