Choice: Hawk DLX or Hawk Pro X with 300cc head

thedakotakid · 09-23-2023, 10:51 PM

Although the correct answer might be KPX250...

If you could choose between a:

Hawk DLX (stock, except for adjusted valves, better inner tubes, tires, etc)

OR

Hawk X-Pro (counterbalanced) and a 300cc head (with the usual fixes = exhaust, carb, adjusted valves)

Which one and why?

Megadan · 09-24-2023, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by thedakotakid

Although the correct answer might be KPX250...

If you could choose between a:

Hawk DLX (stock, except for adjusted valves, better inner tubes, tires, etc)

OR

Hawk X-Pro (counterbalanced) and a 300cc head (with the usual fixes = exhaust, carb, adjusted valves)

Which one and why?

Depends on what you are after. Personally, I would go for the new Pro with the CB based OHC engine. The OHC 223cc engines are basically direct clones of the CRF230F engine, which also means heads, cams, and big bore kits for said CRF230 work on them, and they just have a higher RPM range and power band to work with. 2 cam lobes > 1 cam lobe.

thedakotakid · 09-24-2023, 12:56 AM

MEGADAN! I was hoping you would reply. Thanks again for your help in getting my Shineray 200cc bike running right. Finally got a carb (not the Nibbi = too big) that was right for it and the valves set spot on. Literally a one kick start bike now. Tops out at about 55 mph, but since I am tall and fat, that is pretty good! There is a used KPX250, tempting to say the least, but the price is within a handshake of new and winter will be here soon.

Megadan · 09-24-2023, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by thedakotakid

MEGADAN! I was hoping you would reply. Thanks again for your help in getting my Shineray 200cc bike running right. Finally got a carb (not the Nibbi = too big) that was right for it and the valves set spot on. Literally a one kick start bike now. Tops out at about 55 mph, but since I am tall and fat, that is pretty good! There is a used KPX250, tempting to say the least, but the price is within a handshake of new and winter will be here soon.

Honestly, if I had the ability and option to get a KPX250 over the other bikes I would. I've had a chance to check one out and it is quite literally everything we wanted our cheap bikes to be and the quality is a step above.

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thedakotakid Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: NoDak! (Kinda like Red Dawn w/o mountains) Posts: 66	Choice: Hawk DLX or Hawk Pro X with 300cc head Although the correct answer might be KPX250... If you could choose between a: Hawk DLX (stock, except for adjusted valves, better inner tubes, tires, etc) OR Hawk X-Pro (counterbalanced) and a 300cc head (with the usual fixes = exhaust, carb, adjusted valves) Which one and why? Last edited by thedakotakid; 09-23-2023 at 10:53 PM. Reason: poor spacing
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thedakotakid Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: NoDak! (Kinda like Red Dawn w/o mountains) Posts: 66	MEGADAN! I was hoping you would reply. Thanks again for your help in getting my Shineray 200cc bike running right. Finally got a carb (not the Nibbi = too big) that was right for it and the valves set spot on. Literally a one kick start bike now. Tops out at about 55 mph, but since I am tall and fat, that is pretty good! There is a used KPX250, tempting to say the least, but the price is within a handshake of new and winter will be here soon.
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