It was a beautiful Sunday day in the Catskills. I decided to check on the hawk 250 to she if she will start up. Last time I turned it on was on Feb but didn’t really ride it, just changed the oil.
The hawk battery was dead but I was able to get it started with the kickstarter in about 2 and half minutes. Check the video on my hawk_250 instagram account.
I had to fill up the air in the tires and do a quick maintenance before the ride.I took a nice 20 mile ride around the Catskills and froze my ass off lol. It was about 40 but with the wind it felt like 20s and I only had a light jacket and jeans. But it was still fun riding the hawk 250 on the open roads.
The roads were full of sand from all the dumping the trucks did during the winter and I could feel the hawk wanting to slip and slide lol
That’s the only update for today. Checkout some pictures from today’s playtime with the hawk 250 dual sport.
Some rice and beans after the ride. Then I gave hawk 250 a quick rinse to get the salt and sand off.
The above image show my JBWeld on the gas tank valve. It started leaking last summer and I didn’t have a welder so this seems to be working. Not a deal breaker for me, I still love my hawk 250.
If you are not on the Hawk 250 Facebook Group, you should come over. There is a bunch of cool active hawk 250 owners and everyone is helpful and super nice. Checkout some hawk 250 rps club pictures below submitted on the hawk 250 facebook page. I also posted their comments under the images to just mentions a few things they upgraded on their hawk 250.
Robbie – “Did mikuni carb, muffler, sprockets, air box, led headlight, and led brake light, luggage box. Heavy duty rear tube”
Ryan B – “Not many mods. Just the Digital Cluster, LED headlight, rear storage tube, trickle charger, USB charger with voltage meter and painted the rear exhaust shield black. She is going to have a Harley friend soon”
Gary S – Very cool looking green mean machine
Brad H – I think has the best color, but I could be biased because both of my hawk 250 dual sports are black =)
Jacob W – Nice looking blue hawk 250 with its black hawk cousin.
Steven B – Very nice looking color on this hawk 250
Nathan M– Now this is one cool setup this guy has, it shows you the hawk 250 can handle anything, take it hunting or just for a cruise in the wild.
Tom M – Another slick looking green hawk 250 dual sport.
Justin C – Nice blue hawk 250 taking off. My next thing to learn, how to wheelie the hawk 250.
Daniel H – Now this is cool, father and son doing some riding. Will the dad get the son a hawk 250 when he gets a bit taller?
Brian L – “2017 Hawk. Air box mod and original carb modded with 110 jet. Have not touched idle mix screw yet. Stock exhaust for now. 16/43 sprockets now installed. Burrito tube added. H4 LED light and a usb charger kit installed. Cycra skid plate installed with home made brackets and longer bolts. A little custom paint work.”
This is a very nice looking hawk, I like the customer changes and the color upgrade makes such a huge difference, great job buddy
Jason A – Nice looking customized red hawk 250 dual sport.
Clay C – Another Red Hawk 250 Rps Bike, must be rough riding in the sand lol
Chris H – Some nice mods on this black hawk 250
Robert C – Sharing his green Enforcer
Andrew M – Seems the blue hawk 250 bikes like to be only on one wheel!
Ronald H – What a beautiful view with the blue hawk 250 and the clear sky. I wish we had trails like this in the Catskills.
TMP Saturday Graphics – “Took the Hawk name off the seat and handlebar pad, didn’t like the font. Plan to make my own tank graphics sometime down the road. Right now it has the Hawk 250 logo stickers from this page’s profile that was on the bike when I got it in Dallas.”
Nicholas C – Seems like the black hawk 250 is the favorite =)
Sam T – “Sealed battery, vm26 mikuni 120 jet, exhaust, 17-50 geaing, digital gauges, rear tail light swaped to smaller one with fender delete, fuel filter installed.cbr500 clutch and brake levers and front spoke covers and soon to have 50cal ammo ca saddle bags and harbor freight box mounted.
Now this guy knows how to have fun with the hawk 250, this should show you it can take abuse. My and my buddy also got our self in a deep muddy situation and the hawk did well and survived.
