the hawk was my poor mans ducati. The 748 is sooooo fun! It was my dream bike for along time and i finally scored a new one the last year of production, 2002. I cant tell you how fun the 748 is! I run mostly on the track now, since its the most fun you will ever have on a motorcycle. Just hit around 9k on 748 last track day, and its running very strong. FIY I am in the process of selling hawk to a nice guy in OR. who contacted me through zilla. It was a difficult discission to sell the hawk, but it was killing me to see it sit in the garage unridden....A hawk is too cool of bike to hoard in your garage when someone else could be riding the hell out of it! and i still say save your $ and buy a FOX rear shock!