Stay tuned for the fate of the Hawk, and perhaps more incompetence. In the meantime, check out Dork In The Road's original video with the Hawk: ua-cam.com/video/vNNVVLoHXIU/v-deo.html
I’ve had a Hawk for 4yrs. It goes 65mph reliably. Yeah, I geared and jetted it. Less than $100 to do that. Bought it new out of curiosity. I also own a Harley and a CRF 450. It’s been a fun purchase as an extra bike!
I love the collaboration between Dork and you. I love that you're willing to get dirty off road. You guys are in my top 10 UA-camrs. Keep up the great content!
More content like this! Always thought spite has a good deal of mechanical knowledge and it is very interesting to me to follow a repair/ maintenance job like this. Next time low light can help to show the spark.
That is actually bad for the spark plug coil, you should hold the plug against the engine and look for spark between the gap. Use a different plug if you suspect the plug is defective. A little silicone grease makes it much easier to assemble those rubber pieces.
you could have taken that coil to your local honda dealer i bet. you get what you pay for w electronic components ie sensors and coils. i had the fuel injected hawk and that thing took an ass whooping. these bikes are hard to kill tbh. cool vid spite
I’m actually glad you posted a video that you didn’t get it fixed in one go. It gives viewers realistic expectations about the frustrations of project bikes. It easy to watch some slick edited video of fixing bikes and think it’s going to be smooth and easy, when it usually isn’t!
If you want to support this very smart and 100% guarenteed to work series check out the patreon: www.patreon.com/spitescorner and while you're down here go check out Dork in the Road too: www.youtube.com/@DorkintheRoad
Yeah the Hawk 250 looks to be in a "sweet spot" of simplicity and price. I think if your willing to double check all the fasteners when you get it and make a few simple upgrades they decent machines (carb, coil, ect).
While I know nothing about bikes, I've had to chase random problems with chinese bikes. My advice would be to check the wiring as they can be particularly weak and can fray or even snap
Nothing against Yammie Noob, but you having your own channel has been awesome. I love the less production, sales focus of this channel. Just a man who loves bikes sharing his experience and opinions. Wish you all the success my man
Buy the Nibbi coil. the stock coil is a common failure part. The great thing about the Amazon hawk 250 bike is how interchangeable it is with Honda XR150 parts and Honda CG125 parts.
I love when a "mechanics" repair strategy is "just keep throwing money and parts at it" rather than to actually troubleshoot and isolate the root cause and work outward from there.
@@spitescorner I have tons of "projects", in addition to my day to day. I still find it to make way more sense to test before replacing. start with the simple stuff first and work your way in to the more major issues. if a part ( like your coil ) is testing bad, it could just be a bad ground or bad wire. if it IS something that simple or turns out to be something further up stream, like stators or rectifiers. replacing a coil doesn't fix the issue. more so, if one of those components cooked the coil to begin with, you are just setting yourself up to fry another one. if you thought the issue was fuel flow do to a crusty carb, rather than just bolting on a different carb is not how you check that issue. you start by making sure you are actually getting fuel to the carb. pull the bowl and spray some carb cleaner and compressed air though the jets. taking a carb they is already set up to run off a non running bike with other issues 'how you sort that out. there is no such thing as a bolt on and go universal carb. they need proper jetting and mixture adjustments, at least to a baseline. going to a larger unknown carb just means you have no idea where that baseline should be for the needle and seat, jetting or air screw adjustment to make it run at all. and now you have an electrical issue to sort out. have you even checked to make sure the petcock isn't plugged so you know that you are even getting proper fuel flow? you did say the bike has been setting a few years. have you checked to make sure there is no corrosion on electrical terminals... IS THE KILL SWITCH OFF? you had spark. and then you didn't. is there a bad neutral, side stand or clutch safety switch that is interrupting the spark. the bike was crashed after all. you see what i'm saying?
Remember carburetor is choke on start for first 30 or so seconds then half choke for another 30 or so seconds then choke off. And if you give it too much gas it can flood the engine and you have to vent off the fuel. And never use old rotten gas when trying to fix or troubleshoot. Air + Spark + Fuel and you have bad fuel which could hide problems with spark or air mix.