Octavio M– Stock blue hawk but he loves it!
Derek S – “New carb, New spark plug, New unbreakable levers and new master cylinder, Spoke skins , Air box mod, Enduro guards, Radio, Lithium ion battery, Replaced all bibles with LED including headlight”
This guy also knows how to have fun with the hawk, he is always sending me pictures of the green hawk in the wild and having a fun time.
That’s all folks, I will update this post or maybe do a new one as more members share their pictures with me. If you would like to write up a review of your hawk 250, I can do a seperate post for it. Just email me your review and any pictures you want shared and I will do the rest.
Went got a short morning ride to pickup some milk for coffee and on the way home I ran into this guy below.
The new digital hawk 250 aftermarket cluster is working great and looks so much cooler. If you don’t have one then I recommend getting one.
If you are interested in buying any of the performance upgrades I have added to my Hawk 250 RPS Dirt Bike, you can read my post here Hawk 250 RPS Performance Upgrades
If you have been waiting for the new Hawk 250 DLX 2019 model, I got some good news. I have been told it should be out within a month or so. I have asked to get more details but as of right now they seem to be top secret.
The final price for the new model will be announced soon. I have secured a discount code with one of the wholesalers who will be selling the hawk 250 DLX 2019 model. Please bookmark this page, join my mailing list and I will email you the minute you can order your new hawk.
This new model comes with EFI Fuel injection, Im curious to see how that will work out in the long run or if it will be something that will just give you issue. I think I prefer the carb, easier to troubleshoot in the middle of the road when you get stuck lol.
I think it also comes with most of the upgrades we have been buying for the older hawk model, so that should save us from having to buy these upgrades for the
I will do a full review on the motorcycle and keep doing content on both hawk models.
Comment below if you plan on getting the new hawk and if you have any opinions on it with the information provided so far.
Here is a new video I just uploaded to YouTube. This is a solo ride I took on Feb 18th. I did take my girlfriend for a ride towards the end of the day because I felt bad she was home all day and I was out ripping the hawk. I want her to learn how to ride bikes and join me on my rides but the hawk 250 is a bit too tall for her and she doesn’t have health insurance so she needs something smaller to learn how to ride a motorcycle lol. At the end of the day I did over 100 miles and the hawk ran like a champ =).
Here are some random pictures from Feb 18th, ride with the hawk 250 dirt bike.
It was such a great day for a ride and I can’t wait for spring. I need to get new tires, you can see in the image below these are done. I’m 90% street riding with this dirt bike.
Stopped by a fellow riders house while he was working on his sprockets. If you want one of these Hawk 250 stickers, you can find them on the Zazzle Shop, click here.
The girl looking for Pokémon while I’m trying to get a picture of my hawk 250.
Hitting up some Pokestops to keep the girlfriend happy for being out all day riding alone lol.
The hawk 250 dual sport sure is a beauty. She rides well in any weather.
Here is a great 4 part video series he did on his adventure with replacing the hawk 250 sprockets and a quick ride to see the difference the sprockets have made. Please make sure to subscribe to his YouTube channel for more videos on the hawk 250.
This is my first time changing a tube on my Hawk 250. This really the first time I ever changed a tire =). I was very proud at the end of the day, it was a learning process but the next one will be much quicker.
I got my Shinko 244 tires in the mail today and I will be changing those sometime next week. Here is a picture of them next to my current tires.
First Time Changing Tube Hawk 250 Video
Thanks for watching and liking the video. If you have any questions about the hawk 250, please email me. I don’t work for the RPS company nor am I expert on this bike, but I will help you as much as I can.
I ordered a new exhaust from eBay on the 19th and I just got it delivered this morning by DHL, that was super fast shipping from China. If you are interested in seeing all of the upgrades I did for my Hawk 250 RPS including the exhaust,.
You will need the make the holes bigger on the bracket. The bolts on the hawk are too far apart to fit thru the holes on he bracket. I recommend using at least a 1/2in or bigger drill bit that is for stainless steel/hard steel. I used a 3/8 drill bit and it was a pain.
Here are some pictures of the finished product. I will be posting a new article with more images of the install.
