Finally got hold of a really good Hawk Cycles Chopper. Completely original right down to the tyres, it must have been kept in a garage and hardly used as the chrome is excellent.
These bikes have a 3 speed Shimano rear hub which is much smoother and easier to set up than the Sturmey Archer version, you never get a 'neutral' gear which can easily have you off a Chopper or Grifter, especially when standing up pedaling!

these bikes really are nice to ride 10x better than my Raleigh Chopper, if you get the chance to have a go on one do it.

I like the strika style forks.

But those top tubes and sissy bar....

I had a Shimano 3 speed on my Chopper copy.
Was ok.

Ive got Shimano hubs on my Huffy Roadster.


Also on my Puch Mini Sprint.


but am thinking of fitting SA hub on alloys as I can run a smaller cog on those.  Higher gears.

1977grifter

looking  really cool nice colour to  
 
are they bigger than the normal chopper bike?

is that the right seat?    

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It's very nice 77Grifter. I bet your really pleased with it. I think someone is selling one on eBay at the moment as 'a prototype chopper' They want silly money for it.

That's sweet! I really must do a blue bike one day. That colour is lovely.

Here's the link to the hawk chopper for sale on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VERY-VERY-RARE-1ST-EDITION-CHOPPER-PROTO-TYPE-RALEIGH_W0QQitemZ130201921058QQihZ003QQcategoryZ420QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem  

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did they sell hawk bikes in woolworths?

or was it another brand

The seat is a replacement for the moment, the original needs a slight resto, not sure about Woolworths I cant really find any info about them, they were made in Western Germany, quite a few 'Chopper Style' bikes on Ebay have similar parts

I found an ad on You Tube.

Is this the same company
Like the black bike.
Most cruiser bikes look too short.
That ones long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIVR_HHsyko

i used to work at hawk cycles lol

love that blue chopper,its very 50s caddilac stlye,,well i think it is....nice 1

Just to squeeze the last out of an old thread, here is my Hawk Cycles, Black Hawk Superspeed Major, as bought



After a complete strip down, new tyres, tubes etc, saddle has a split but will glue easily. Another bike thats really easy to ride  

pure mad

wonder if brembo will start making there brake discs like that spoke guard.
would look good on a porsche ...dont ya think

superb,me likes ,big time