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11-22-2018, 01:56 AM
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Ohio
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Best Ever Done HAWK 250 Wheelie?
I unfortunately had to sell my HAWK at the beginning of this year, due to engine problems that i didnt want to fix and was wanting to get a bigger bike anyways.
So anyways, A few months before I had the issues i got a ride in January while it was 50 degrees out (Ohio). I did one of the best wheelies I have ever done and I think its the best I have ever seen on a HAWK 250. So figured I'd share the video with you guys so you can see the potential of this bike and maybe even convince someone to make the purchase if they're worried about the people who say these bikes have no power. Check it out! Mods I had in the video: Mikuni Carb w/ Re-jetting 17t Front Sprocket Newer & better chain Dirt/Knobbie Tires Done in 2nd Gear: |
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11-22-2018, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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Great wheelie...now you just need a bunch of other guys riding with you, and a couple cop cars trying to pull you over, and you have a hooligan video
 Seriously, sad to read your issues following the wheelie leading you to sell it, but unless someone posts a longer wheelie, I am pretty sure you have the longest Hawk wheelie 
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11-22-2018, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: CO
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Have some long, straight, and mostly deserted roads out here to wheelie down... who wants to lend me their HAWK, I'll provide the camera
 Nice "throttle control", short/smooth blips to keep you where you need to be you could have easily went further by the looks of your throttle technique and the length of the road still left 
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02-03-2020, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: North East Pa.
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Corrections with the throttle are sometimes necessary however, once you find the sweet spot you shouldn't have to mess with it. The balance point is the critical issue. If you stand on the pegs instead of sitting you can adjust your body instead of the throttle.. Also, find a deserted uphill blacktop road with a few slight left and right hand turns on it. Really develops technique shifting your body weight and much easier to get it to the balance point.. And stay with it.. Muscle/body memory tends to fade over the years. Ask me how I know.. : ) |
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02-03-2020, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: robertsdale alabama usa
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what most people dont tell you is you can still steer the bike while up in the air by turning the front wheel as you can see him doing in the video. in the late 70's i was doing figure eights on the the back wheel at speed in third gear on my yamaha mx 125 out in a big pasture. also helps to let the front wheel keep spinning like a gyroscope.
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02-03-2020, 08:03 PM
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Just turning wheel the isn't going to do it. It's the body weight shifting positions that you were doing that turned the bike for you.... Never got to figure 8's but did enjoy the slight left and right turns you can make, especially easy if its a slight uphill. Longest wheelie ? Depends on how much stamina you have although anything longer than a mile just didn't work for me.. There was a guy who billed himself as the " Wheelie King " many years ago who I personally watched go up and down hills, around corners etc on the Unidella MotoCross track in New York State. He had a gyroscopic front wheel, always spinning, not sure how that was accomplished. I believe there may have had international riders competing. It was a big deal... Haven't kept up with it, don't even know if the track still exists. I hope its not a housing development.. : ( |
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11-24-2018, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: robertsdale alabama usa
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me too. it will come up in fourth with oem gearing if you know what your doing but its not going to pop up on its own in fourth.
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11-28-2018, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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I used to ride them pretty far on our little Hensim 150 DB's.
Take special note of the custom safety equipment.
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11-28-2018, 12:08 PM
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Location: CO
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Mustache - Check Safety equipment check over, in Texas and Wyoming - you passed with flying colors
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12-02-2018, 03:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Ohio
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Hey guys, sorry, i had forgotten that i posted this lol. But ya its sucks i had to let her go. But i now have a KTM 400 exc dual sport. AND I LOVE IT. For some reason the HAWK was the easiest bike to wheelie for me. I got really good really fast on that bike. The power my KTM has is insane and lifts you up so fast its hard to find the balance without feeling like its going to lift like a rocket and fly your ass off it
. Thanks for all the compliments, if I still had my HAWK id still get on it to this day and wheelie it. Also i dont know that it would be possible to get the HAWK up in 3rd. 2nd was pretty hard and third i never could get much lift over and inch or so. You'd have to be pretty damn strong to pick up most of the entire bike to enough of a balance point. |
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12-03-2018, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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12-05-2018, 07:50 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
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Ditto on the congrats. That's a serious jump in hardware lol.
I have never personally tried to wheelie my Hawk, although I have got the wheel to come up a tiny bit when I try. I just have to shift my big heavy but back in the seat and give it a little tug. My VFR on the other hand, I have wheelied it entirely on accident in first and second gear. Power on wheelies and launch wheelies tend to open your eyes when you don't expect them.  When you lift the front of a nearly 600lb bike with just shy of 200hp and 100ft-lbs, it's quite the experience. I should have reminded myself that I had the restrictions removed from first and second (stock is limited to 100hp via electronic throttles).You should post up some pictures of your KTM.
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