Here is what my 2017 Hawk owners manual says: Fuel Recommendation Type - Unleaded Octane number - 90 or above Unleaded fuel procedures fewer engine deposits and will extend the life of the exhaust system components. We suggest you use regular unleaded fuel. Be sure to only use an octane number of 90 or higher. Using a lower octane gasoline can cause severe damage to the engine. Never use stale or contaminated gasoline or an oil/gasoline mixture. Fuel Capacity Fuel tank capacity, including reserve - 14L Reserve capacity - 1.78L After using the reserve tank you should refill the gas tank immediately. Then turn the fuel valve to the “ON” position so you do not run out fuel in the reserve tank. So 3.7 gallon tank with 0.47 gallon reserve. Which means 3.23 gallons before reserve. I would imagine you could go nearly 30 miles on reserve (if you rode conservatively) before it completely runs out. When a bike does not have a fuel gauge as not all do, especially the old ones. The typical way was needing to flip it to reserve as the way to know you need gas.
oh wow thats way bigger than I expected the tank to actually be, I guess I still had alot more gas left in there! Good thing I calculated the mileage the way I did so it should still be pretty accurate, I know the newer hawk tanks are slightly different with but the size can't be too big of a difference
Have you checked the accuracy of the odometer? Cuz that could throw off your result. 59mpg seems kind of low to me. My ninja 250 averages 65 around town. I would expect the hawk to use less gas
Yes I have, had to change the settings to get my mileage and speed correct via GPS but since then it's been spot on, the hawk probably uses more gas simply because it was designed less efficiency than a ninja 250, and you're basically full throttle 80% of the time on the hawk lol
@@alexsbikesandmotors my rebel 250 wouldn't see anything below 80mpg, with a max of 120mpg on a continuous 40mph ride. I swapped out the sprockets from I believe the stock 14/33t to a 15/25t.
Of course it's true sound travels at a certain speed All you need to do is know the speed of whatever it is is traveling and you can estimate the distance.
What did you mean when you said you hit the pothole but the bike isn’t built like a dirt bike anymore? 🤔 Did you do another modification change? Because I ordered the Hawk and all the mods you have recommended.. 😎🤘
its more of a light trail bike, it looks more like a dirt bike than it actually is and I had my rear suspension set up super soft in this video which made pot holes and stuff like that really bouncy. This bike can't really compare to a true dirt bike like a yz 250 but its a great commuter that looks like a dirt bike, if you're buying this bike to hit jumps at the motorcross track then that would be very very unsafe and I don't recommend it. Thode dirt bikes are expensive but they are made to a way higher standard
I did end up going with the 195mm gas shock in the rear with the adjustable spring load it’s very durable. Thank you so much I really appreciate I enjoy watching your videos 👍😎
I live in south America and got the Serna rx250 the same price love it I go all through the mountains 350 Mile's later still kicking ass they should be the same bike all the same spec @@ddwddw4115
True but they are waaaaay to slow to ride with traffic around here, I sold my 52v x class because of that. People drive super fast around here, you'd have to have an upgraded sur ron to comfortably ride in traffic and that's barely an ebike lol that's more emoto. When you actually break down the math, it will take me at least 2 years of filling my gas tank every single month and 10s of thousands of miles to make up the price difference between a fast enough ebike to compare to this motorcycle. You really don't save much money buying an ebike because of how expensive they are to simply buy lol you can get a Hayabusa for the same price as a fully modded sur ron. If you're worried about money and buy an ebike you aren't good at math lol
@@BodieMoto loved your point of view. I agree that ebikes are somewhat expensive. I merely pointed out the math purely from a scientific point of view. Just an fyi I drive a Volvo S60 inscription model for the luxury. I just hate how ridiculous the gas prices get simply because of speculation. You can't beat the hawk DLX in price...! Good video BTW.