Hey Spite. Got a quick story for you that I hope you see. It will definitely give you a laugh. I'm a subcontractor and have been working on and off at the same site for about a year. One of the guys there bought an SMCR a while ago. Talked to him about it and he loved it. Haven't seen it there my last few visits. Now today I arrive and what is parked in the same spot? That's right a Ducati Hypermotard. Ran into the guy and asked him what happened and he said it keep breaking and taking ages for the dealership to fix it and he just got sick of having to deal with the issues so he traded it in for the used Ducati. And even funnier this is the same guy that gave another guy working there shit about buying a CF Moto because it was a cheap Chinese bike that was going to fall apart. Almost a year of ownership later his 650NK has been perfect.
I have a CSC TT250 which is pretty much the same bike with the exception of the suspension and the CG engine is counterbalanced. One of the common issues with them is that the igniter coil goes out which is part of the stator and it will run for a few minutes and then die. I had to replace it on mine. Also those carbs are pretty crappy in stock form but they take regular Kehin jets. Most people swap them out for either a Mikuni clone or a Nibbi. I got a Mikuni clone for about $30 and it ran a lot better. I actually put 16K miles on mine before I got it too hot and caused a bearing failure. I bought a Lifan CG engine and put that in. Now the igniter coil has gone out in this engine too but that's a project for another day. I would definitely check the igniter coil because it took me months to figure that one out because it would only quit when it got hot. I'd let it cool off and it would run for another 5 minutes....lol.
Hey Spite! I have a hawk 250 that would make an excellent parts bike for you if you're going to keep your hawk. I'd be happy to gift it to you if you were willing to pick it up from cypress, tx. Disclaimer: It has been under a tarp in a back yard for a couple of years. Not running due to a cracked stator housing plate (I bought something better and forgot about the hawk).
LMAO 🤣, that was a superb tossing over that rock. He looked like a well fed boy so I'm sure he just brushed it off. 👌🙂 ONE fork tube bent ? I hope so BUT I doubt it. Good luck with that heap of scrap. 😁👍 P.S: The beauty of these basic, throwaway bikes it's that you can get an ignition coil from any other motorcycle or scooter that has "similar" specs (windings resistance and voltage output) and you'll probably be OK.
^^^^THIS. So much this. Can’t start/hard start/won’t stay started is always an automatic valve job indicator. Best part? You solve SO much in 15-30 mins ...for free.
Fun project! Even if it's chinese, it should just be able to run. Around Asia there are a lot of small displacement bikes like this. Bet it'll be a lot of fun and maybe a cheap option to be able to off road as well without spending thousands and just have fun on it. If it remains reliable that is, shouldn't be much of challenge I guess. I bet you'll sort it out, a new coil pack might do the trick. But wouldn't one of a 250 Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha or whatever is available to you, fit? Usually a lot of these are interchangeable, they can't be that different.
It failed after 60 miles and a bit of a wreck. The impact might of damaged a wire somewhere since there was so much brush it drove over. These bikes have a lot of owners with a lot of miles so they're not necessarily crap because they're cheap. But cheap bikes can be crap so it's a bit of luck of the draw sometimes.
Assuming you did switch the kill switch to on? I know it's a bit odd that they crank with it off but just from the looks of the bars in the video it might be just as simple as that?
A couple of thoughts.. That airbox bottom also works as a mud deflector for the rear tire. It is useful to keep the whole thing in there to use as a box for accessories like supplemental fuse boxes, relays, stuff like that. Also, the Nibbi pe30 is honestly really big for a stock, unmodified engine. You can get it to work, but it won't be quite as crisp and good as a pe28 or even a basic vm26.
I love and hate my Hawk 250, called a Bigboy TSR in south Africa, but a little trick I learned after a while is to look for honda xr125 parts to prevent me having to wait for orders to come in, it's basically the lowest quality version of it
Awful silent running, especially with the mic right above the engine! Usually, they leave about zero clearance on the valve train, i wouldn't pass that checking out. They count on you baby it out to run it in, but there's basically no compression. Check that out first.
