I bought a hawk 250 efi in 2020. Ended up cutting down the dirtbike hump on the seat putting oldschool leather on it. Swapping the front headlight/assembly for a round headlight off amazon. Put saddle bags/accesories. New battery. New clutch levers. New exhaust this will take knowing how to weld on newer hawks.new chain. Obviously new lube for everything ie oil. As well new tires and a wheel lock. This motorcycle has over 25k miles no problems on it. Ive riden legit everywhere in idaho on some of the nasty mosy bike dropping trails you can imagine. Not only does the hawk do it but i wish youtube would let me show a picture. With just these simple mods the hawk 250 looks like an old school retro cafe bike. I legit have yet to take this bike out to not have someone asking me questions on it. For only being maybe $2000 in with all mods idk pretty nice deal. My ducati monster obviously ripps more but sometimes you just want a pos that just works. The hawk 250 is that bike if you have some knowledge on how to work on things

The Chinese bikes are like the Japanese bikes were in the 70’s and 80’s. Everyone hated them because they weren’t mainstream. The Chinese bikes are really good for the price. I’m hoping they start to sell some 450cc - 600cc bikes.

I bought my son a XPro Storm DLX 150cc for Christmas. He really hasn't had time to ride it given school, illness and his work schedule. It runs good

Love my hawk dlx. No comparison to any of the Japanese bikes. But man they have the looks down pat! Awesome looking machine.

The 2023 Hawk DLX and Hawk X DOT models have counterbalanced engines if you buy the RPS version. The Hawk X has a counterbalanced CG engine and is EPA approved for highway use. The XPRO may or may not be counterbalanced, and you can't tell until you remove it from the crate.

I started out looking at the Hawk because of the EFI and because you can plate it, I ended up with the X-Pro Templar X because it has a counter balanced actual 250cc motor with a 6 speed and fully adjustable suspension. The only downside is it's not fuel injected. It's been a few months now and my only regret is had I known I would have spent a little more and got the Orion RBX 250 H.O. which is about $3400 but has it all and it's quality: fully tuneable suspension, counterbalanced EFI 250cc 4 valve with a 6 speed, LED lighting all around, aluminum swingarm, billet aluminum triple clamps, a skid plate and handguards. The only thing it lacks that my bike has is a luggage rack and rear foot pegs otherwise really wishing I had known...😮

Chinese motorcycle need most bolts loosend and put Loctite on them so your bolts won't back out later down the road from the vibrations . iIt's also very important to Grease your Headset bearings,Rear shock linkage bearings,Swing arm bearings, F/R axles & wheel bearings. If you want your motorcycle to last more than 10 years

Did review. I have a 2020 Hawk pro DLX. Since I was just getting back into riding after 20 years off. It’s strong bike. It’s re taught me , son, daughter and nephew how to ride. 601 miles.

I had the standard one with a carburetor, put thousands of miles on it without issue, did full bolt ons too

Why is the check engine light on

Point names and name fingers...🙂 Crack me up. Nice review

You won't regret it 😎👍🍻

Sweet man

What chain and sprocket did you buy for an upgrade

You talked about the sprocket upgrades,yet..........you don't mention the SIZES of the upgraded sprockets!?!?! You said the stock ones are 17 front and 45 rear. What's the upgraded sprocket sizes??? Thanks.

Considering this DLX or the Brozz Recon....any thoughts on each? (Mainly road riding)

Boys

your turn signal indicator/light indicator module should be to the left of the clutch lever. i made the same mistake when i put mine together. It does work the way you got it, but its alot better to have that turn indicator module to the left of the clutch lever.