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**Guth** · 04-23-2013 06:06 PM

I'm truly amazed at what a little Z50 like the one I rode as a kid can sell for these days.

SUPERCRUZ · 05-20-2013 05:52 PM

I restored this 68 Mini Trail Z50 K0 about 3 years ago. This is the very same bike I rode when I was 12 years old. My dad bought the bike new for my older brother in 1968. Get it out every couple of months and ride it up and down the street. My neighbors think I am crazy and I do look huge on the bike but it is still fun as hell. Sure brings back memories.

**Guth** · 05-21-2013 12:38 AM

That's awesome SUPERCRUZ.

jamboa · 07-16-2013 09:46 AM

(05-20-2013 05:52 PM)SUPERCRUZ Wrote: I restored this 68 Mini Trail Z50 K0 about 3 years ago. This is the very same bike I rode when I was 12 years old. My dad bought the bike new for my older brother in 1968. Get it out every couple of months and ride it up and down the street. My neighbors think I am crazy and I do look huge on the bike but it is still fun as hell. Sure brings back memories.

Condition! condition, condition!

From 1988 thru 1993 Everytime I bought a bike R 4 Wheeler at the Honda shop I would look at the red NT650 Hawk GT & GB500 on the floor. I came so close many times to buying one R D other. I beleive the price dropped to $2800 for 1 R D other?
Then they were finally bought by another larger Honda dealer. All the colors werenice to look at. Red was the color of the bike @ The local Honda dealer. The silver is nice as well as the blue. Man imagine a blacked out Hawk GT with Gloss Metallic paint.

buck80mph · 07-16-2013 10:07 AM

I heard that the Hawk was fairly easy to wheelie with it's V-twin. Any first hand experience?

(04-19-2013 09:20 PM)Scoobynut Wrote:
(04-13-2013 10:15 PM)Guth Wrote: The Hawk is an awesome bike.

I know!

I ride the blue one, my son rides the red one, but I do still 'technically' own it.

Single sided swingarm in 1988! Awsome!
But doesn't it seem as though the rim aero dynamics (curve)are backwards??

jamboa · 07-16-2013 11:07 AM

(07-16-2013 10:07 AM)buck80mph Wrote: I heard that the Hawk was fairly easy to wheelie with it's V-twin. Any first hand experience?

(04-19-2013 09:20 PM)Scoobynut Wrote:
(04-13-2013 10:15 PM)Guth Wrote: The Hawk is an awesome bike.

I know!

I ride the blue one, my son rides the red one, but I do still 'technically' own it.

Single sided swingarm in 1988! Awsome!
But doesn't it seem as though the rim aero dynamics (curve)are backwards??

Dislectic!

The exposed frame was what first attracted it to me!

Did the stock muffler have a tendecy to scrap when touching your knee!

Scoobynut · 07-17-2013 07:20 AM

(07-16-2013 11:07 AM)jamboa Wrote: Did the stock muffler have a tendecy to scrap when touching your knee!

Nope, it was a shorty style muffler on the side opposite to where the Two Bros now resides and it had plenty of clearance. Both (used) Hawks came with the Two Bros exhausts -- they're a nice, full system that were very expensive back in the day. I used to own yet another Hawk many years ago with a stock muffler and it was barely audible, but the worst part about the stock system is that it really chokes the exhaust flow and creates a huge flat spot in the low and mid rpms, all due to emissions tuning I suppose. A Two Bros and a jet kit really wakes these bikes up.

I still have two full OEM Hawk exhaust systems in storage, both in perfect condition. Not sure why, but I feel the need to hang onto them. Maybe they'll be worth a fair amount when these bikes go from semi-collectible to full collectible status...

buck80mph · 07-17-2013 09:06 AM

Can they wheelie??
If so. Power or clutch?

Scoobynut · 07-17-2013 09:15 AM

(07-17-2013 09:06 AM)buck80mph Wrote: Can they wheelie??
If so. Power or clutch?

Either.

DAC · 07-17-2013 10:27 AM

Those Hawk GTs are wunnerful. If there had been a good example handy when I started back into riding in '09, I'd have gotten one. The VFR was the next step up but I also like the naked bikes like the Hawk GT.