Remove plastic cover on headlight Hawk?

[Bill Hilly]

I have been tinkering around on my recently bought 2016 Hawk, which is a faded blue, that I'm painting black, and after removing the plastic from the headlight assembly, I re installed it without the blue cover, and I think it looks better. Can I just run it without the big shield like cover? , Or is the cover necessary to help keep wiring dry in case of rain?

[CheapThrills]

Up to you, if you do a few searches for the Scrambler versions people created from their Hawk 250/Brozz/TBR7's, you'll see the shield isn't necessary.



Just water proof your connections.


HTH,

[Megadan]

It's mostly a cosmetic piece, and maybe acts as a small wind deflector in function.

[Bill Hilly]

http://http://I will leave it off for now, and possibly trim it a little shorter it I ever do put it back on. I don't think it's as tall on my TBR7. If I had picked the dark green instead of black to paint it with, it probably would not have looked good, but I think it looks pretty good with what black, I have painted yesterday. I could finish it today, but we are going to have to go to Parkersburg, and after today, it cools back down to the 50s for a while, and I think it's too cold to paint then.