It's got a carburetor. You mentioned it's been sitting for a year or more. The carburetor is gummed up for sure. Today's ethanol laced gasoline goes bad really fast (3 months). Take the carb off, and get started on cleaning it out.
I live in South Africa, and I have just bought one of these new. So far it has been a great little bike, and my second motorcycle from this manufacturer. It is a Big Boy TSR 250 where I live. Got the user manual, if that helps at all. Thanks for a great video.
I feel your pain. My wheels of shame is a1993 Suzuki 250cc Bandit. On the plus side I only paid $600 Aussie for it. On the negative it has 4 tiny little carburetors that need to be tuned & balanced. All things considered I think you got the better deal.
I have the same bike, destroyed the fucking wheels 😂 However, i have a Nibbi 28 carb, and it ran WAY too lean out of the box. I went with their bigger jets and it starts beautifully, idles great, and i need to update the main jet into the 40s. Ill have to go check my jets on which ones missing. Nibbi jets them too small and the hawk likes more jet
Ham radio nerd here. For the DC circuits you're talking about, the term is "resistance"; "impedance" is for AC circuits. Both are measured in ohms because it wouldn't be fun if it weren't confusing.
These bikes need a few mods out of the box. A nibbi carb, ignition coil, and good spark plug make this bike run really well 👌🏼 (for a $1600 Amazon bike)
I used to have a shitty old 110cc 4 wheeler for my son. Every few months it would run like garbage and then not start. Instead of messing with it I would bolt on a $30 Amazon carb and it would run like a top again
No alcohol in a carburetor. Corrosion will plug the jets quick. It's hard to find non alcohol fuel, additives are not really effective. Check Project Farm on that analysis.
I have ssr xf250 and had trouble with key/ignition switch working and not working intermittently. I find that when I twist key while tilting axis angel (top towards front and bottom towards rear) or versa vice it fires up
$800 for a Chinese bike that retails for $1695 and has been crashed and doesn’t start when you bought it? Not questioning your judgment Spite but that seems rough 😭 Fun project though.
Young whipper snappers..., Switches are open or closed. Ignition is on or off. Engines are starting, running, knocking, smoking, etc (or not doing those things) lol
Csc, peace motorsports, tx powersports all have parts. Generic Amazon coil will work too. That stock carb is lean as hell, you will be a lot better off with the nibbi.
Thanks I am also having problems with my bike and as if yesterday it idles but when I turn the handle bar it dies. I think my choke cable might be the culprit.
Picked one up as a first bike over a year ago. Been around cars for years and love tinkering and thats what these things are best as. The China Riders forum has every bit of info you'd ever need on all the standard issues you WILL have out the box. If you like to work on your stuff, its a great and cheap way to learn some basic mechanics. As long as you understand what you're getting in to it's a ton of fun.
If you'd actually ridden a CFmoto you'd see a massive difference in the quality. This is a $1600 bike off Amazon, not a $10000 bike made with a KTM motor. As a reminder, CF builds motors for KTM and Kawasaki
Perfect timing. I bought a used Hawk DLX the day before you put this video out! 😂 I was immediately unsure I made a wise choice and I’m still not sure I did. The suspension is garbage even with the USD fork! Can’t wait to see more of how our personal hawk stories parallel and differ!
Stay tuned for the fate of the Hawk, and perhaps more incompetence. In the meantime, check out Dork In The Road's original video with the Hawk: ua-cam.com/video/vNNVVLoHXIU/v-deo.html
This is a very important part of motorcycling!
Things have gotten serious....Spite has TWO cans of Diet Coke on his work bench....
I’ve had a Hawk for 4yrs. It goes 65mph reliably. Yeah, I geared and jetted it. Less than $100 to do that. Bought it new out of curiosity. I also own a Harley and a CRF 450. It’s been a fun purchase as an extra bike!
I bought a hawk 2 weeks ago and didn’t drain the shipping oil added new oil and I think my engine is brunt mow
I love the collaboration between Dork and you. I love that you're willing to get dirty off road. You guys are in my top 10 UA-camrs. Keep up the great content!
