Another rider has sent in their custom hawk 250 review by Jayson w. He did a nice paint job on the original green hawk 250.
“My hawk was originally green but I decided I wanted a orange bike so I grabbed some orange spray paint and painted it and this I my final product with all my accessories. I put hand guards on then hand guard mirrors, also KTM tail bag, new chain, I plastic dipped the rims black and I also put black spoke covers and KTM decals.”
A week ago I was doing some work on my hawk 250 and I noticed something didn’t look right with bolt holding up the hawk 250 swing-arm. The bolt was missing the bolt head, it looks like it just snapped off while I was riding. See image blow. That is the swing arm bolt for the hawk 250.
I have no idea how this happened but I might have I tightened the bolt too much and from all the vibrations the hawk 250 makes, it caused the head of the bolt to break off. I was able to purchase a new bolt with the washers and nut from Ricky Sports RPS website, it was $20 with shipping.
Replacing the swing arm bolt was fairly quick. As I pulled out the old bolt, I pushed the new one in. Took about 3 minutes to swap out.
It was time to take the hawk 250 dual sport out for a cruise with the old lady to get some food. It was a beautiful sunny day in the Catskills for a ride on a motorcycle. Rock Hill Pizza is good spot for some fresh pizza or sandwiches.
We both had the spicy chicken cutlet sandwich and then hit the road again on the hawk 250 for a nice ride thru the Catskills.
Some random images of the hawk 250 from today’s ride with the girlfriend.
I think the girlfriend needs some better gear than wearing my large hoodie and a new helmet would be nice
We did spot a owl while riding, the girlfriend noticed it and started screaming and I had no idea what was going on, gave me a scare lol.
We just took random roads to get lost on the hawk 250 and had to make stops for some more photos 🙂 to show off the hawk 250 dual sport bike.
I always make sure to fill up some gas at the end of every ride so she is ready for the next ride.
I think it’s time for some new tires for my hawk 250. These tires have mostly been riding on the street and they lasted about 2600 miles. I can’t decide on what new tires to get so I might just get the stock hawk 250 tires again. I saw they are $50 each on TheRPS website. I mostly ride street and I think it would be smarter to get a different set of tires but I don’t want to lose the option of hitting up the trails.
Total miles for this ride was almost 50 miles. It was nice to get back on the road, it took about a week and half for me to get the part ordered and delivered to my house.
Total miles on the hawk 250 aftermarket cluster. I had around 1200 miles on the stock hawk 250 cluster. I’m loving the new cluster, it looks so good!
End of the ride picture, it was a short but relaxing ride. I’m loving the Hawk 250 so far, no major issues, just some bolts and nuts which are easy to replace. Make sure to always go over your bike and do routine maintenance to make sure nothing is missing or broken off. That is how I found the cracked bolt head on my swing arm.
Whats up hawk 250 riders. I found a online website to help with shirts and different clothing merchandise. For me to order bunch of different sizes and colors, I would go bankrupt. So this is much easier I think and you get to customize the product anyway you like. Click here to order a shirt.
This video shows how you can edit any product to move the logo around or resize it before you make a purchase.
If you purchase a shirt from my website, please email me and share your pictures.
Thank you for the support, click the link https://hawk250.com/hawk-250-clothing-shop/ or image below to open the hawk 250 clothing shop, it will open in a new window.
I finally decided on the new tires for my hawk 250 dual sport bike. I got over 3000 miles with the stock knobbies and that is mostly street riding.
I got the Shinko 244 from Revzilla, right now I see they have the lowest price $78 with free shipping. I’m not sure how long this will last. Link is here
Shinko 244 Dual Sport Tires for Hawk 250
UPDATE 4/8: I just checked my email 4/8/17 and it says I will have these tires today. Man the shipping from RevZilla was very fast!. I’m currently working on a YouTube video of me doing my first tire change and now I will be doing a second one =)
2021 UPDATE, MATT NO LONGER SELLS THESE CLUSTERS. YOU CAN FIND DIFFERENT OPTIONS NOW IN OUR HAWK 250 STORE
Matt contacted me last week saying these bad boys were in and I couldn’t wait to make my order. He shipped them out Monday and I just got them today in the mail, super fast shipping!
Here are some more pictures of the digital hawk 250 cluster that is a exact replacement for the stock cluster. You will just need to do some extra wiring and Matt has provided detailed instructions with the digital cluster and I will also do a mini guide once I have installed mine.
I will also be posting some images and videos once it’s installed so we can see the real beauty in these digital clusters with the cool looking RPM gauge light up and digital hawk cluster ON.
Here is a bad scan I did of the instructions that came with the clusters, I will make better copies and scan it again so if you guys lose the paper, you will have a PDF version.
If you are interested to see the performance upgrades I have done on my Hawk 250 RPS Enduro Dirt Bike, please checkout my post Hawk 250 RPS Performance Upgrades for full details and links to purchase them.
