I think I have heard that the hawk 250 is junk a few times over the years. I agree its not the perfect bikes, it has its issues but don’t we all? If you go buy a brand new $10k Honda or Kawasaki dirt bike, I’m sure there are thousands of people saying its junk.
It’s all opinion at the end of the day, only you can know if the hawk 250 is junk after testing it yourself. Most of the issues I see people reporting are more of “user error” mixed in with some “bad manufacturing” in the factories with again “user error” when the workers assembled the hawks in the China factories. Most of the issues I had with the hawk have been due to lack of maintenance. I have worked on maybe 8 hawks between my cousins and friends that had these bikes. All the bikes have their own unique quirks but they still run and provide us hours of fun on the road!
My hawk has close to 6500 miles, nothing major has broken. All of the parts I have changed have been cheap and easily replacement. The biggest job for me was changing the hawk stator and it wasn’t even on my hawk, it was my buddies bike but we figured it out and got it all working.
Do you own a hawk? Please comment below what kind of issues you had with your hawk 250 rps?
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What’s up fellow hawk 250 owners and future ones. Sorry for not updating this blog as much as I should, I just have been super busy with work that I haven’t had a chance to keep the blog updated with my hawk 250 content. My hawk is still going strong and every time I get on it, I have a great time riding in the Catskills. Some information on my hawk 250, I purchased my hawk in Dec 2015.
I couldn’t find any information on the hawks online, there wasn’t as many videos and blogs as there is now =). We ended up ordering 3 of them, my cousin, buddy and I got one. We ordered the black, red and blue hawk 250cc dual sports. I have now ordered 7 hawks for buddies from the website TXPowerSports.com and they haven’t had any issues with their orders. I always recommend paying for the expedited shipping offer if you are looking to get it as fast as possible.
Purchasing Hawk 250
If you are ready to purchase your hawk 250, click here and it will take you to TXPowerSports.com and make sure on checkout to enter the code HA250C to get your small discount for your purchase.
Some information on Hawk250.com. This blog isn’t run by the distributors of the hawk 250. This is a personal blog I started when my buddies and I got our hawk 250 dual sport bikes and I wanted to share our experience with the dirt bikes and the mods and upgrades we did to them. The best way to find information on this blog is to use the Search on the top. If you search “Exhausts” for example you will find all the blog posts I did about the hawk 250 exhaust upgrade.
Hawk 250 Upgrades
The good thing about the hawk 250 dual sport bike is that the upgrades are fairly priced. The most expensive thing I purchased was the exhaust for $160 but it was worth every penny. I also see TX Power Sports sells hawk 250 replacement parts and that is a good sign that you can get original hawk 250 parts also if you need.
My hawk 250 is around the 4800 mile range and it’s still running strong. I haven’t had any major issues with it. This bike does require a bit more upkeep so you don’t break down. So I only recommend these bikes to people who like working with their hands and getting them dirty.
If you just like to sit on the bike, turn it on and go every day without ever checking the bolts, nuts, wiring etc.. then this bike isn’t for you.
This bike is so easy to take apart and go over everything, I enjoy taking the time checking everything on the hawk in the garage with a few beers and some music. If you treat her right, she will ride you forever =).
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.
Another great tip and video done by MotoCheez. This will help your Hawk 250 RPS dual sport bike breath and run better. Please make sure to like and share the video if this has helped you. If you don’t have a Dremel to cut out the plastics, you can just use pliers and bend it back and forth, it will snap right off. If you have any questions please contact me and I will do my best to help you out.
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
My Hawk 250 Pumpkin Carving. This is my attempt at a dual sport pumpkin carving. My girl did the drawing and I did the cutting. Doesn’t really look like the hawk 250 but I’m happy with it.
Whats up guys, it has finally arrived. The hawk 250 DLX model is being shipped. You can get one from TxPowerSports.com using Discount Code “hawkdlx2” to get a discount on your order.
I think they might sell out fast with all the hype around the new hawk, so I would get mine asap.
Please comment below if you have purchased the new hawk 250 DLX model, share your pictures and videos.
