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I know there is some fabrication and "art" involved, but this is not your typical metric cruiser, in fact it was never a cruiser but ... not gonna say more, want to see if dozer can guess this one in 5 minutes

Ummm... Is it made up from a couple singles into a veesomething?

A quick google shows Michael Jordan also owns a racing team. Neat. And a lot of hideously ugly shoes.

Well duh, it's a hawkley davidson

its a Honda NTV 650. My google-fu is better than ya'lls.

It's a waste of a perfectly good Hawk.

NTV is shaft driven, this is plain NT, but yes, a perfectly good Hawk ruined...

I feel like Hawks becoming more rare but the day because they are often taken apart for it's exotic swingarm, I have seen many "Hawk frame and motor for sale" because the swinger ended up on some custom fighter build project, just like some furry critter who's hunted for it's furry tail

Could it be out of an Africa Twin? XRV 650 or even XRV 750?
Those had a chain to begin with...

MATPOC wrote:I feel like Hawks becoming more rare but the day because they are often taken apart for it's exotic swingarm, I have seen many "Hawk frame and motor for sale" because the swinger ended up on some custom fighter build project, just like some furry critter who's hunted for it's furry tail

Seems weird when you can directly slot the 750 viffer arm into a cbr900rr...

/RM

That's fucking gross, and whatever "artist" is responsible deserves a punch to the dick.

RM Hawk arm bolts in to most Hondas, same as Vifer, just have to rework shock mount.

DG this bike has what looks like Hawk arm, would make sense that it started life as a Hawk/Bros rather than XRV variant

SSCAM wrote:It's a waste of a perfectly good Hawk.

Especially when you consider the sheer amount of 500 and 600 Shadows out there but maybe I am biased since I have three 500 Shadows at the moment.

I gotta give the builder some credit, I think they did something pretty smooth with the seat/no-sidecovers area.

Pattio wrote:I gotta give the builder some credit

Nope, punch to the dick.

guitargeek wrote:

Pattio wrote:I gotta give the builder some credit

Nope, punch to the dick.

I'm with pattio. Kinda reminds me of your bike, actually.

dozer wrote:Kinda reminds me of your bike, actually.

[sledit]

guitargeek wrote:

dozer wrote:Kinda reminds me of your bike, actually.

[sledit]

Here you go, GG:

MATPOC wrote:RM Hawk arm bolts in to most Hondas, same as Vifer, just have to rework shock mount.

Yeah but the viffer arm is a direct bolt on, all you need to change is some spacers, the shock mount isn't an issue... Maybe I'm splitting hairs, if I were going honda single sider it would be a viffer 750 arm though.

Plus the cbr900rr was no real slouch when it came to the engine...

/RM

900RR is a pretty bike, would not turn one down with or without SSSA

As for the merits of the above build, that chain guard looks just plain weird, wrong size out of place, I'm sure on closer inspection there are other "hack" details. At least it got front brake, looks like old Gixxer

This thread is full of WIN. I needed a laugh.

It's got all the poise and grace of a first time cross-dresser, but it's also got suspension, a fast motor and decent ground clearance. Not my thing at all, but I give the builder props for making something that is functional.