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Welcome to NT650.com.  A website dedicated to Honda Hawk GT owners and enthusiasts.

Here you will find information and resources to help you keep your bike on the road, tune it up, and dial it in for maximum performance.

There is a host of information and a growing community of incredibly well informed and experienced Hawk Owners that participate in the Hawk Forum.  If you don't yet have an account, sign-up and jump into the discussion.

If you ever have any problems with the site, just send me an e-mail.

Keep the rubber-side down,

-- Ryan Chapin

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    Ryan
    6 Telltale Signs That a Bike You are Looking to Buy Has Been Raced
    08/31/2009 8:35PM

    I recently saw a Hawk on Ebay that was being sold for $4,200.00 or so that had very clean looking body work but even in the few photos posted I quickly discerned that it had been raced.

    Here are 6 Telltale signs that a bike (especially a Hawk) has been raced:

    1. The oil fill cap has a small hole in it.  That means that at one point it was wired to keep it from opening.
    2. There are small holes on the outside of the twin spars of the frame:  These were likely drilled to pop-rivet brackets for bodywork.  Easy to remove, drill out the rivets, but difficult to fill the holes.
    3. Drilled brake line banjo bolts
    4. Drilled fork pinch bolts, and axle bolts/nuts
    5. Drilled exhaust hanger bolts/bracket bolts
    6. The body work is cherry, but there are some scratches/rash on the frame and/or side cases.  This means that they either took the bodywork off the bike when it was new and stored it, only to replace it with a different tank and fiberglass for racing, or that they just found some clean body work to sell it with.  If you don't know what you are looking for, you can make a bike that was raced look very good on the surface.
    If you see any one of these on a bike, it's very likely that it's been raced, and/or been on the track for track days.  Assuming that it is straight, and makes good compression (and that the price is right) there is nothing wrong with it, but just keep an eye out for these things when buying a used bike.
  • Motorcyclist Does an Eye-Opening Helmet Test
    02/07/2006 5:48PM
    Ryan
    Ryan
    Motorcyclist conducted a very interesting helmet test that included the big name expensive helmets and the super cheap helmets that you see at WalMart or Pep Boys.  The results are a bit surprising.

  • Member Photos Added
    11/05/2005 2:07AM
    Ryan
    Ryan
    Check it out!  Hawk Forum Members can now post photos to the site.

    See all of the cool bikes that people are riding (and every now and then crashing :).
  • Very Cool Hawk
    07/18/2005 8:30AM
    Ryan
    Ryan

    Here's a site with a super sweet hawk with a ton of cool mods!

    This bike has an F4 front end, a VFR wheel, full fairing and more.  Wow, very, very nice!

    :)

  • New Section! Trading Post
    07/17/2005 9:36PM
    Ryan
    Ryan
    Are you looking for parts or bikes?  Looking to sell a motorcycle, parts, or accessories?  Sign-up for the forum and you can add items to the Trading Post.

     . . . Read More . . .
    For the time-being I'll have to add permissions to everyone who already has a forum login.  Please use the contact form to e-mail me a request to post to the Trading Post and I'll add you right away.
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