What did you do with your SuperHawk today?
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SuperBike
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,544
From: New South Wales Australia
Rode the butt of of theStorm today and really enjoyed the ride.
I just love this thing, it's been the subject of countless mods and hundreds of hours.
Goes and handles better than it deserves to.
Have my hands full with other bikes at the moment so that niggling rattle in the top end will have to wait until the new year.
In the mean time I will keep riding.
I just love this thing, it's been the subject of countless mods and hundreds of hours.
Goes and handles better than it deserves to.
Have my hands full with other bikes at the moment so that niggling rattle in the top end will have to wait until the new year.
In the mean time I will keep riding.
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Squid
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 33
From: Athens - Greece
Hi Smokinjoe73 the forks are ohlins from APRILIA TUONO factory version they fitted like a glove the rear swingarm is from VFR 800... For more infos you ll find on my V2 project post. Cheers mate!!!
Last edited by firestorm; Dec 17, 2014 at 10:33 AM.
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 144
From: Melbourne, Australia
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SuperBike
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,544
From: New South Wales Australia
Rode the bike to work.
180 K round trip.
Beautiful weather, bike going well, however might as well not have bothered.
Police everywhere.
Saw 5 police in the first 1k's and lots more on the way home.
This bike does not like 6th gear at anything less than 120k.
Came home and took the 848 for a spirited ride over the mountain and nearly got booked there as well.
Better be careful over the break at Christmas.
180 K round trip.
Beautiful weather, bike going well, however might as well not have bothered.
Police everywhere.
Saw 5 police in the first 1k's and lots more on the way home.
This bike does not like 6th gear at anything less than 120k.
Came home and took the 848 for a spirited ride over the mountain and nearly got booked there as well.
Better be careful over the break at Christmas.
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Squid
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 48
From: Green Bay, Wisconsin
completed the HAWK carb setup, cleaned up a few bits and pieces, some fresh fluids...all good stuff. Got it running after putting the carbs back in and holy crap, i fell in love with the sound all over again...absolutely terrifying how pissed off the bike sounds. If that doesn't rustle your jimmies, i dont know what could
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Squid
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 72
Yes temp is measured in Celsius ( 11 Celsius) up here in the Great White North but I "translated" to Fahrenheit for our Southern cousins. Plus I'm an old school "mature" (turning 60) and Fahrenheit is what I was raised with 
Cheers,
Bill McG
Cheers,
Bill McG
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SuperBike
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 2,097
From: Geneseo, IL
Even though I'm not related to you, thank you for the "translation" because I can't read Celsius. I just know that it is colder than Fahrenheit.
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Squid
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 84
From: Boston
Did the CCT stopper mod and checked valve clearance while I had the valve covers off.
Found some 8mm dowels that worked perfect for the stopper.
Just had to file them down until the plunger went back in. Front valve cover was PITA but got it all done in one afternoon.
Found some 8mm dowels that worked perfect for the stopper.
Just had to file them down until the plunger went back in. Front valve cover was PITA but got it all done in one afternoon.
Retired- but not tired!
SuperBike
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,481
From: Pittsburgh
