How to: install CHAIN and SPROCKETS and SHORTEN your CHAIN on the HAWK 250 

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No worries man, sometimes it’s easiest learning the difficult way, trust me I know all too well about that 😂 thanks for watching!

Keep up the good work, love your videos man!

Good stuff to know! I’ll have to keep that in mind for future wrenching 😁 thanks for watching!

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Luckily I don’t have emissions other than the catalytic converter, it’s easy to delete, all you do is busy it out. The only other emissions Iv seen on these bikes is a charcoal canister for the fuel hose. The charcoal canister is harder to delete but doable. If I ever delete my cat I’ll make a video. Thanks for watching!

@@goodolboys713 Hey, thanks man! Great vid.

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Sorry to hear your hawk got stolen! That’s a bummer! Lol I know what you mean about the money.. it just seems to disappear😂 same thing happened to me the other day with a couple tractors😂 congrats on the new hawk!! Thank for watching and commenting!

Unfortunately they don’t sell chains down to the link, you can however find chains in several different lengths, you may find one that works for you out of the box. In my experience I have always had to shorten dirt bike chains in most cases. You may try going onto China riders and see if they have specific info on sprockets and chain lengths. I would love to dyno test the hawk! Maybe some day! IMO the hawk has a powerband like any older typical 4 stroke, nothing too exciting lol. Thanks for watching!

Yes the joys of changing things up on the hawk😂 I’d have to know more about the 17 tooth sprocket. What do you mean it won’t match up? Chain doesn’t fit? Doesn’t fit on the engine cog? Ect. The hawk is known for the chain rubbing the tire, simply adjust the wheel away from the chain within reason (the tire will pretty much always do some rubbing with the chain. even if the chain and tire are an inch apart, the chain will get into the tire every once in a while) The rear tire is impossible to align perfectly straight with the bike, unfortunately it’s just a fact of life with the hawk. Hopefully all this helps, let me know more about the 17t sprocket and we’ll figure something out. Thanks for watching!

My first suggestion is to see if you can run it without a cover. If not unfortunately there’s not too many other options. One thing you can do is run a smaller front sprocket (16 tooth if it will fit) and a lower rear sprocket like a 39 or 40 tooth. (I am Assuming you want a higher cruising because your trying to run that 17 tooth sprocket on it)

I understand your pain, those can be a bear. So normally I use 2 sets of needle nose pliers, one set to squeeze the orings and master link together and one set to slide in and snap in the master link keeper. Most of the time when you can’t get the keeper to snap into place, either 1 the o rings are not squeezed enough (not allowing the keeper to snap in place) or 2 the keeper can just flat out be hard to snap into place (it’s all about the technique, watch the video closely and memetic the exact position that my pliers are in as well as every other aspect of my technique) hopefully this helps you out! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. thanks for watching!

@@goodolboys713 rock on brother I hope your channel goes more viral!!

I would 100% recommend changing out the chain, my original chain broke at 375 miles and almost took the engine case with it. So yes change the chain immediately lol. The sprockets are totally fine if your off-roading, if you are going to be on the road you definitely need some more road friendly sprockets. This video will help you a ton on which gearing to go with on your hawk: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XKCC3suCjGQ.html thanks for watching!

@@goodolboys713 Thanks I appreciate that a lot

Mine fit perfectly, however I did not have the chain cover on. The stock chain broke at 375 miles, and totaled my front chain cover. So I don’t have one, and I don’t run one LOL. The chain definitely seems to fit better without the cover. Hopefully this helps!

@@goodolboys713 thank you man yeah that gold niche chain on Amazon is too wide for some reason it won't fit between the motor and the gear so I'll just order the chain you have but their both x ring chains so you would think they would be the same but I guess not

@@goodolboys713 theirs actually a video on youtube called pimp my hawk where he flips the idler gear around some how to make the gold niche chain fit

@@ryanrott5917 I have heard of flipping the sprocket, the retaining ring that the two bolts go through is put on the back side of the sprocket, then you have to install the bolts from the back side. As you can see in this video there is plenty of room between my engine and the chain, certain chains just won’t fit, however recently I bought a gold x-ring chain that fits good in this video . (And it was off of Amazon). There is a link in the description box of this video to the x-ring chain, which like I said fit with no issues, if your looking for a gold x-ring chain that fits, check out that description box. Hope this helps, thanks for watching!

Did you have a problem with the chain fitting between the idler gear and the motor once you switch the idler gear to a 17t from the 15t

the sprocket bolts physically can't come out if the snap rings in place, they don't even secure the sprocket to the wheel, they just transfer power from the sprocket to the wheel through the bushings, the only thing holding the sprocket onto the wheel is the snap ring, even if the nut came loose and fell off since the sprockets held in place the pin can't come out either, if you're talking about the front spocket bolts, yeah technically but you have to lose both for anything to really happen