How do you move your Hawk??

[off road rider]

Im looking for creative ideas for moving the hawks around, in the garage or say a trade show environment. The wheels are cool, but spendy and only deal with the front end. Ive seen the purpose built carriers.. and am leaning towards building a jet ski style carrier or better yet retrofit a jet ski carrier..
let see what you guys have done.. Getting a back strain before you even start riding.. sucks...

 

[snowhawkaddict]

You know they can fly right?

I've seen Hooters girls carry fifty at a time.

 

[off road rider]

I've seen Hooters girls carry fifty at a time.

shouldnt you be working or something???

 

[snowhawkaddict]

Sinus Infection??

Think I got it from all the cold high speed air this weekend.
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=142573

 

[TCSKIBIKE]

I built this for the front ski.

 

[diirtbag]

I built a hawk style carrier for the back and have been thinking of somthing for the front that I could drive onto a trailer or around the shop with, with a few bigger wheels that in itself would hold it upright as well ,have been thinking of somthing that would rest on the fork tubes but just an idea so far,right now I just put a snowmobile dolly under the front

 

[TLKDPROD]

Dirtbag, this is probably what you're looking for.

Here's what I made for the front, hooks up to the trail adaptor and cross bar that holds both forks legs together. Princess Auto Wheels ! Retractable 36" handles. Sorry can only see one of them in the pic. And sorry my hawk is all apart, can't show you a picture of how it actually fits... !

What's nice with this is if you park in a gravel parking lot and need to drive 100 feet or so to the trail, that thing will do the job better than anything i've seen so far.
I don't think these little wheels ADB sells will do anything good in gravel. I can drive it through my trailer with these wheels.

Can't spin it around though, you gotta go back and forth and back, and forth...

 

[egert23]

36"

Whats the long handle for? Seems like the hawk rear dolly would be greatly improved if some casters were used instead of regular wheels. Would someone send me a few pictures of their dolly for the rear of the hawk with some dimensions and I can see what I can fab up. Thanks.

 

[snowhawkaddict]

Simple to duplicate.

OEM AD Boivin, was over $500.00 delivered to our door back in 06, sold a few more when other Hawkers used it.
Don't ask me to dissassemble and measure please, busy getting ready for dirtbike camping!

 

[snowhawkaddict]

The rest.

Wheels around like a lightly loaded wheelbarrow.

 

[egert23]

other one

I have that dolly, I'm talking about the other one that just hooks to the frame underneath the rear of the seat and goes around the track.

 

[snowhawkaddict]

Works similar to a sport bike stand.

At the inside tips are tapered flat head screws so they can catch on the notches in your frame.

 

[off road rider]

At the inside tips are tapered flat head screws so they can catch on the notches in your frame.

Thats what I had in mind, but it doesnt do anything for the front end..
I guess I could use the dolly I made for the 2moto on the front..

 

[TLKDPROD]

Here's another view of it. Removabeable handles are to "lift" the wheel system that's got some kind of an "offset" pivot to it. Same principle as the rear one that Tony posted above : hook up the device around thecross bar, lift, then the hawk falls into place, ski off of the ground.

That was my Hawk on its 2nd ride... Wasn't he pretty...

 

[Beeline]

Has anyone bought the foldable wheel kit thats mounted on the front ski ? Im curious if it gets in the way of riding in deeper pow.

 

[off road rider]

Has anyone bought the foldable wheel kit thats mounted on the front ski ? Im curious if it gets in the way of riding in deeper pow.

A buddy has some on an explorer.. he loves them.. very well made and work great... Im just not seeing $350

 

[Ex-Member]

One thing I've wondered is what the hell kind of ramp you'd use to get it into a truck. The one I have works great for sled and bike... but how would you get a hawk/explorer in the truck with minimal damage to ski/track/truck/ramp?

 

[diirtbag]

Dirtbag, this is probably what you're looking for.

Here's what I made for the front, hooks up to the trail adaptor and cross bar that holds both forks legs together. Princess Auto Wheels ! Retractable 36" handles. Sorry can only see one of them in the pic. And sorry my hawk is all apart, can't show you a picture of how it actually fits... !

What's nice with this is if you park in a gravel parking lot and need to drive 100 feet or so to the trail, that thing will do the job better than anything i've seen so far.
I don't think these little wheels ADB sells will do anything good in gravel. I can drive it through my trailer with these wheels.

Can't spin it around though, you gotta go back and forth and back, and forth...

thats what I have been thinking,sweet,going to build one....its kind of silly every hawk dosent come with a warm up dolly as every hawk needs one

 

[snowhawkaddict]

2"x10"x6'

Since 2003 I have used the same wood with a steel lip angle ramp to load into the trucks, trailers, and vans.

Many grooves from the Hawks carbides when they were new, better once worn down, center the ski and putt your weight on the rear of the seat, goes right up.

Using it this weekend for all the wheeled machines, one day it will have enough of that R1150GS pig!

 

[egert23]

snow pile for ramp

when i unloaded mine after buying it i just backed up to a big snow pile and pulled it out of the back of the truck. seems like this would be an easy way to load it too, as long as there is a decent sized snow pile around.