The wires behind that busted out dash might be a problem too, and that coil did take a shot on the rock when it was wrecked.
$800 seems a bit steep for that bike tbh, haha.
More content like this! Always thought spite has a good deal of mechanical knowledge and it is very interesting to me to follow a repair/ maintenance job like this. Next time low light can help to show the spark.
I'm so happy to see the genuine Oregon cobwebs made it all the way back to Texas with you ;)
It probably left like a cup of genuine Oregon mud in the van too lol
That is actually bad for the spark plug coil, you should hold the plug against the engine and look for spark between the gap. Use a different plug if you suspect the plug is defective.
A little silicone grease makes it much easier to assemble those rubber pieces.
the very first thing I do after buying used carb'd bike is clean the carb, even if it runs fine.
you could have taken that coil to your local honda dealer i bet. you get what you pay for w electronic components ie sensors and coils. i had the fuel injected hawk and that thing took an ass whooping. these bikes are hard to kill tbh. cool vid spite
It's a crf 250 clone, so yes a coil from honda would work.
20:31 I love the Metalocalypse reference.
I’m actually glad you posted a video that you didn’t get it fixed in one go. It gives viewers realistic expectations about the frustrations of project bikes. It easy to watch some slick edited video of fixing bikes and think it’s going to be smooth and easy, when it usually isn’t!
If you want to support this very smart and 100% guarenteed to work series check out the patreon: www.patreon.com/spitescorner and while you're down here go check out Dork in the Road too: www.youtube.com/@DorkintheRoad
There's a whole lotta activity on the hawk250 pages.. for some, it's a decent value. Also - DIRT corrab, love it
Yeah the Hawk 250 looks to be in a "sweet spot" of simplicity and price. I think if your willing to double check all the fasteners when you get it and make a few simple upgrades they decent machines (carb, coil, ect).
While I know nothing about bikes, I've had to chase random problems with chinese bikes. My advice would be to check the wiring as they can be particularly weak and can fray or even snap
the quality of content youre producing is insane, great work Spite keep at er
I really enjoyed this! Keep kicking ass. Entertaining and informative, doesn't get better than that.
Would love more content on the hawk. Keep up the good work.
Turning an engine over without having the spark plug grounded can cause a coil to fail like that.
I saw that Dork in the Road video when he released it.
I'm about to buy an Orian 125l. Converting to sumo and tossing a Daytona 212cc in it..Should be fun. Might do crf cams too
Nothing against Yammie Noob, but you having your own channel has been awesome. I love the less production, sales focus of this channel. Just a man who loves bikes sharing his experience and opinions. Wish you all the success my man
Defeat is the heart of those who surrender my dude. You haven't surrendered!
Buy the Nibbi coil. the stock coil is a common failure part.
The great thing about the Amazon hawk 250 bike is how interchangeable it is with Honda XR150 parts and Honda CG125 parts.
Why not buy a honda crf 250 coil, since it's a crf clone?
it's not based on the Crf 250. Also it's cheaper. Lastly, why do anything?@@darkiee69
I love when a "mechanics" repair strategy is "just keep throwing money and parts at it" rather than to actually troubleshoot and isolate the root cause and work outward from there.
That's why I'm not a mechanic. Also the parts are cheap and I was probably gonna do it any way.
@@spitescorner its just a really inefficient way to fix things.
@@Treacherous_One Perhaps, but I don't have a ton of time to diagnose issues. Some times all I have time for is the nuclear option
@@spitescorner I have tons of "projects", in addition to my day to day. I still find it to make way more sense to test before replacing. start with the simple stuff first and work your way in to the more major issues. if a part ( like your coil ) is testing bad, it could just be a bad ground or bad wire. if it IS something that simple or turns out to be something further up stream, like stators or rectifiers. replacing a coil doesn't fix the issue. more so, if one of those components cooked the coil to begin with, you are just setting yourself up to fry another one. if you thought the issue was fuel flow do to a crusty carb, rather than just bolting on a different carb is not how you check that issue. you start by making sure you are actually getting fuel to the carb. pull the bowl and spray some carb cleaner and compressed air though the jets. taking a carb they is already set up to run off a non running bike with other issues 'how you sort that out. there is no such thing as a bolt on and go universal carb. they need proper jetting and mixture adjustments, at least to a baseline. going to a larger unknown carb just means you have no idea where that baseline should be for the needle and seat, jetting or air screw adjustment to make it run at all. and now you have an electrical issue to sort out. have you even checked to make sure the petcock isn't plugged so you know that you are even getting proper fuel flow? you did say the bike has been setting a few years. have you checked to make sure there is no corrosion on electrical terminals... IS THE KILL SWITCH OFF? you had spark. and then you didn't. is there a bad neutral, side stand or clutch safety switch that is interrupting the spark. the bike was crashed after all.