Just a quick post to share my hawk 250 ride back from June 14th, it was a beautiful day for a ride. The video below is about 30 mins of straight riding solo on my hawk 250 dual sport bike. It ran great and no issues, other then a few days later when I noticed my hawk sounding bad and it was due to a loose exhaust header connection bolts, so always MAKE sure to check your bolts and nuts. I’m so happy it was a simple fix and my hawk is on the road sounding and running great.
Decided to finally swap out the 110 jet with a 115 jet on my hawk 250. It takes only a free minutes to swap out the jets on these carburetors from Hawk 250 shop. You don’t need to drill out the screws to make adjustments or replace the jets.
Then I did oil change on the hawk 250 and was getting ready to do a quick ride but after checking the bike I noticed a bolt that snapped off. I might have tightened it too much and from all the vibration it just snapped. I need to find a stronger replacement for that bolt and nut.
Below us a picture of my hawk 250 bike with the bolt head missing.
This is my buddies hawk 250 and how the bolt should look :). I have emailed therps.net and hopefully they have replacements but maybe I’m better of finding a stronger USA made bolt and nut to relace this China one.
Whats up future hawk 250 owners. If you decided you are ready to buy a hawk 250, then please watch the video below or click here to go directly to TX Power Sports to get started on your hawk 250 purchase. This is the same website I used to purchase my hawk 250 dual sport bike and they shipped it very fast and I didn’t have any issues.
The discount code for the hawk 250 is HA250C. Enter that in your cart and a $25 discount code will be applied. I was told this discount code should work on the other RPS and Magician dirt bikes. So if anyone is looking to get the other bikes, please let them know about the code.
Buy Hawk 250 Discount Code
Here are some pictures of my Hawk 250 in the wild and some of my buddies also who own the Hawk 250 Dual Sport Bike. If you have any questions about the Hawk 250, please send me a email. I don’t work for the hawk 250 company, nor am I expert or mechanic but I will do my best to help you out.
Hawk 250 Upgrades
The good thing about the hawk 250 dual sport bike is that the upgrades are fairly priced. The most expensive thing I purchased was the exhaust for $160 but it was worth every penny. I also see TX Power Sports sells hawk 250 replacement parts and that is a good sign that you can get original hawk 250 parts also if you need.
My hawk 250 is around the 3500 mile range and it’s still running strong. I haven’t had any major issues with it. This bike does require a bit more upkeep so you don’t break down. So I only recommend these bikes to people who like working with their hands and getting them dirty.
If you just like to sit on the bike, turn it on and go every day without ever checking the bolts, nuts, wiring etc.. then this bike isn’t for you.
This bike is so easy to take apart and go over everything, I enjoy taking the time checking everything on the hawk in the garage with a few beers and some music. If you treat her right, she will ride you forever =).
Here are some links to the hawk 250 upgrades I did on my bike.
What a beautiful day in the Hudson Valley this Sunday morning. My buddy and I have been riding since 830am and just stopped by his house for a small break and then back on the road. We did over 70 miles so far today and still got more to go.
We went to the SAMs point state park trail and got kicked out right away lol. We just told the guy to take it easy, we just getting some pictures.
Some pictures of SAMs point below.
The Hawks are running great and great deal for the price. My buddy and I have new carb, sprockets, chain. We are able to get it to 60 65 without any issues.
Check my store out for hawk 250 RPS upgrades that you can buy for your hawk 250 dirt bike.
I spent the last few days working on my street hawk 250 black dual sport RPS bike. I did a lot of riding the last winter and never really cleaned it after the rides, too cold and lazy. So she the hawk started to get some rust spots and I wanted to do a hawk 250 spring maintenance to get her ready. Below is just a few pictures of the work I did on the hawk 250. If you guys follow me on instagram or facebook, you will see more pictures and videos I share as I’m working on the dirt bike.
I just want to thank everyone again for all the support I got for running this website, it takes a lot of time to get it all setup and maintaned. I really like seeing all the hawk 250 pictures you guys send me and the updates on what you have been doing, keep it up. If anyone wants to share their hawk 250 review, please send me a email with your review and a few images. I will get it posted right away.
