Hawk motorcycle??

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:47 am

Any chance this might turn out to be a "Honda" motorcycle?

Craigslist...

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:21 am

what do you mean by "Honda"? i am 90% sure its a Honda but not sure about it being a "Honda"

CB1100F Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 3217 Location: NE OHIO

Honda made a Hawk about 1979-1982 400 cc twin cyl

CB1100F Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 3217 Location: NE OHIO

Look here http://www.100megsfree4.com/honda/h0400/hawk400.htm

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 1:54 am

For visual comparison:

79 Honda CB400 Hawk:

77 Honda CB400 Hawk:

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 2:10 am

that thing is cool.... maybe Ill call this guy and see if I can get this thing for $20

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:31 am

Acknowledging that this is an "off topic" bike....
I remember one of the bike magazines way back when (79~80) said the Honda Hawk had enough power and handling to out run the current Yamaha RD400. I considered this heresy at the time since I got my street bike start on a 73 RD350.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:54 am

...and they are supposed to be crazy fast too, arent they??

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:21 am

A friend of mine had a Honda Hawk when we were teenagers, I think it was a "79", and yes, it was fast for being a 400cc bike.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:51 pm

I have a '78 CB400TII Hawk...hauls my 224# butt around quite nicely. Pretty quick bike. I'm doing the easy transformation into a cafe racer with mine.

Here's a pic the day I bought it (for $450).

EDIT: Mine is NOT the Hondamatic, it has a replacement side cover from a Hondamatic bike.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:38 pm

What your looking at is a CB 400T which was made in 1978-1979 in a T1 spoke wheels a T2 which was comstar wheels an A which was a Hondamatic with comstar wheels. What your really after is a 1980-1981 CB400T Hawk which was a miniture "F" which was the one that gave the RD a run for its money.

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 9:48 pm

Fster wrote:

What your really after is a 1980-1981 CB400T Hawk which was a miniture "F" which was the one that gave the RD a run for its money.

An 81 on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-CB-Honda-1981-CB400-T-Hawk-81-Twin-CB-400cc_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80647QQitemZ4642047437QQrdZ1

Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:11 pm

eatpasta wrote:

...and they are supposed to be crazy fast too, arent they??

Pick it up and ride it! I think it is the same motor as the CM400T but just sportier looking. My '80 CM400t can't accelerate, cant brake and cant handle to save it's life (or mine) but thats only compared to my 900F and VFR800. My dad rides the 400 now and loves it cuz it is just a fun bike to scoot around on!

My only word of caution is be prepared to downshift all the time!

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 7:46 am

Mine was an '82 CB450T Hawk.
It would give an RZ350 a run for it's money.
Especially since I weighed 150 lbs at the time.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:11 pm

Warpspeed keeps threatening to show up on a group ride with his baby F.

DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!

Hawk Joined: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 359 Location: NYC

I don't know what you guys are smoking but those cb400TI hawks are probably the slowest bike there is (not the baby F but that orange and black TI). Beat an RD? must be dreaming. My friends and I owned tons of those bikes and we were all glad to get rid of them. Here on LI you can't seem to give them away. One thing I will say is that they are super dependable. I don't think I ever had a breakdown with any hawk and I don't think my friends did either.

now the hawk GT from the late 80's early 90's, that is a bike. That single sided swingarm alone is just neat on a 650cc bike.