you see what i'm saying?
MotoCheez has your answer.
Lmao love that dethklok reference.
Seafoam. I put that shit in everything
Remember carburetor is choke on start for first 30 or so seconds then half choke for another 30 or so seconds then choke off. And if you give it too much gas it can flood the engine and you have to vent off the fuel. And never use old rotten gas when trying to fix or troubleshoot. Air + Spark + Fuel and you have bad fuel which could hide problems with spark or air mix.
Hey Spite. Got a quick story for you that I hope you see. It will definitely give you a laugh.
I'm a subcontractor and have been working on and off at the same site for about a year. One of the guys there bought an SMCR a while ago. Talked to him about it and he loved it. Haven't seen it there my last few visits. Now today I arrive and what is parked in the same spot? That's right a Ducati Hypermotard.
Ran into the guy and asked him what happened and he said it keep breaking and taking ages for the dealership to fix it and he just got sick of having to deal with the issues so he traded it in for the used Ducati.
And even funnier this is the same guy that gave another guy working there shit about buying a CF Moto because it was a cheap Chinese bike that was going to fall apart. Almost a year of ownership later his 650NK has been perfect.
You have a carb that is going to be easier to”wizard” than the original. I’d toss the old one in my spare parts bin.
I have a CSC TT250 which is pretty much the same bike with the exception of the suspension and the CG engine is counterbalanced. One of the common issues with them is that the igniter coil goes out which is part of the stator and it will run for a few minutes and then die. I had to replace it on mine. Also those carbs are pretty crappy in stock form but they take regular Kehin jets. Most people swap them out for either a Mikuni clone or a Nibbi. I got a Mikuni clone for about $30 and it ran a lot better. I actually put 16K miles on mine before I got it too hot and caused a bearing failure. I bought a Lifan CG engine and put that in. Now the igniter coil has gone out in this engine too but that's a project for another day.
I would definitely check the igniter coil because it took me months to figure that one out because it would only quit when it got hot. I'd let it cool off and it would run for another 5 minutes....lol.
Spite is a Hawk owner YES! WELCOME BORTHER!!!
The UA-camr Motocheese has worked on quite a few hawks so he might be someone to consult with. Maybe?
You can always call your buddy Eric Barros he seems like to be a self appointed expert on Chinese bikes with his boom bd 200.
"this number has been blocked"
Hey Spite! I have a hawk 250 that would make an excellent parts bike for you if you're going to keep your hawk. I'd be happy to gift it to you if you were willing to pick it up from cypress, tx. Disclaimer: It has been under a tarp in a back yard for a couple of years. Not running due to a cracked stator housing plate (I bought something better and forgot about the hawk).
Send me an email. Contact info is in the description. Also this isn't a scam lol.
Clean the carbi and adjust the mixture screw to give it a little bit more fuel.
You should be able to dump any old random ignition coil on there, it's nothing special.
Lifan released a Lifan KPX 250 dual sport with fuel injection for 3k. Would be cool to see a supermoto build on that.
i have a hawk 250 that i bought in 2017 for $1300 shipped to my door that still runs great. mine looks cleaner then that one though.
Those bikes are tanks lol my buddy beats the shit out of his and still goes.
Just a Chinese Honda clone!
LMAO 🤣, that was a superb tossing over that rock.
He looked like a well fed boy so I'm sure he just brushed it off. 👌🙂
ONE fork tube bent ? I hope so BUT I doubt it.
