I am an addict. There, I said it. H2

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I believe the evel handling reputation is largely an extension of the handling of the early H1 and first gen H2. Also, kawasakis of this era had more spring guides than shocks on the rear.

One thing I do is use a tire such as an IRC or Ching Shen which has a little less grip. Better to have tires slide a little then wind up the frame. Besides, they are more fun and last longer when doing burnouts. Well, OK, I admit that most of my burnouts are behind me. Still there are fun bikes and very reliable.

In college in the 1970s I was lucky enough to buy a 75 Z1B. One of my riding buddies had an early H2. It had over 40K Miles on it and never had a head off. And that guy could do big smoky hole shots and did them daily.

Get it running and it will be a lot of fun. In a lot of ways its the anti norton. But I still dislike the location of neutral below first gear. Maybe makes sense for drag racing but not my cuppa.
 
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I didn't have brass to compensate for the mountain conditions. (2800')
 
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Trying to sharpen it up a bit, down one size on mains, one size down on the pilots, dropped the needle one notch.
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ilikevelos said:
I believe the evel handling reputation is largely an extension of the handling of the early H1 and first gen H2. Also, kawasakis of this era had more spring guides than shocks on the rear.

One thing I do is use a tire such as an IRC or Ching Shen which has a little less grip. Better to have tires slide a little then wind up the frame. Besides, they are more fun and last longer when doing burnouts. Well, OK, I admit that most of my burnouts are behind me. Still there are fun bikes and very reliable.

In college in the 1970s I was lucky enough to buy a 75 Z1B. One of my riding buddies had an early H2. It had over 40K Miles on it and never had a head off. And that guy could do big smoky hole shots and did them daily.

Get it running and it will be a lot of fun. In a lot of ways its the anti norton. But I still dislike the location of neutral below first gear. Maybe makes sense for drag racing but not my cuppa.
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I agree.
 
Paint cured a month, time for wax.
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Flooding, fine sandblast grit in the needle/seat
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