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Onder · Sep 11, 2022

Those trad floats look like floats from a real carb.
...oh wait...they are.

concours · Sep 11, 2022

Onder said:
Those trad floats look like floats from a real carb.
...oh wait...they are.

Mikuni VM's I can repair in my sleep, they were used on nearly all the snowmobiles for a couple decades.

Bernhard · Sep 13, 2022

concours said:
I was studying that. The swing arm pivot is close to the countershaft sprocket, and at the same elevation. Engine/trans design must have played into it...

When Motor Cycle Mechanics raced a 500 one back inthe 70, the lengthen the s/ arm by 1.5 inches, as well as adding tubes in the obvious places compared to a Featherbed.
They won the season long 500 production championship. . enough said.

cjandme · Sep 13, 2022

You're a lucky Fellow!! That looks like tons of fun! A little loud, A little obnoxious, A little smokey, A little bit classic now. My big brother had a suzuki water buffalo growing up, it was a hoot!! Cj

concours · Sep 14, 2022

cjandme said:
You're a lucky Fellow!! That looks like tons of fun! A little loud, A little obnoxious, A little smokey, A little bit classic now. My big brother had a suzuki water buffalo growing up, it was a hoot!! Cj

My favorite part is watching facial expression when people hear the sound....
A sound that was once quite commonplace on the street, and even longer in the dirt. It brings back audible memories, that trigger internal combustion memories. Even fast car guys can't help but smile.

concours · Sep 14, 2022

baz said:
I seem to remember my mates one ripping second gear apart ?
But he was drag racing it in a street class , it was denco tuned

I have read a bit about "shimming" in the transmission on these.
I've not seen that design mindset used in other Jap bikes transmissions, but very prolific in Japanese machinery.

The XS1100 has been maligned for weak second gear, but I hammered mine MERCILESSLY with first stock & later a 1196cc engine, never a whimper from the gearbox.

concours · Sep 14, 2022

Timing. Sometimes my timing is off.

A while ago, a friend offered to give me tons of H2 cyls & heads.
Too busy, inadequate storage, and trying to simplify things...
Dang it.

concours · Sep 16, 2022

Test rode it last night. Only 2 parts vibrated off.
Inoperative brakes are being rehabbed, the bits arrived after the test ride.

Big_Jim59 · Sep 16, 2022

When I was in school (college) I purchased a Kawasaki 400 triple from the bike shop I would later work for. I think I paid 300 US dollars for it. It was locked up. We pulled it out in the parking lot, put it in 2nd gear and rocked it back and forth until it broke free. Put come gas in it, kicked it and it fired up in a blue haze. I rode it for a couple of months and sold it on, doubling my money. The guy I sold it too stopped me one day and asked "did you ever look at the ignition?" "No" was my reply. He said "you should have. It looked like the bike had been sitting under water!" I still love the sound they make.

concours · Sep 16, 2022

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concours · Sep 24, 2022

The front brake is all renewed, works as well as can be expected, slippery stainless disc, organic pads. Rebuilt vacuum petcock is working, etc. Uni pod filters arrived, a few hundred bucks worth of various rubber bits. Trans oil was mud like. Performed the inaugural burnout.

There appears to be some purple paint showing. Compression is 155 across the board.

Took it to breakfast yesterday, easily did the ton up to Portsmouth.

Vibration is insane.

concours · Sep 25, 2022

The wheelies are really gentle, progressive and easily controllable.

The burnouts will continue until the 23yo tire is consumed.

grandpaul · Sep 25, 2022

VERY nice.

I've had lots of fun on every triple model that Kawasaki ever made.

But mostly on this one...

Very trick H1. Took 3rd in AHRMA Formula 500 championship in 2008 as a rookie, racing only half the season, against VERY experienced guys with nicer stuff. It was a borrowed bike, I had just met the owner an hour before I was on the track with it! He let me take it home for the rest of the season.

concours · Sep 28, 2022

No new images to share, as the nasty vibrating wench destroyed the camera in my iPhone whilst using the Ram X-mount.
New rear Battlax, tube, bearings, brake shoes and rim rehab last night after supper.

TomU · Sep 28, 2022

concours said:
the nasty vibrating wench destroyed the camera in my iPhone whilst using the Ram X-mount.

Yeah, it's known that motorcycles will kill later model phone cameras. The phone mount companies (at least Rokform and Quadlock) are now coming out with vibration dampers. Other option is to get a used phone and use that for GPS (no carrier needed)

And do you do all your work outside

concours · Sep 28, 2022

TomU said:
Yeah, it's known that motorcycles will kill later model phone cameras. The phone mount companies (at least Rokform and Quadlock) are now coming out with vibration dampers. Other option is to get a used phone and use that for GPS (no carrier needed)

And do you do all your work outside

Lol, a lot of it, when the weather is nice. Too many bikes in the garage...

concours · Sep 28, 2022

New Battlax is on the front, tube & bearings. Easily the most "in balance" tires I've ever installed. Zero weight required on the rear, one 5gram weight up front.
Now I can "mythbuster" the alleged ill handling chassis

KiwiShane · Sep 28, 2022

concours said:
New Battlax is on the front, tube & bearings. Easily the most "in balance" tires I've ever installed. Zero weight required on the rear, one 5gram weight up front.
Now I can "mythbuster" the alleged ill handling chassis

The H2 benefits nicely with a twin disc front end...so will you

KiwiShane · Sep 29, 2022

Sorted

KiwiShane · Oct 5, 2022

This guy is very serious about his H2

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