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Hi everyone!

Checking in from the states with my 1998 Superhawk! I'm sure I'll know some of you from the superhawk forum, but I figured it was time to join this board as I have seen it referenced a few times.

I've owned the VTR since 2010. It was my second bike and second year of motorcycling in general and so I still consider myself fresh to the sport with all the veterans running around causing ruckus with their gray hair on these things. I kind of unknowingly bought a basket case and after finding a crack in the head tube did a full rebuild and conversion to a naked bike. I had to swap frames so why not clean and fix everything as I rebuilt? I've learned quite a bit from the Superhawk forum and can't see myself ever getting rid of this bike as I've grown quite fond of it.

Here is the day I started taking it all apart


And where it stands as a commuter now:




Too many little things to list, but here are the basics of my build:

1) 996cc V-twin Honda motor
2) Other motorcycle parts

See you all around

Welcome!

bugger off, you beat me in the bike of the month comp......
welcome to the forum fella.......

welcome 7moore7
bike looks good
what sort of head light is that do you get enough light for it at nite

welcome over

Welcome to the club mate, nice looking bike

Welcome. I do like the face lift. BTW where have you placed the rads??

Other motorcycle parts Welcome onboard bud weiser

(:-})

hi and welcome mate the fighter looks good

Hello welcome to the forums

macdee wrote: what sort of head light is that do you get enough light for it at nite

It's a projector HID light, specifically a Morimoto Mini D2S. It puts much more light out than stock and I have no problems at night. The way I have it setup it is a little un-shielded from the elements. There is no front "protector" but if I ever brake the projector lens it's relatively cheap to fix it. Hi/lo beam and less draw on the battery to boot!

darkember wrote:Welcome. I do like the face lift. BTW where have you placed the rads??

I forgot to put them back on when rebuilding the bike, so just figured I'd run it in the Arizona heat for awhile to see if they were really necessary!

But in the real world, it's in the tail, emulating other versions I've seen. I can't find any recent pictures with the wiring and sub frame cleaned up, but here is one from the build. It now has two fans inside pushing out.

Welcome aboard buddy

welcome m8tey
Alb

Welcome aboard 7moore7

I like the look of your bike . Having the rad under the seat certainly cleans up the look of the bike.

Make sure Carl does not see your clutch cover window

Chris.

Interesting bike there, welcome to the dark side