From left to right: Angeles Crest Highway in
1998. Enjoying the new front end I had just installed.
Showing off some new bodywork. Oops... sometimes
things like this happen!
Here's a couple of shots from turn 4 of Willow Springs
International Raceway, from my novice season in 1999.
When I purchased my hawk in 1997, I never would have guessed that it'd become such a tremendous source of enthusiasm. This isn't just about the hawk either, it's about motorcycling in general. My obsession with riding is proven by the fact that I'll crawl out of a cozy bed early in the morning, and either get into a full leather riding suit in 90+ degree summers, or freeze my tail off in the dead of winter. And yes, I do have a car with a working air conditioner and heater!Follow the links at the top of the page for more info on my hawk and some of the riding I do. Feel free to email me at alfredosauce@rocketmail.com if you have any questions or comments about anything ya see on this web site.
-Alfred Jung
When I tell people what kind of bike I ride, I hear anything from "isn't that a cruiser?" to "I used to have one, and I wish I never sold it", and "is it in good shape?... how much are you willing to sell it for?". The Honda Hawk GT is definitely something special when you think of where it stands among motorcycles made since the eighties. You can't really say it's a sportbike, and it's definitely not a cruiser... the most appropriate thing you can call it is a standard, a do-it-all no frills motorcycle. But there are things about the hawk that still make it a just little too nice to call it a "standard".When you compare the technological achievements of the hawk to other bikes, you realize that it was WAY ahead of it's time. Think about the following... the hawk has a twin-spar style aluminum frame (i.e. big frame members going from the headstock straight to the swingarm pivot); the track-dominating Suzuki GSXR had an aluminum frame since '86, but it didn't get the stiff twin-spar design until '95. And of course, there's the trick looking single sided swingarm (i.e. the back wheel is held on only one side); the hawk was the first production bike to have one of these. Honda VFR's have 'em, but only since '90. And the beautiful Ducati 916 has one, but only since it's introduction in '95. These things, in addition to the other more subtle goodies (cast and machined aluminum brackets instead of stamped pieces, artsy looking alloy wheels that can still fit high performance tires, etc.) put the hawk in the near collectable status it's in now. If you look for a motorcycle from the same era with the same level of effort put into it's design, you start looking at bikes like the exotic Honda RC30.
So anyway, when I decided to look in the classifieds for my Hawk, it was no surprise that they'd always been sold by the time I called. People that know motorcycles are snatching them up; if it's not for the rising resale value, it's for the fact that they're just plain cool. I notice the kind of attention my bike draws when I pull into the local biker hangouts... people that are into motorcycles to pose don't even notice my bike, it's the true motorcycle enthusiasts that take a moment to look at it. I like my Hawk for a whole lot of reasons... it's superb handling, it's subtle trick design, the thump of it's v-twin motor, etc. In general, I usually don't have much to say about anything, but the amount that I've written on this homepage is indicative of how much I enjoy owning my hawk. Take a look at the links at the top of the page for more.
Last updated: 2/22/03