Honda Hawk Legacy

[Rmcapozzi]

Rode with a guy that had a Hawk GT. I loved the look of that bike especially the single sided swingarm. Two Brothers made some really nice sounding pipes for it too. I was drawn to the other Honda sales flop of that time frame; the '89 Honda CB-1. A 400cc bike just slightly less than the cost of a CBR600F Hurricane....no surprise why they didn't sell.

Anyway, I still have that CB-1 today totally stock. Fantastic bikes!

I have seen a couple of Hawk GTs in person. Really liked them. If you have ever had your plastics off then the family resemblance is obvious. The article mentions the competion from the SV650. The SV650 was carb'd, at first, then in 2003 or 2004 upgraded with FI. As much as I like the hawk gt, if I was in the market for a bike like this I would get a FI SV650. They are common and affordable. I found a perfect blue one with less than 8K miles on it selling for $3800 awhile back. Luckily it was an hour away so I never went an looked at it, or else I might have bought it. Similar engine to the DL650.