2023 hawk dlx

[Hebbe]

I recently purchased A 2023 hawk dlx assembled from tx motorsports. they delivered it and i removed most of the bolts and added lock tight,changed the oil to Rotella t4 and debadged it. I have rode it a little over 50 miles and have loved everything about it. I went to check my chain before I rode to work this morning and noticed it had about a inch to much play. Can i adjust the chain on the side-stand? i see everyone jacking it up with the rear tire off the ground. planning on adjusting the chain and changing the oil and putting in the NGK iridium spark plug this weekend.

[tknj99]

Yes you can. Having the rear wheel off the ground just makes it a bit easier

[bigdano711]

This guy's video really helped me with chain adjustment. The stock chain has been notoriously crappy, so you will probably want to get a better chain.


When adjusting on the kickstand, I go for the top-side of the range. On a carbed Hawk 250, it's 20mm-30mm, so I go for 30mm or just a tad over.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFnSetAxhbM&t=230s

[Hebbe]

Was way easier than I was expecting. Took like 3 minutes to do. after reading the nightmare that some people have I was expecting an all day affair

[Hebbe]

Took a ride into the local Mexican restaurant to get my taco fix!

[ProDigit]

chain adjustment can be done on the fly.
You can even bring the chain sliders all the way forward, and use a chain breaker to take out a link or two.

It's slightly easier to have the rear wheel off the ground.
I use a car scissors jack to jack up the other side of the sidestand peg.
that way the bike rests on the front wheel, the peg, and the jack, with the rear wheel up.

When placing the jack more towards the front of the engine, rather than the back, the bike can actually rest on the rear wheel, and the front wheel comes off the ground.

It's not super stable, but good enough to work on, remove wheel axles, change sprockets or cush drive, brake pads (with drum brake bikes) etc...

[bigdano711]

Took a ride into the local Mexican restaurant to get my taco fix!
One of the BEST reasons to take a ride is to get a taco! Sweet bike, man. Diggin' the saddle bags.

[buzz]

just adjust on kick stand, no reason to jack wheel off the ground.People just don't know what there doing,its simple.

[Hebbe]

Have to get a little more at the grocery store than I could fit in the saddle bags. Redneck solution, until I decide on a more permanent luggage solution.

[bigdano711]

I bought a trunk off Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CY5D7DT4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1


I got the biggest one. I haven't loaded it down, yet, but I'm sure it'll make the bike squirrelly. Here's a couple pics of what it looks like on the bike:


Edit: I should mention I had to cut some slots in the mounting plate for the two rear mounting bolts.



https://www.chinariders.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=32111&stc=1&d=1728940551




https://www.chinariders.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=32112&stc=1&d=1728940553

[TominMO]

What does it weigh?

[Hebbe]

That trunk is sure big enough! I plan on doing some moto camping when the weather starts cooling down a little so I want to figure something out. I figure the bike weighs around 300 pounds.

[bigdano711]

What does it weigh?
The trunk itself is actually pretty light...less than 5 lbs is my guess. It's also pretty flimsy rubbery China plastic, but it locks and seals up water tight and has a nice liner. Will probably break if I lay the bike down.

I plan to do exactly the same thing, Hebbe! I already have my load sorted: sleeping gear in a duffle that gets strapped to the top of the trunk, all food stuffs, clothes, tools, PERCOLATOR and a simple small propane grill to make coffee in the morning go inside. Also good for power outages, which we suffer from pretty regularly out in the middle of nowhere. I'm looking at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09V1MVS8B/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A2XST4M7AG99XZ&psc=1

[Hebbe]

The trunk itself is actually pretty light...less than 5 lbs is my guess. It's also pretty flimsy rubbery China plastic, but it locks and seals up water tight and has a nice liner. Will probably break if I lay the bike down.

I plan to do exactly the same thing, Hebbe! I already have my load sorted: sleeping gear in a duffle that gets strapped to the top of the trunk, all food stuffs, clothes, tools, PERCOLATOR and a simple small propane grill to make coffee in the morning go inside. Also good for power outages, which we suffer from pretty regularly out in the middle of nowhere. I'm looking at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09V1MVS8B/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A2XST4M7AG99XZ&psc=1

Don't get me started on power outages! they got bad enough here last year here that I had a 1000 gallon tank installed to run my house off a generator while they work on it

[Hebbe]

Strings to tie my saddle bag on came untied the other day and got dragged down the road for a little while. Sewed in some nylon with some buckles to make sure it doesn't happen agian.

[Do©Hawk]

Strings to tie my saddle bag on came untied the other day and got dragged down the road for a little while. Sewed in some nylon with some buckles to make sure it doesn't happen agian.

Consider yourself lucky that all you got was some abrasions on your bags. If those would have gotten into your chain or wheel.......be careful with bags and things that dangle. That could have been much, much worse.

[Hebbe]

It was tied tight when i left work, sometimes things just happen, its better not to dwell on the little things like that, luck has nothing to do with it if god decided that's how I'm gonna go, well that's just how I go. I came up with a solution and learned from it that's all that matters.

[Hebbe]

Wife ordered me a set of motocult crashbars, a different luggage rack and aluminum chain covers for our anniversary. So far the magic brown truck has only dropped off the luggage rack.

[Hebbe]

New aluminum chain guards came in!

[Hebbe]

got a nail in my back tire leaving work last night so I ordered a kenda heavy duty tube, and since Im already gonna be working right there I went ahead and bought a D.I.D chain and a set of 17/45 sprockets.

[Hebbe]

Went to harbor freight and bought a stand to work on the bike this weekend. My rear sprocket and chain made it in, still no sign of the tube amazon shows delivery Saturday. Went ahead and ordered an extra for the front and rear so if it happens again I can fix it right away this not being able to ride to work is for the birds!

[Do©Hawk]

Got any links to the luggage rack and chain guards? I don't have a luggage rack currently. I just bungee stuff down between the rear grab bars. I don't like the floppy plastic chain guard either....

[Hebbe]

Got any links to the luggage rack and chain guards? I don't have a luggage rack currently. I just bungee stuff down between the rear grab bars. I don't like the floppy plastic chain guard either....


https://www.amazon.com/stores/BAOUFF/Homepage/page/A8AED290-9DDF-4CDB-B276-848E25F1459C?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_ast_store_VH7KVKCC ZBBR2HBTPZAC


I have the csc tubular luggage rack that I took off, you can have for the shipping cost if you wanted it.

[Do©Hawk]

Awesome! Thank you, Hebbe. That's the 1st I"ve seen an Amazon store with a collection of Hawk 250 parts.

[Hebbe]

Took the tire and tube up to the local mom and pop Harley shop (shout out jims cycle shop!) I work with through my job and they swapped the tube for free! I also grabbed some amsoil 10-40 to try on my next oil change. After I took the rear sprocket off of the rim I realized that my DLX hawk came with a 45 tooth stock in the rear, the front stock was a 16 I went ahead and put the 17 tooth on the front I can always swap back if I don't like it. Still have to install the new chain and then I'll be back on the road! 15 years working on diesel trucks, I realized I should have been a motorcycle mechanic everything is way lighter!

[Hebbe]

a few days after I changed the sprockets and chain I had one of the little green chinesium sprocket studs start coming loose every time i rode the bike. I had ordered the Honda 90128-ke2-940 but didn't want to wait for them to get in and everything was good and tight at first. I swapped them out and everything is good to go.