1975 Kawasaki H2..The Tuned One!! 750cc Widow Maker 2 stroke Triple classic motorcycle review
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- I finally get to ride Paul & Cliff's H2, Such an awesome fast 2 stroke bike, enjoyed every minute of it, the usual chat, hope you enjoyed the video
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I bought a H2 Kawasaki 750 new in 1975.. there was nothing on the streets or strip that could touch this motorcycle at that time! It was like riding a stick of dynamite 🧨.. I know the new bikes are much faster but it was a really cool motorcycle to ride!!!
Awesome, yeah obviously new bikes are better all round … but that does not mean they are always better to ride , you get a great feeling on these old 2 strokes and they feel because all the frame ,handling, vibrations , brakes etc , loved it :)
'72 and '73 H2s were smaller bikes than '74 and '75s. The later bikes were tamed down and better street bikes. But the first gen was noticeably quicker in a drag race.
My 72 H2 had pipes that looked like the ones on that bike, (I think they were called "J" pipes), battery delete, the oil injectors deleted too. I added the twin stainless discs on the front of mine but it still accelerated at about 3 to 4 times the rate that it would stop !!
Yes, that's right, H1 500 or H2 750 they were the most explosive bikes in the whole fuckin world ! ! ! , yes, it was like riding a fuckin goddamned stick of dynamite ! ! , you couldn't keep the throttle open all the way in first gear or the fuckin thing would blow right the fuck up ! ! . It was absolutely fuckin fantastic ! ! ! Most especially if you had your girl with you ! ! !
yes but 32 mpg sucked
I bought one of these in 1972. It was an absolute beast! Nothing in the world was quicker off the line. Everybody and their mother tried to beat me. No bike or car came close to beating me.
Ha awesome .. it’s a great felling when your on a bike like that and you know just what it can do … it’s exciting pulling up at the traffic lights next to something nice … and then bye!!! :)
This H2 is absolutely mint. Just enough modifications to make it better without going too far from stock. Gorgeous bike.
Yeah it’s awesome , the look and sound , your right , it’s just enough done to it :)
Just acquired my friends triple collection all 500's 74 , 73 , and 3 1972 's . My first triple was 1980 ,it won quite a few awards .Big job ahead .Canada loves Triple's
Mate that a nice collection to acquire , very nice indeed :) you got a big job restoring them all??
Wow this certainly brings back great memories the sound is awesome. I loved my two strokes back in the day. Thank you for making my day 👍
Love that these classic bikes and the other 2 stroke videos always have this effect on people , thanks, appreciate the comment :)
I really miss my RD350!
Get off , shit you can't ride for shit tbh 😊
Yes, I had a 1970 Kawa 500 in 1973 when I was 17. I loved that bike.
I had. 1974 S2 Mach 2 350cc triple, in 1979, I was 18….. those 2 stroke days were awesome….still riding 😎😎🏍🏍🇮🇲🇬🇧
I love 2 strokes so much , can’t wait to get out on my 250’s I’ve got, you never forget your 2 stoke days … awesome 😎
What a weapon, love it, I had a H2 back in the early 80’s riding it was always an experience, lots of memories. 👍
It’s a weapon for sure , but at least the brakes work on this one too , they are definitely an experience to ride :)
Who rides an H2 without doing throttle wheelies?
What a fantastic bike. Strokers always sound good but that thing is in another league! Dodgy shades and 70s bikes... I'm being transported back to my youth! Great vid as always. Cheers chaps!
Yeah it’s Awesome to look,ride and listen to, ha was going to give the shades away but I can’t get them off Paul now, they go with his gold H2
Thats the actual sound I can remember echoing off the mountains. This attitude is why I ride Kawasakis after 50 years. My 2022 Z900 RS 50TH Anniversary has it in spades. Go Kawi.
Such a great bike and sound .. I do like a Kawasaki myself :)
My brother had one in '77. I rode it once, and I've never flown so fast again. It was just scary fast. Gotta add: it led me to bigger and faster for 40 years.
