It's Definitely Not Knight Rider on a Motorcycle: The History of Street Hawk

Street Hawk is an American superhero television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985.

More popular outside of the US the Street Hawk toy history is complicated and includes him sort of being a member of GI Joe!

From the opening narration:
Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop, injured in the line of duty. Now a police troubleshooter, he's been recruited for a top secret government mission to ride Street Hawk -- an all-terrain attack motorcycle designed to fight urban crime, capable of incredible speeds up to three hundred miles an hour, and immense firepower. Only one man, federal agent Norman Tuttle, knows Jesse Mach's true identity. The man...the machine...Street Hawk.

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[ivantorres]

Omg this was my favorite show!!! I didn't realize this show got canceled after 1 season! 80s was the greatest time to be a kid!

[caeserromero]

My younger brother LOVED StreetHawk. (I was Airwolf and ATeam).He had a black StreetHawk shirt and plastic helmet, as well as a regular tshirt with logo. I watched the whole series last summer and it holds up pretty well. Certainly as good as knight rider and Ateam...

[craven]

Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf, The Master, The A-Team, CHIPS, all of these 80's shows were my childhood

[Cyba_IT]

Wow, I can't believe there were only 13 episodes, I feel like I grew up with this show. 😁I loved Street Hawk's raw, gritty feel. You actually felt like you were there with him and his motorcycle. Knight Rider just didn't have that same appeal even though KITT was super cool of course. Airwolf was by far the coolest vehicle

[TheRealMonsterD]

"The Ocean's 11 of the parking lot!" That would be a Knight Rider team far greater than the actual Team Knight Rider!

[gf]

Tuesdays nights was my childhood telly highlight...moonlighting, Street Hawk and Midnight caller back to back. Good times.

[salvation]

Back before my family had a VCR I used to tape episodes of my favourite shows on cassette tape and play them back while I drew and did homework during the week. This is one that I would tape... yeah it was pretty rough back in the day lol.

[delthorpe]

Street Hawk got me the worst spanking of my life: 1985, England, a birthday party had ended, we were waiting for our parents to pick us up so the host put the tv on while we waited... Street Hawk! A show I'd only heard of... a legend! But halfway through my parents turned up. So, being seven years old, I threw a tantrum, demanding that they let me watch the rest. It seems there's no sin worse than embarrassing my mum. On the drive home she and my dad discussed my punishment. By the time I got home I was so scared that I ran upstairs, up my bunkbed and cowered in the corner. But there was no escape.

[sandyamaulana]

Street Hawk was syndicated in Indonesia in 1989. I remember watching every episode. Later I learned that it was an attempt by the national channel to compete with the then newly launched, only private channel which had Knight Rider, Airwolf, and MacGyver. The national channel kept buying short syndicated series because they were much cheaper than syndicating more popular, longer series.

[nycwhiskeyreview]

"The bike is fire proof!"... What about me????"...."The suit is fire proof!!!" I remember the line. Thanks for this video! I remember this show!

[acereporter]

The Vigilante Justice Machine TV universe is basically M.A.S.K. That's how you get M.A.S.K. The real move is getting them all to combine into Armored Fleet Dairugger XV (Vehicle Voltron).

[TheDestronPeter]

For some reason, my jobby has a huge print of Street Hawk themed art. No one knows where it came from, and I'm not complaining.

[Gappasaurus]

Need to show some love for TV shows with water-based vehicles too: Seaquest? Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea? The Love Boat? Knightboat: The Crime-Solving Boat? 😄

[kludd]

Really enjoying the recalls of old 80’s TV shows that I *barely* remember due to their minimal time on air and my young age.
Great channel. Really like it here.

[edwinlocke]

Love you for mentioning Tangerine Dream. Toy Galaxy hits the bullseye every time!

[JoanieDoeShadow]

Nice shout out at the end to Viper. That's probably my favorite of these sort of series.

[kenb]

Only 1 season, though...memorable theme by Tangerine Dream

[Forcemaster]

I remember watching Street Hawk, and wishing they'd just go ahead and go full superhero with it!

[mm]

I had the “voice-changer” Street Hawk toy helmet as a kid. Remember being so disappointed that the visor wouldn’t snap-down “hands free” like in the awesome TV show.

[kekk]

Another one of my favourites as a kid, can't believe it was only 13 episodes!