This is just a short post on which Handguards for Hawk 250 I have seen people using on their hawk. I’m actually going to order one right now for my hawk and then I will post some images of me installing it and how they work. I also got a few emails on which handguards for hawk 250 will work and hopefully this post will help you find what you need.
Here are some images of the hawk 250 Handguards that people are using on their hawk 250 dual sport bike.
I have another post I did a while back on these hawk 250 handguards, click here to read that post and find the amazon links.
If you are looking to buy them from ebay, check the info below,
TMS Brush Guards for Hawk 250: Click here to purchase the Hand Guards for your hawk 250. Make sure to only select the seller that has the same image as above, it can be a different color but as long as its the same product. That is the one hawk 250 owners are using.
I will be doing a new post on which handguards for hawk 250 I got and how the installation went. Please check back soon to see my pictures of the install. I have been meaning to buy these for a while now but I been spending my money on performance upgrades for the hawk first =)
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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.
You can also read hawk 250 reviews on my blog https://hawk250.com/category/hawk-250-reviews/
Guide on Buying the Hawk 250 Dual Sport https://hawk250.com/buy-hawk-250-get-discount-code/
Hawk 250 Blog https://hawk250.com
Hawk 250 Shop http://hawk250.com/shop/
My Hawk 250 Performance Upgrades https://hawk250.com/hawk-250-rps-performance-upgrades/
Hawk 250 eBay Upgrade Links https://hawk250.com/hawk-250-upgrades-ebay/
The old lady woke up this morning and needed her eggs for breakfast. It was a beautiful morning so I jumped on the hawk 250 for a 15 mile round trip to the gas station.
Last time I posted on the blog about getting some milk I didn’t take any pictures. I was too lazy to pull over and take it out of the school bag. This time I pulled over and took some pictures of the hawk 250 RPS dirt bike with the eggs and milk.
It was a great 15 mile ride with the hawk 250 and a great way to wake up and start the morning. I have about 2500 miles on the hawk and it’s still running strong.
Whats up fellow hawk 250 owners, a great dude who had some cool videos on his hawk had his hawk 250 stolen from his jobs parking lot, this would make any one of us furious and want to snap some necks. GO FUND ME PAGE URL https://www.gofundme.com/newhawk250
HE IS ALMOST THERE GUYS!!!
That was fast, really happy to see the amazing hawk 250 community come together and help a fellow hawk owner.
He went into full detail on what happened in the youtube video below, I’m going to send $50 right away and see what else I can get to help him towards a new hawk 250.
I have told him to send me his paypal address and I will setup a paypal button on this page and any donations will go directly to him. Thank you in advance for anyone who helps this dude out, please comment below so he can thank you.
Some pictures I took from his videos of his hawk 250 and some cool mods he has that are all gone now, really sucks to lose it all. Lets get this guy back on his hawk 250 and put a smile on his face
Whats up fellow hawk 250 owners and future ones (what are you waiting for!). Today in the mail I got my new hawk 250 spoke skins I ordered from the hawk 250 shop, under the Spoke Skins category. I was excited to get started on these but first I had to take a quick nap to relax the mind haha. After the 2 hour nap, I was ready to get to work.
I would deff recommend doing these during the day when its sunny out and you can let the skins sit in the sun to warm up and loosen up. It was a pain to work with them in the cold. My poor fingers are still feeling it as I type this post. I also recommend cleaning the rim, it will make things a lot smoother as you will see in the video below. The front rim went a lot quicker compared to the back rim because it was cleaner.
In the video you will see me starting to clean the rear rim but the I got lazy and skipped it lol, but it gave me a headache of a time installing the rear ones. I’m sure if they sat in the sun a bit, it would have been easier.
Very simple and affordable to purchase these upgrades for your hawk 250. Click here to visit the hawk 250 shop, it will link directly to the Spoke Skins Category. You will be taken to the page below. Click on any of the ones you want to see. On the product page, you will see Amazon and eBay prices for the same items. Once you go to Amazons or eBays page, you will see the different color options they have for your hawk 260 spoke skin upgrade. Thank you again for the support and using my amazon and ebay affiliate links to purchase your upgrades, I really appreciate it.
Hawk 250 Pictures from Installing Spoke Covers
Some quick images from the install of the hawk 250 spoke skin cover protectors. This was a fun little project to do in the garage and it didn’t cost me a fortune. I really like the way it came out, I still need to tweak a little to make it a snug tight fit but we are almost there. Tomorrow I will finish this off.
Woke up this morning and there was sunshine so I went for a quick ride to get some milk and fill up the hawk 250. I love riding in the mornings when there is a bit of a chill outside.
I have saved a lot of gas money using the hawk 250 dirt bike to go light grocery shopping, instead if my KIA. This was a great investment in a starter bike for someone looking to learn how to ride and work on their dirt bikes.
Looks like this will be the only riding for the rest of the week and weekend, shows rain and thunderstorms. Hopefully there is some sunshine and I can sneak out for a ride on my hawk 250 dirt bike.
