HAWK 250 SUPER MOTO! (Full Build)

building a budget supermoto out of a hawk 250 china amazon motorcycle with basic hand tools and cheap rotary tools. i show you how to do the entire mod, and even test ride it too! leave any questions for me in the comments I'd be happy to answer them. i also love suggestions too, -taco

materials used:
-2014 ninja 300 abs front and back tires (front rim slightly shaved)
-2014 ninja 300 abs front and back spacers (cut and modified)
-2014 ninja 300 abs front and back caliper
-2014 ninja 300 abs full front and back axel assembly
-aftermarket ninja 300 42 tooth rear sprocket
-520 13 tooth front sprocket (with threaded holes for hawk 250 application to crankcase spline)
-520 chain 120 links (cut)
-a modified carbureted hawk 250
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intro music:
Track: Rxm リム - LOOK AT ME! [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.
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outro music:
Track: Alan Walker - Dreamer (Rival Remix) [NCS Release]
Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds.
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[michaelb.]

I swear, Amazon has to have sold MILLIONS of these around the world by now. EDIT : Everyone knows the Chinese bikes are cheap, let's face it, but you guys LOVE them. I am 53 and I see Amazon bikes as a whole new generation of Harley Davidson ; You HAVE to wrench on it, and each time the relationship between you and your iron horse grows stronger. That's what I see.

[kapn]

Truly one of the best hawk 250 content creators. Haven’t uploaded for a while, I hope you don’t quit. Love binge watching

[michaelkrahn]

This was sooo gratifying to watch! Overcoming those obstacles are elevating!! Nicely done!

[flyprincess]

I did a quasi supermoto upgrade by purchasing an amazon 19” front rim with Shinko 705s tires. Bolted right on with no other mods. Great job on your conversion.

[jasonbartlett]

i'll tack this onto the list of mods beyond my scope, but still was great to watch. i felt that "laying in yard" frustration lol

[hunterst]

When we put a 08 ninja 250 motor in my buddies TBR-7 we changed the bearings to fit the hawks axle size. No serious modifications for the 08 ninja wheels. More modifications needed to be made to fit the ninja 250 brakes. Wish we would have had the XR250R suspension and swing arm that’s on it now when we did the motor and sumo tires. Had to switch bearings again when we upgraded the suspension. Nice build brother. Edit: the 17s and street tires do make a huge difference. My recommendation is do the XR shock forks and swingarm mod. Even bigger difference than the sumo tires

[Shaw.]

That bracket was the best. Great job😂😂

[ericbohenek]

Been following along for a bit and love watching your progress with the editing and content overall

[BADHIGEEN]

That was fun. Your work paid nicely. Looks badass. That rear axle mod would be good for any hawk rider.

[_BlueCollarGamer]

Love this build! Its giving off DRZ Sumo vibes.

[SuperHawkDLX]

bikes come a long way taco keep up the good work

[GearSpot]

Can't wait for an update video to this. Nice job she looking good

[mashamambea]

Wow awesome am doing the same on my haojin warrior thats a hawk down here in Africa good job ma man.

[joshsevens]

Like the work you did and now you definitely have a much higher quality set of wheels than oem. That being said though for the trouble, you could have gone with bigger tires and a beefier bearing from Niko or another high quality bearing distributor and saved a lot of money and time. I guess now though you wont ever have to worry about spokes which will definitely be nice.

[MoparMattt]

This was just glorious watching 😂 just purchased a hawk myself

[cf]

CSC is a CA China bike store that sells supermoto wheels that fit the TT250 witch is a HAWK with CA smog stuff, 16" SG250 wheels would save you a lot of work if someone wants to do this with out brake mods and grinding metal😉 love the big bore vid🙂

[Spitfireseven]

Dude, you did the most excellent job imaginable considering you have basic tools to work with. You didn't get sloppy on anything. It's all too easy to drill a hole out too wide. Your tolerances would be Jet Propulsion Labratory acceptable. As you can guess, I am all too familiar with Chinese engineering. Right now it is the Japanese that have the quality control as an art. The Chinese make it, slap it together and put it on the sales floor. It's all just a bit rushed. California Scooter Company actually runs through their deliveries and makes sure some form of quality control has been applied. That is the strong point of their company. You have done a marvelous job of working on this bike. It is sad to say all this has to be done to get the unit to a level of acceptability to ride it but you did a sensational job. The Bauer tools are good. I use them. They are affordable quality. I actually bought a generic angle grinder at Harbor Freight for $10. I got two and they are gotta haves. Thanks for the video.

[flexcraft]

Great job man, looking like carb is the way to go, would love to see a speed test with the new wheels

[AliasTekTV]

I HIGHLY reccomend taking your front brake bracket to a machiine shop to have them clone it to a single part. There should not be that many bolts holding the caliper to the fork. Also, I'd double check the sprocket alignment just to make sure you don't need a spacer or have the rear of the counter shaft turned to align it. If just enough slack gets into the chain it WILL derail and make for a bad day.

Other than that, this was an awesome mod that is shockingly easy to do!

[holdenclarke]

This was awesome. Super entertaining and relatable. Great work man!