Hey Suhawk

[the Ferret]

The forgotten Honda parallel-twin that once defined generations of riders

[suhawk305]

Ferret, I enjoyed the article. The Super Hawk was an engineering accomplishment during its time. My Super Hawk’s engine has never been apart and still running close to 40K miles. I never need to add oil between oil changes.
Like what you had, Cooldrum305 has the CL77 scrambler version.
Thank you for sharing the article.

[peterbaron]

It took me almost a decade, but I finally know from where suhawk305 got his username... simply from this article: Super Hawk! 

[suhawk305]

It took me almost a decade, but I finally know from where suhawk305 got his username... simply from this article: Super Hawk! 

Yep! I been riding that bike for about 52 years.

[The A-man]

Suhawk, I think you should bring the Super Hawk to next year's rally since you're going to skip this one!

[suhawk305]

Suhawk, I think you should bring the Super Hawk to next year's rally since you're going to skip this one!

There maybe a rally that I just might do that. But no one will not be able to keep up with me! ;-)

[Cormanus]

The Super Hawk demanded involvement, but it did not require endless combat.

This line in the article struck a chord with me. I bought my first motorcycle in 1971, a second-hand CB175. The other people I met with motorcycles nearly all rode British bikes — BSAs, Triumphs, Ariels — all of which seemed to me to spend most of their time in bits on their garage floors and not a heck of a lot of time being ridden. They learned a lot about mechanics; I didn't learn much, but I had a lot of fun riding. Most of them ended up with Japanese bikes.

[the Ferret]

Suhawk, I think you should bring the Super Hawk to next year's rally since you're going to skip this one!

Whaaaaat? You mean I'm going to be the oldest fart at the rally? crap

[Cormanus]

You poor old thing.

[Nachodaddy]

I wanted to get one of those in 1975 when I was looking for my first bike, but my friend, who had a 750 Honda four cylinder, convinced me I'd get tired of a "little" 350 in a short time. So I found the KZ750, Kawasaki, which was a great four-cycle, vertical twin, traditional bike in the British tradition. Kawasaki only made it for a couple of years. I think the popularity of the four-cylinder bikes quickly killed the twins. They were great bikes, though. Mine cost around nine hundred US dollars in 1976, new. Inflation.