i have 4 of these in my garage right now. Originally equipped with 2.5 inch single disc front wheel. Stock hp was around 55 hp, power delivery very friendly. the real reason the sv was more popular was the 74 hp and stock dual discs.
I bought one for my first bike 2 years ago and it has been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better bike. It loves twisty mountain roads, the only downside is if it’s windy it will push me around on the road😅. And comfort… you can only stay hunched over for so long lol. But I plan on keeping it forever.
I recently picked up an 89 hawk gt. Its been a dream bine of mine for many years. Ive had something like 6 or 7 sv650's over the years. The sv brings the modern refinement that about 15 years or so will bring. The hawk is a supervisor bike in my opinion though. I've currently also got a Suzuki Gladius (fancied up sv650). I'm sure its a more capable bike that the hawk in efery respect, but the Gladius was only purchased for flipping. A note on the hawk you are showing. It looks like probably a front end swap woth the cbr f2, which was popular back in the day. Fun fact- the hawk gt wheels look like fan bkades or turbine props because they are designed to create airflow across the brakes, for cooling. Speaking of cool, cool video!
There's mention of evolution of the front end on this bike. I could be wrong, but that front end looks to be from a CBR 600F2, which is most likely done specifically for the reasons you mention -- dual disk, stiffer forks and better internals. It's just not factory stuff. Very similar to the popular swap of the front end of Suzuki SV650 for a GSXR fork and wheel.
A real cult classic I've owned in the past . That fork set-up is way over done and besides making it very unstable at high speed in contributes to dragging hard parts .
@@neebob2 Well, it is a very narrow bike, so it won't drag stuff as easily as some others would. But yes, it can be overdone and can definitely make the handling unstable.
I have one of each! The Hawk and the SV are great bikes and I love them both! Hope the owner of the Hawk will come race with us next year!
i have 4 of these in my garage right now. Originally equipped with 2.5 inch single disc front wheel. Stock hp was around 55 hp, power delivery very friendly. the real reason the sv was more popular was the 74 hp and stock dual discs.
I bought one for my first bike 2 years ago and it has been absolutely amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better bike. It loves twisty mountain roads, the only downside is if it’s windy it will push me around on the road😅. And comfort… you can only stay hunched over for so long lol. But I plan on keeping it forever.
I recently picked up an 89 hawk gt. Its been a dream bine of mine for many years. Ive had something like 6 or 7 sv650's over the years. The sv brings the modern refinement that about 15 years or so will bring. The hawk is a supervisor bike in my opinion though. I've currently also got a Suzuki Gladius (fancied up sv650). I'm sure its a more capable bike that the hawk in efery respect, but the Gladius was only purchased for flipping.
A note on the hawk you are showing. It looks like probably a front end swap woth the cbr f2, which was popular back in the day.
Fun fact- the hawk gt wheels look like fan bkades or turbine props because they are designed to create airflow across the brakes, for cooling.
Speaking of cool, cool video!
There's mention of evolution of the front end on this bike. I could be wrong, but that front end looks to be from a CBR 600F2, which is most likely done specifically for the reasons you mention -- dual disk, stiffer forks and better internals. It's just not factory stuff. Very similar to the popular swap of the front end of Suzuki SV650 for a GSXR fork and wheel.
@@alexeyzinger2988 yes indeed! This is a cbr600 front end
Im guessing the honda shadow 650 engine is a similar design, interesting fact is they use 3 valve heads
A real cult classic I've owned in the past . That fork set-up is way over done and besides making it very unstable at high speed in contributes to dragging hard parts .
@@neebob2 Well, it is a very narrow bike, so it won't drag stuff as easily as some others would. But yes, it can be overdone and can definitely make the handling unstable.