Hey riders, just a small update on the hawk 250 out of stock issues we recently had. I was just emailed by Manny from TX Power Sports and he has let me know that the Hawk 250 dual sport bike is back in stock. Currently I think they only have the black hawk 250 in stock, please email them to confirm before ordering but I think the black one is the best color choice =).
Hawk 250 Back In Stock TX Power Sports
If you are ready to purchase your hawk 250, head over to TXPowerSports.com or click here for direct link to the hawk 250 purchase page.
Remember to enter coupon code HA250C at checkout for a small discount of your hawk 250 purchase.
Please send me a email if you have purchased your hawk 250 from TX Power Sports and let me know if you have any issues.
Please also note that I was told by TheRPS.net (Ricky Power Sports) that the Hawk 250 3 and the Hawk 250 2 are not from their company, they are not the company importing and distributing those hawks. It looks like other companies are trying to jump on the hawk 250 fame and make a quick buck.
It looks like the engine is exactly the same but the other parts look different and I don’t know if they are cheaper parts than the current hawk 250 has but I know my hawk 250 has been a great bike and THERPS did a good job with it.
I also heard some people ordered the Hawk 250 2 from Safer Wholesale and they had a lot of issues and delays getting the bike, I haven’t got a update if they even got their purchase yet. So please beware of buying the Hawk 250 2 and the Hawk 250 3 from Safer Wholesale or any other websites selling them.
If you are looking to buy the hawk 250 dual sport bike then I would highly recommend Tx Power Sports, that is where I got my bike and a lot of my friends and people I know online got theirs from. I haven’t heard of any issues with using TX Power Sports and I was also able to get you guys a small discount code to use on their website.
Just enter HA250C when you are on the checkout page and it will take off $25, its not a lot but it can help with your first upgrade part for your hawk 250 rps =).
Quick Hawk 250 Blog Links
If you would like to see the hawk 250 performance upgrades I did on my hawk 250 dual sport, then checkout some of the links below.
I have noticed a few hawk 250 bike owners purchasing these hand brush guards for their hawk 250 dual sport. If you own one of these TMS hand brush guards please comment in the section below this post and let us know how they are. They are fairly priced and I think I will be ordering the black set for my hawk and I will update this post with my install pictures. If you have these brands or any other hand brush guards that fit on the hawk 250, please email us your picture and we will add it to our website and link back to you.
Some specs on the TMS Dual Sport Dirt Bike Aluminum Inside Hand Brush Guards.
Will fit most stock 7/8″ steel handlebar, RENTHAL, PROTAPER, ANSWER handle bars.
If you would like to purchase these guards for your hawk 250, you can click on the image below to be taken to our amazon affiliate store with the links to buy that product. If you would like to see the full Hawk 250 Hand Brush Guards & Grips category, click here.
Hawk 250 TMS Hand Brush Guards Carbon Color
Hawk 250 TMS Hand Brush Guards White Color
Hawk 250 TMS Hand Brush Guards Carbon Blue
Hawk 250 TMS Hand Brush Guards Carbon Red
Hawk 250 TMS Hand Brush Guards Black Color
I will be ordering the black TMS hand brush guard for my hawk 250 bike very soon and I will provide pictures of my install and quick guide. If you have a review on this product, please share it in the comments section below so other users can see them.
My hawk 250 upgrades, I have new sprockets, carb with new jets, new exhaust, new chain and digital cluster. If you are looking to buy the upgrades I have, you can purchase them from my shop, click here for hawk 250 upgrades
was just emailed by Manny from TX Power Sports and he has let me know that the Hawk 250 dual sport bike is back in stock. Currently I think they only have the black hawk 250 in stock, please email them to confirm before ordering but I think the black one is the best color choice =).
Please also note that I was told by TheRPS.net (Ricky Power Sports) that the Hawk 250 3 and the Hawk 250 2 are not from their company, they are not the company importing and distributing those hawks. It looks like other companies are trying to jump on the hawk 250 fame and make a quick buck.
If you are looking to buy the hawk 250 dual sport bike then I would highly recommend 
