Recommended modifications

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From: lawrence@aclcb.purdue.edu (Jim Lawrence)
Subject: Misc. Hawk stuff

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>From: MX%"Doug_Wiebe@NeXT.COM" 12-JAN-1995 14:34:33.98
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>I had a chance to chat with Kevin Erion at the S.F. Moto Show. Erion now runs
>Erion Racing but in a former life was one of the brothers of Two Brothers
>Racing and as such probably knows as much about high performance Hawks as
>anybody. [BTW, Erion Racing has no plans to sell Hawk perf. parts., only CBR.]
>
>Most of Kevin's comments are directed towards the idea of modifying a stock
>Hawk for novice AFM racing. He said he would do the following things in the
>following order:
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>1) Get Jim Lindemann to rework the forks. [BTW, I didn't ask him about the
>Cartridge Emulator but that sounds like an even better idea].
>
>2) Get a Fox shock. He said Fox and Ohlins are the only two shock makers
>to consider for the Hawk and that they are of equal quality, so save
>the $100 and get the Fox.
>
>3) Have Kosman widen the front wheel to 3.5" to fit good race rubber.
>
>4) Install a steel-braided front brake line.
>
>5) Install a pipe and jet kit.
>
>6) If need be, higher pegs.
>
>He said that obviously you could spend a lot more money but those are
>the basic mods and if it was him and $ was a factor he would hold
>off on other mods until it became apparent those mods are needed. He
>said you'll probably be down on straightaway speed but the above mods
>will keep you very competitive in the turns. He said swapping for an F2
>front end will help somewhat but people underestimate the Hawk front
>end. He said the Hawk's single front brake rotor was never a problem
>for him, even racing at Daytona, so swapping the front end to get a
>second rotor needn't be an issue. He said they tried all the aftermarket
>brake pads and Honda OEM pads were clearly better than the others, so he
>recommends sticking with the stock pads. His point was that you can't
>look at pads in isolation, it is the combination of pad and rotor that
>matters and the bike manufacturers put a lot of R&D into matching specific
>pads and rotors that aftermarket companies can't do.
>
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