Ha for many ridding them once is enough !! Back then and now .. they are awesome though 😎
My brother had a '72 in '81. I had a '81 KZ 750. Actually still have the KZ but it hasn't run since '87. His H2 was down on power, it would go but not scary at all. My KZ was quicker but it wouldn't lift the front wheel in low gear.
Once you ridden one of these triples you will remember the feeling, the noise, the angry engine... I love them!
Fun facts: In the brochures back then Kawasaki claimed the H2 to be the perfect long journey cruiser... 😁
Yeah very true , those things still make them great now , ha did they .. long journey cruiser eh??
@@ProjectMoto "supreme touring machine".... 😁2.bp.blogspot.com/-EyAsu5qRn6M/URVDyzd9NgI/AAAAAAAAG6w/DdocPTZ0FJY/s1600/kawa-h2-3a.jpg
Rode one from Bergen to Malmo and back once in 3 days, with clip ons. Got just one ticket by a stupid cop outside Goteborg, in a Volvo with one headlight, thought he was racing me lol
Sweet memories! @@einarendregaard1891 😁
It was an excellent long distance cruiser. Her on the back, bag on the tank 1000 km in 5th gear just a dream. Umm, yes, vibration - got to check the exhaust mount bolts frequently.
Two-strokes - a by-gone era to be sure. I have fond memories of the original Yamaha RD400 and the RZ500 V4 (in Canada). And the Kawasaki Triples were legendary. Thank-you for sharing this ride on such a beautiful classic Kawasaki.
Everyone has great memories of their 2 stroke days , the RD400 and RD500 V4 (RZ over there) are such cool bikes.. I was and still am a fan of the RG500.. so many such great bikes from that era .. thanks, glad you enjoyed the video
You damn lucky Canadians! There was no good way to register those in California at least ....I wanted that or and RG so bad! I bet a lot of em did get sold to Americans though ....certain states have always been lax and actually early on even in California you could sneak stuff by the DMV even if you had to claim it was "new construction"
This takes me back. I never owned an H 2, but I did have an S2 (350) And a pair of KH 250s, one of which I bumped up to a 400, amd did the old Stan Stephans on the ports, spannies, electronic ignition. (uses less plugs)
Great fun. 2 strokes rule!
Ha the old Stan Stephens tune .. so many had that , he was a very busy man , yeah 2 strokes rule for sure :)
You don’t ring a two stroke from cold, let alone a 70s air cooled one. You take it easy for at least 5 minutes riding before opening it up. That’s after initial warm up idling.
Ha , that’s right … but you do know how editing works right ?😂 the bike wasn’t cold…
Yes sooooo true! Not having a liquid cooled motor was detrimental during the summer damn nearly impossible to ride one in Florida half the year. But when the weather cooled down it was on.
I remember someone winning one of these ,I think it was in a MCN competition of sorts . It was in the window of a Lambretta scooter shop in Liverpool ,the bloke wanted to flog it . We were all youngsters about 18 years ,gasping in delight when the bloke wheeled it out to give us a better look . We could only dream of owning such a wonderful machine at the time .
Awesome , yeah I remember the bikes I stared at and wanted as a kid.. many a time I just stood there in awe at bikes…
How many things in life can a bloke in his 50s plus. Buy that makes him feel in his 20 again.
Absolutely superb. Well done , a lovely resto mod.
Yeah for sure.. we’ll for Paul 69s plus 😂 same for me whenever I’m on a 90’s 250 2 stroke , makes me feel like a teenager again :)
Triumph trident t160?
Bought back some memories that sound, they were a widow maker tho when they came out a fella diwn the road got hold of one proud as punch he was 2mths later we were going to his funeral.
Jesus that’s unlucky , but Always does bring back men hearing a two stroke , unfortunately they was called that for a reason.. I can see why a lot of people got into trouble on them, the brakes and handling wasn’t really up to that engine , but they are awesome if not interesting to ride
You had to be there in the 70s to appreciate the Japanese revolution 2stroke heaven 😊
Yeah definitely… I just missed out as I was born in the 70’s but can appreciate what this bike did for motorcycles and bikers :)
Loved the video, takes me back, petrol station to petrol station, engine rebuilds, plugs and oil in pocket
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it , ha yeah all those things for sure !! :)
All I can say for a bike that is almost 50 it still kicks allot of butt.I had a 72 h2 750 with denco package !
