The first one, agree...ugly. And I am not a fan of spoked rims. The second one, nicer. Those are the rims on my Hawk now.
However, I am not looking for complete running bikes. Back in 2003, the Hawk I have was given to me by my uncle who took the bike in on a barter for a job he did. He spent all this money getting the bike running but never got a title with it. So one day, it was in my drive way with 2 new throttle cables saying this was all it needed to be 100%. Now normally, I dont accept anything without titles. However, at this point in my life, my friends and I regularly bought, fixed, kept or sold motorcycles all up and down the eastern seaboard. Over the years, we amassed quite a title collection from our parts bikes that we bought.
So...I rummaged through the titles and found a similar title from NYS and went and registered the bike that way. Now, that I moved to New Mexico, first thing they do for out of state vehicles is a VIN inspection. Since the title and the VIN dont match, I cant register it.
The reason I dont just ditch this bike is cause its got low miles. I think its still under 10K. It ended up breaking a timing chain guide and the chain walked into the cylinder jugs wearing a hole through the aluminum. So I ended up building a 450cc 6 speed out of the engine. That engine is completely fresh with maybe 4 or 5 miles on it when I found out that the jets were too lean in it.
The engine has been out of it for years and I could put it back together with all the correct jets.....but it would have to come back apart when I finally do find a frame. At this point, its better to find a trashed bike or just a frame. I dont want to take a runner and butcher it.
