Yee-Ha!
 

After researching and reading about Superhawks for almost a year ( and a near miss buying one) I found an excellent condition red 2002 this morning and bought it on the spot. Tomorrow the trailer ride home. Will upload a pic when I have one sized correctly.

Enjoy. And welcome to the chicken coop.

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hopefully doing your homework will pay off in this case. welcome aboard and post some pics. Got any records about all the mods or lack thereof. Happy trails.

Thanks for the welcomes and congrats. It is a totally bone stock 2002 with no mods unless you count new Pirelli tires and a new battery. Less than 4100 miles on the clock. Started right up from cold, no smoke. The feelers on the footpegs are virgin. :D

we can change the status of that in a heartbeat. haha :D

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Towed my just purchased S-hawk home today in a rented U Haul trailer. Then went out for a first ride. There's a lot of potholes and puddles here now, so I didn't take any chances. The ample torque was not a surprise, but the stiff suspension was. Starting to plan out many little improvements and add-ons. But overall the bike was a real pleasure to ride, glad I got it.:D

Very clean looking bike!

Welcome, and enjoy the torque...but only after the puddles dry up.

I see you got the fastest color :-)

Funny... It looks red on my screen. :p

Congrats on the new bike CrankenFine!

^^ haha.

And yeah, CrankenFine, the suspension on this bike is usually one of the first mods, after CCT and R/R evaluation...

Congrats, and have fun with the bike!

Stiff suspension is not typical unless you're under 75lbs with all your gear. The superhawk has wimpy suspension unless someone inserted heavier components.

I did a 200 mile run yesterday and the back roads I ride were still rougher than hell from frost heaves, and this is on a dual sport. These roads will beat you to death on a superhawk.

you need to investigate the stiff suspension. By the way, we're neighbors, about 90 miles give or take.

Welcome.

rear spools for stand?
 

How did you get that rear stand to work? I have one but was told I have to get the threaded nut welded on the swingarm. Please enlighten me.

welcome

I'm about 185 dressed to ride. When I took that first ride I had not inspected spring preload settings at either end. Since Sunday between work and cold weather, no more playtime on the bike. Now I think more preload is cranked in than I need as the original owner always rode with his wife. I noticed your Altoona location too. Maybe in fair weather we'll cross paths. Thanks for the advice.

I wish I could take credit for the clever adaptation, but it was something the original owner threw in on the sale to me along with the workstand you see.

The rear axle is hollow so he just inserted an 18" L x .312" dia solid steel rod into the axle whenever he wanted to use the workstand you see. (He reminded me to always double check the rod gets removed AFTER lowering the workstand but BEFORE riding.) I am thinking about painting the ends fluorescent orange...

This forum is cool thing and a terrific resource. Thanks to all who responded with a welcome or comments. I hope to contribute as well as benefit from all the experience shared here.

First thing I checked was the charging system and battery- working.
Hoping I have a little time before CCT is due with just over 4K miles on the clock.

All you need to do is drill a couple of holes and install a rivnut if you want to run a spool type stand.

The down side to that set up is that you can't remove the rear wheel..... ;)

Wow... what a simple solution! how does that work? is it stable?

All I can say is it must be stronger proof steel than it looks. I have sat on the bike several times while it's on the stand and it doesn't budge.

It's just a matter of leverage (or lack of)... That's an "old trick"... You can also have two "inserts" that you bolt the spools to and stick in each end... Makes for easier removal... Both have the downside of not being able to remove the rearwheel though...

Congrats- on the Red SH
All these altoona/ pittsburger SH'ers, how many Philly area riders are there?

Meet up? how about a trip here http://www.bikehillclimb.com/.