Yeah this kicks butt this bike, it’s fast .. and for once it actually stops too .. which helps, awesome bike 😎
@@ProjectMoto I did thirg gear wheelies with mine yup it will test your bravery or stupidity lol. Love the snapping from the pipes !
I had a H1 500 and the Denco pipes took 1 second off the 1/4 mile time.
@@gbone7581 Denco and tripple =Fun !
That was so good, from all of you arriving wheeling up the car park, pauls bike and then the sun glasses so funny 😂😂😂😂
Ha thanks, glad you enjoyed it .. I had to get up early to make sure I got everyone arriving 😂
I was 16, I traded a MG Midget for a 69 AMC Javelin, a Suzuki TS 100, a house stereo, a car stereo, $150 and a 72 - 750 TRIPLE with chambers and a great tune (the guy was terrified of bike). I never lost a race for about 2 yrs. It was hard to control in first gear so I usually let them get in front of me, hit 2nd gear get close and then wheelie past them. I loved that bike. - I was in a hard right turn leaving work, front end hit a pebble, I remember seeing the pebble, the front end washed out, I rag dolled and rashed, the bike hit the curb so hard on the far side the motor broke from the frame. The end. Big vagina as I never felt comfortable on the street since that day. I am 61 now and have had a 57 Pan, 48 Flat, KZ 650, 52 Pan, XT 500, KTM 640. I still ride my KTM 520 in the desert.
Ha was great when people swapped whatever they had for something they wanted , don’t happen that much nowadays , yeah they were fast for sure , shame you felt that after the crash , had many myself but I just love bikes to much ! Must be nice just riding around the desert , would love to do that !
I was a owner of a 2-stroke Suzuki 380 GT in the early 70s. The engine made a special noise when the speed was increased. Then you felt like a king on the road. It had 3 cylinders but 4 exhaust pipes and a special cylinder head, which helped to cool the cylinder in the middle. Because it was a known problem that Kawasaki engines overheated and often got damaged. Now in this days I´m a owner to a Kawasaki VN 750
Awesome , yeah I know the bike , good they did that to try and help with it over heating , I love a Kawasaki :)
Fantastic video! Great audio! Wonderful rider who really appreciates this bike. I had a 74 H1 and never lost a street race ever. I've ridden so many bikes, and nothing compares to a kaw-triple, the sound, the look, the everything. This video perfectly captures my daily commute to high school. Thanks so much from the usa.
Awesome , yeah they are something else!! Thanks ,really appreciate your comments and glad you enjoyed it
Had a 75 s3 400 triple , 40 years ago ............. that little bike was insane !!!
Yeah the 400’s are a great bike , you don’t see many of them
I had a decent paying job back when I was 15 so when I turned 16 I bought myself a brand new H2 750. It was a 75' in purple but that had that red too. I put on some Bassani expansion chambers and tuned the carbs to the pipes. I think Bassani only makes pipes for Harleys now days. What a change from my F7 175...... never heard the stories about being a widow maker until i was older and no longer had it! I just rode the snot out of it and had fun.
