Honda was ahead of its time when it debuted the Hawk GT, also known as the NT650. It was one of the world’s first modern naked bikes but it was a commercial failure. Over the years, many riders have realized what the Hawk offered, and it’s become a cult classic.
Honda advertised the Hawk as “a thoughtful blend of European styling, American V-Twin muscle, and a Honda trademark – technological sophistication.” That makes sense nowadays in a world full of SV650s and Ducati Monsters, but when this bike was released American riders wanted power and they wanted fairings – a 600 Hurricane had 30 more horsepower and all the plastic bodywork one could want for just $400 more than the Hawk’s $3,598 MSRP. For more on the Hawk, check out this article on Canyon Chasers where they call it one of their favorite motorcycles of all time.
This example will need the carbs cleaned but it appears to be quite clean and it’s in a rare shade of blue. It has 9,183 miles and the seller notes that it recently got new cush drive rubbers, spark plugs, and oil/filter. You wouldn’t be riding it away from the seller’s place but this shouldn’t take much to get back on the road and I love how original it is in terms of the exhaust/fenders/turn signals. I just saw a TON of these at AHRMA Willow Springs in varying states of race prep and it’s got me on a huge Hawk kick. I’ll share photos soon but I’m racing again at Inde this weekend so it will probably be a week until I have the time to consolidate all my photos.
Find this Hawk for sale in Greenfield, Wisconsin for $2,500 here on Facebook Marketplace.
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