Looks like a fun ride. The handlebar looks crooked in the video. Optical illusion. Tell your buddy keep his feet on the pegs. Good way to break a leg. Ride safe 😊
I bought a used hawk dlx and i never heard about adjusting the valves. Ive seen guys do it but only when they upgraded the motor to a 300cc. What are the symptoms of having the valves too tight? I haven't noticed anything abnormal that i can tell. I get the occasional backfire that's about it
If you bought used you should be alright. The problems would've likely come early on if you were to have any. I've heard that if they're too tight, it can cause damage to the engine if you overwork it. However, I've also heard with most motorcycles the valves loosen up on their own as part of the break-in period. The hawk is unique in that I've heard from a lot of people that the factory has them way too tight, and you should loosen them up yourself. I didn't end up doing that. I just went real easy breaking in the bike, and it seems ok so far. So fingers crossed 🤞
I just bought the 2024 dlx fuel injected. I know I had about 950 miles on it and seen a video of someone on Facebook who had 1,000 miles on his and didn't adjust the valves and was sitting on the side of the highway and whe he was trying to start the bike, sounded like the motor was destroyed. So i adjusted my valves on mine and they were super tight when I adjusted them. It made a huge difference, before it felt like it was a bunch of air coming through, vibration and loss of power. After, power is back, smooth. Makes a HUGE difference. It's actually pretty easy if you just take your time and do it. Highly recommend it
