Honda Hawks

Through the history of Honda motorcycles there have been a dozen of motorcycles dubbed "Hawk", often with other prefixes making for full names like "Hawk", "Superhawk", and "Nighthawk". With there being so many of each across a 40-year spectrum, it is easy to confuse some with others despite some of the models differing greatly while others share many similarities. Hopefully this article helps herd the 'Hawks'....
Listing of Honda Hawks
The CB72 Hawk (1961-1966) is the counterpart to the CB250 sharing the same engine (this is the "street bike" of the CA250 Dream).
The CB77 Superhawk (1961-1968) is the counterpart to the CB305 sharing the same engine (this is the "street bike" of the CA305 Dream).
The CB250 Hawk & CB400 Hawk (1978-1980) share the same frame among many other parts, based around the CM200 Twinstar just with larger engine options and unique cosmetics.
Both the CB250 & CB400 'Hawks' were also available as "Superhawks" coming equipped with different unique cosmetic appearances.
The CB250 Nighthawk (1991-2000) is the same machine as the CB250 Hawk mentioned above with just different cosmetics.
The CB450 Nighthawk (1982-1986) is the same machine as the CB450 Hawk mentioned above with just different cosmetics.
The CB550SC Nighthawk (1983) was one of the first of all the 'hawks' to be shaft-drive and had its own new engine (DOHC 550) making the whole bike unique to only itself.
The CB650 Nighthawk (1982-1985) started life as a normal chain-drive SOHC CB650 with unique cosmetics but a year later became a shaft-drive DOHC CB650SC Nighthawk completely based off the CB550SC Nighthawk with only some cosmetic differences.
The CB750 Nighthawk (1982-1983) started life as a normal chain-drive SOHC CB750 with unique cosmetics but would later have a shaft-drive DOHC transformation like the CB650.
The CB700SC Nighthawk S (1984-1986) was the update and complete redesign of the previous CB750 Nighthawk. Engine became DOHC with a shaft-drive and the cosmetics were unique to that machine alone. America would only get the CB700SC while the rest of the world could get the CB750SC due to "Harley Davidson's Tariff".
The CB750 Nighthawk (1991-2000) was the end result of a final update to the CB700SC Nighthawk S when the "Harley Tariff" ended, they remained quite similar but was equipped with chain drive instead of shaft and sported different cosmetics now round and "90s-like".
The NT650 (1988-1991) was dubbed GT647 Hawk in North America and Two Brothers worldwide. It is its own bike, engine is based off the VT series and its frame and body is unique to ONLY itself. The bike as a whole is very closely related to the NV650, a very similar V-Twin 650 Honda but shaft-drive instead of chain and wears some unique cosmetics.
The VTR1000 (1998-2000) was dubbed Superhawk in North America and Firestorm worldwide. Like the NT650, it shares nothing with any other Honda motorcycle though its concept arguably stems from the Hawk GT650.

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