Ah... its that time... time to prep the subframe aka "subbie". I thought long and hard about doing this modification. I was torn from keeping my subbie stock or grinding it up for the monster seat mod. It didn't take me long to say... "I'm going to do it! and if I mess things up, I'll by another one off ebay." I just love the look of the monster seat. It really updates the look of the Hawkster. A few HawkGTforum.com members Hawk's that influenced me in making my decision.
Don't the look sweet! Well, I think they do. It really didn't take me long to grind down all the unnecessary tabs and brackets. Just a ton of hot little sparks from all the grinding. The finished look of the stock subbie all grinded down.
Now I just have to find some material to complete the subbie for the new seat.
I do like the monster tail section - the seat "kinda works" with it...i'm in a like/don't like mood with the seat - it'd be a toss up for me either the fabian tail or the monster
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way at first... but figured this would be the cheaper route of the two. Hawk parts are getting very rare. A rear cowl can cost you some good $$$$. I also needed a brake light too. The monster conversion will take some time, but I figure I'll be spending about $150 after I'm finished. All labor done by me.
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