Good luck with that heap of scrap. 😁👍
P.S: The beauty of these basic, throwaway bikes it's that you can get an ignition coil from any other motorcycle or scooter that has "similar" specs (windings resistance and voltage output) and you'll probably be OK.
Valve adjustment I take valves get tight and they act like that just a moto feeler Guage a 10mm and a flat head
^^^^THIS. So much this. Can’t start/hard start/won’t stay started is always an automatic valve job indicator. Best part? You solve SO much in 15-30 mins ...for free.
Fun project! Even if it's chinese, it should just be able to run. Around Asia there are a lot of small displacement bikes like this.
Bet it'll be a lot of fun and maybe a cheap option to be able to off road as well without spending thousands and just have fun on it.
If it remains reliable that is, shouldn't be much of challenge I guess. I bet you'll sort it out, a new coil pack might do the trick.
But wouldn't one of a 250 Kawasaki, Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha or whatever is available to you, fit? Usually a lot of these are interchangeable, they can't be that different.
It failed after 60 miles and a bit of a wreck. The impact might of damaged a wire somewhere since there was so much brush it drove over. These bikes have a lot of owners with a lot of miles so they're not necessarily crap because they're cheap. But cheap bikes can be crap so it's a bit of luck of the draw sometimes.
did you adj. the vales at any time???????
Assuming you did switch the kill switch to on? I know it's a bit odd that they crank with it off but just from the looks of the bars in the video it might be just as simple as that?
A couple of thoughts..
That airbox bottom also works as a mud deflector for the rear tire.
It is useful to keep the whole thing in there to use as a box for accessories like supplemental fuse boxes, relays, stuff like that.
Also, the Nibbi pe30 is honestly really big for a stock, unmodified engine.
You can get it to work, but it won't be quite as crisp and good as a pe28 or even a basic vm26.
I love and hate my Hawk 250, called a Bigboy TSR in south Africa, but a little trick I learned after a while is to look for honda xr125 parts to prevent me having to wait for orders to come in, it's basically the lowest quality version of it
Awful silent running, especially with the mic right above the engine! Usually, they leave about zero clearance on the valve train, i wouldn't pass that checking out. They count on you baby it out to run it in, but there's basically no compression. Check that out first.
calling out shadetree every single time you see a battery on screen. lol
One day he'll get the message.
It's got a carburetor. You mentioned it's been sitting for a year or more. The carburetor is gummed up for sure. Today's ethanol laced gasoline goes bad really fast (3 months). Take the carb off, and get started on cleaning it out.
I live in South Africa, and I have just bought one of these new. So far it has been a great little bike, and my second motorcycle from this manufacturer. It is a Big Boy TSR 250 where I live. Got the user manual, if that helps at all.
Thanks for a great video.
I feel your pain. My wheels of shame is a1993 Suzuki 250cc Bandit. On the plus side I only paid $600 Aussie for it. On the negative it has 4 tiny little carburetors that need to be tuned & balanced. All things considered I think you got the better deal.
I have the same bike, destroyed the fucking wheels 😂
However, i have a Nibbi 28 carb, and it ran WAY too lean out of the box. I went with their bigger jets and it starts beautifully, idles great, and i need to update the main jet into the 40s. Ill have to go check my jets on which ones missing.
Nibbi jets them too small and the hawk likes more jet
That battery looks like it cost more than 4.99. Shadetree would not be proud.
Ham radio nerd here. For the DC circuits you're talking about, the term is "resistance"; "impedance" is for AC circuits. Both are measured in ohms because it wouldn't be fun if it weren't confusing.
These bikes need a few mods out of the box. A nibbi carb, ignition coil, and good spark plug make this bike run really well 👌🏼 (for a $1600 Amazon bike)
I used to have a shitty old 110cc 4 wheeler for my son. Every few months it would run like garbage and then not start. Instead of messing with it I would bolt on a $30 Amazon carb and it would run like a top again
No alcohol in a carburetor. Corrosion will plug the jets quick. It's hard to find non alcohol fuel, additives are not really effective. Check Project Farm on that analysis.
