Gas prices Gas prices and Gas prices. Aluminum production is a very energy hungry process. They are employing Canadian too, much more expensive them illegals. The first to go in slumping economies are luxury items..
You would think other companies would rush to fill the void of the Hawk, I bet Yamaha could get a single ski on the market for around 10K easy.
TC:
Now you got me thinking.
How hard would it really be to totally reconfigure the bulkhead and bellypan to accomodate some forks? Dump the running boards, install some pegs, raise the seat and handlebars a bit and you are in business.
Yes that would be quite a project, but once you got it figured out you could modify the next sled pretty easy (Of the same vintage).
However the rolling chassis on the Hawk essentially has never changed, and the rolling chassis of the big 4 seem to change every few years.
If you were going to do a conversion you would need a sled that sits pretty narrow in the front. Just trying to picture my 99'SummitX with a Hawk design. That was a pretty narrow sled up front and tends to lend itslef to easily rolling over........
With the Hawk essentially pricing themselves out of the range of saneness, it might be worth a look at the motoX conversions.
Having not ridden a MotoX bike since the late 80's (Remember the RM80-250, YZ80-250, and the CR series?) If a guy were to score a used 4 stroker 500+CC bike, add a conversion kit and we are talking what for price?
Used 500 CC 4 stroke MotoX bike $_____________
Conversion kit $_______________
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