Alright, there are probably a bunch of these threads going that get abandoned but I figured I will throw mine in here too.
I got a Hawk 250 from a buddy that is getting out of riding dual sports due to some health issues (and quite frankly, laying down his big bike a couple weeks ago).
I had been looking to get a better city bike than my tuned/modified VTX 1800 and being 6'3, this thing is the perfect height for me to flat foot (and not an 800+ lb bike). I am also a heftier boy and this suspension is killing me with the softness. I saw the YSS fork modification and that is what brought me to this forum.
I was going to leave it alone and ride the piss out of it for a bit but after barely missing a wreck and sending it in to the grass at 50-55 mph, my forks need gone through at minimum.
I do know this has already had the carb drilled out and the rear sprocket has been swapped. It gets me up to 40 pretty quickly, anything over that takes a bit to wrap up if I am not riding aggressively.
He just went over it and changed the oil at 950 mi making sure that everything was tight. I basically have no 'real' budget to get this done with. Just want something that is more capable and less 'budget bike' feeling. Where do I starts with it?
Also, here is a pic of me riding last night. There is plastic and mirrors missing on it, I got a bit too excited to ride.
https://imgur.com/dQXvkT0