I have ssr xf250 and had trouble with key/ignition switch working and not working intermittently. I find that when I twist key while tilting axis angel (top towards front and bottom towards rear) or versa vice it fires up
I knew it was a single! Couldn't mistake that sound
Amazon bolt on and go means bolt on and go back to the parts store
Yoooo I'd know that bike anywhere! Dork is the man! Glad this legendary piece of motovlogger history lives on🫡🫡🫡✌️🏍
$800 for a Chinese bike that retails for $1695 and has been crashed and doesn’t start when you bought it? Not questioning your judgment Spite but that seems rough 😭 Fun project though.
Young whipper snappers..., Switches are open or closed. Ignition is on or off. Engines are starting, running, knocking, smoking, etc (or not doing those things) lol
Csc, peace motorsports, tx powersports all have parts. Generic Amazon coil will work too. That stock carb is lean as hell, you will be a lot better off with the nibbi.
Spite, please tell us you checked the kill switch……
Never, ever buy generic Chinese ignition coils. They are not good.
Thanks I am also having problems with my bike and as if yesterday it idles but when I turn the handle bar it dies. I think my choke cable might be the culprit.
So entertaining. Also take heart: I'm a foot doctor. I spend every working day in 'da-feet'.... sorry lol
The wreck probably caused the issue. Check the connections, as well as replacing the coil. Looks like that thing took a good lick.
You do these things so we don't have to 🙂
Not the sharpest knife in the draw, but enjoy your videos
I have this same bike as my only bike. The first engine broke down due to lack of oil so i bought a new one now i cant get the carburetor tuned right
If it was red I would swear you had my bike... no, it's still here doing duty as a cloths drying rack
Hope the issue has been resolved, but i think its just a bad connection between the coil and the sparkplug.
do you think that kink in the intake hose could have made it run richer and blackened that plug up? Please let me know how it goes mate.
i'd bet you are having a coil or plug wire issue, you could prob use a honda or other japanese ignition coil.
This is the type of video I love.great work Spite!
Those bikes are notorious for having carb jetting issues. Friend bought one brand new and had to rejet it out of the box.
Picked one up as a first bike over a year ago. Been around cars for years and love tinkering and thats what these things are best as. The China Riders forum has every bit of info you'd ever need on all the standard issues you WILL have out the box. If you like to work on your stuff, its a great and cheap way to learn some basic mechanics. As long as you understand what you're getting in to it's a ton of fun.
Hey Spite I was wondering how much would it take for you to shave your head bald
Yeah. Simple lesson of don't get your motorcycles on Amazon.
OMG I just keep wanting to yell at my phone, just clean the crab spite lol
Damn I got a Hawk 250 here with 50 miles on it. $900 and it’s yours
Those bikes barely run stock as it is. Modified, they’re decent bikes.
We know things are getting serious when Spite has two diet coke cans on the bench....
Why would you buy it? I think you could of found a way to just get it for free.
Bro had the kill switch engaged the whole time....LOL
These engines really hate bad gas. I mean any water and they refuse to start or run.
I have rps Hawk love it great little scooter for errands and ocasional off road
This, THIS is Chinese quality. This, THIS is why I do not trust CFMOTO. And I won’t until proven otherwise like 7 to 10 years of bikes on the road.
I am with you on that for sure.
If you'd actually ridden a CFmoto you'd see a massive difference in the quality. This is a $1600 bike off Amazon, not a $10000 bike made with a KTM motor. As a reminder, CF builds motors for KTM and Kawasaki
@@spitescornerI hear you. But I will hold out a bit.
Adjust the valves on it too. They come tight from factory
Occasionally you have a hammer in your hand and look a your thumb.
Perfect timing. I bought a used Hawk DLX the day before you put this video out! 😂 I was immediately unsure I made a wise choice and I’m still not sure I did. The suspension is garbage even with the USD fork! Can’t wait to see more of how our personal hawk stories parallel and differ!
Best thing to do on the DLX is to toss the EFI and get the carb :D
If it idled and ran fine when he had it I'd say it's not the settings on the carbs
Oh.... You can see the kill switch off in the closing shots
Chinesium bikes.
The logical outcome.