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1981 AMF Hawk

Rare department store survivor

This is a 1981 AMF Hawk I recently accuired.Complete original bike. I changed out the crank to a mid 90's DB crank, but still have the original.Steel Lester mags. I've never seen this bike before. Anyone with some info would be cool.I noticed there was only one AMF in the museum, so I thought it would be great for refrence.

Racer · 2007-12-29 6:09pm

Yeah the bike is pretty cool and those mags rule. Be cool to one day do a whole exhibit of department store bikes. Im sure tons of BMXrs got their start on AMFs, Huffys, Murrays and Roadmasters.

Deacon · 2008-08-31 1:44pm

I had one of these circa 1892. I beleive mine came from Service Merchandise or AAFES from Nellis Air Force Base. Broke the forks riding "the whip" in east Las Vegas.

Townie · 2008-09-10 11:27am

I had a AMF 'Hawk 1' new around 1981 or so. It was bought at a Woolworth's dept store here in Canada. Mine was a basic blue and chrome 'Hawk 1' (coaster brake, padded saddle, single bolt stem) but I remember there were 'Hawk 2' and 'Hawk 3'and maybe even 'Hawk 4' models. The owners manual pictured the various models available at Woolworths. The others were better equipped depending on the model featuring motomag wheels, pad sets, caliper brakes and anodized components. I clearly recall as a 9 or 10 year old drooling over a fully loaded AMF Hawk model with all the cool pieces of the time. But I was happy to get the basic model and wish I still had it today.

-Steve

skinsjason · 2008-09-19 8:05pm

i got that very bike for my 9 thbirth day 2/7/81 i striped it except for mags and forks aded all aloy red and reline bars it got stolen in early 83 i thought i would never see one again i just bought bike on ebay that has that round hole in the same place

docjr · 2009-01-18 5:43pm

Isn't that the bike Mikey rode in Goonies

shadow27 · 2009-01-20 12:48pm

I had this exact bike when I was a kid, in fact it had to be my first 20" bike. Mine had plain wire spoked wheels. My dad got it from a "mission" warehouse that he worked at when I was a kid. Stores would donate items that didnt sell over Christmas and they got a ton of cool things. They let him buy stuff cheap and it was a new bike at the time. I remember trying to pop a wheelie at about 9 years old and losing the front wheel. Yeah, that one hurt! Thanks for posting the cool old bike!