That must of been awesome to have one at 16 .. what a bike to have back then … ha I bet you rode it hard as a teenager.. no fear :)
So pleased I came across your channel, great characters, loving the classic bikes - bringing back excellent memories from my youth :-) Plus, bonus footage at the end - great stuff guys 🙌
Thanks a lot, appreciate it.. ha always just a bit of something that happened for a bit of fun at the end, glad your enjoying the channel :)
These were fearsome superbikes of 1975...only overshadowed by the ZI/Z900...they've benefitted by modern aftermarket parts which civilizes them a little...this one looks like a hybrid mix of the H2 and KH750 which was similar styling to the KH500B of 1977/78...rather like my unfinished KH250B which is partly S1...sort of 1975/76/77 ish...i haven't ridden mine since 1990 when it got damaged...if i ever complete the rebuild it will have a new identity...and different number plate...it's 17 years since i had the frame painted...you'd think id've finished it a decade ago...fork tubes ground and rechroming next...chrome plate costs a small fortune...forks alone are £220 plus shipping per pair...you need to be a jackpot Lotto winner to afford these 70's restorations...or have had damn good salaries...not a poverty stricken peasant like me...i still hope to finish my lifes work...take some photos of it and let my family sell it...Mark..Honda 125 Innova fi
Mate these things take time , you can’t rush them and yeah if you need new parts they can be costly .. but just think how awesome it will be when it’s done, hope you get it done soon :)
When I was a Jr./Sr. in H.S. in '74 I was working full time at the newly opened Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom) in Orlando and made Lead in Custodial after just three months was making $4.80 an hour which was a lot of money for a 17 year old in '74. I had grown up on two wheelers and had just hung up my motocross racing boots where I had earned an AMA Experts license in 125cc Motocross. i bought an almost new blue '72 H2 750 and had lowered handle bars, expansion chambers and a rejet done before I took delivery. I was a highly skilled rider but this was the first street bike I ever rode. It was so fun exploring the pavement on an H2 as a teen boy. Pretty quickly I ordered 3 34mm mikuni carbs with individual foam air cleaners and my Motocross engine builder/porter/tuner (My Dad the Rocket Engineer) did a port job and a proper jet tuning. The H2 was a seriously dangerous scooter then, she would pull wheelies at 100 mph in 3rd gear. I have a had a number of Superbikes since that were faster but none were more fun than a tuned H2 in the hands of an expert level 17/18 year old boy. Fyi, regarding the '73 - '74/'75 H2's...Kawi lengthened the swingarm after '72 and rejetted them to make them less wheelie prone and a little bit more docile to ride. If you get an H2 you definitely want the first year Blue '72.
Ha wow that’s great , so cool hearing peoples memories and feelings about the classic bikes that we do videos on, yeah newer bikes are better all round but you don’t get the same feeling that you get when riding these , they are definitely special , thanks for your story and information:)
The Kwaka 250cc triple was a bit of a beast and could be lethal in the hands of a 17 year old learner back in the day but this machine well man, what can one say. I could almost smell that unmistakable 2 stroke exhaust. Nice ride and bike
Yeah was crazy that a 17yr old learner could just get on the 250.. thanks , what a bike the 750 is 😎
So cool to see the transition from, "You can feel all the vibration up through your feet..." to, "This is a proper machine".
Yeah it’s all the ‘problems and imperfections ’ with these bikes that make them such a great machine to ride.. you really have to be focused all the time , awesome 😎
I bought on in 1974. It was to much fun. The one I bought was called the “Lime Rocket”. It had chambers, bigger carbs,and the porters were raised .010. It was dynoed at 92hp. I loved it.
They certainly are fun , that’s awesome bet it went well ,awesome machines 😎
What a channel lads love it more 2 strokes pls
Thanks , glad your enjoying it .. we have more 2 strokes to come yet :)
Ohhh the sound, that is a gorgeous beastie.
Yeah it’s fantastic, awesome bike 😎
This bike was a beast back in it's day. That Suzuki 750cc 2 stroke, called the water buffalo was a bike I would probably prefer to own.
One of the guys here has a couple of Kettles .. they are not as fast as the H2 but it’s one of the classic rival bikes that some prefer one to the other :)
@@ProjectMoto now if Kawa had watercooled this bike as they did the H2-R ,just imagine what could have been,sadly the Yanks in california killed off the 70,s strokers citing pollution,which I thinks is a bit rich considering the Yank tanks they were running round in polluting the air
The hair on the back of my nick just stud up as I heard this beast.. what a weapon tell Paul I love it 😉 bring on the ypvs 👍
My hair fell out riding it , well the little I had 😂 I will let him know , yeah I’m looking forward to the ypvs 😎
I started racing MX as a young kid, probably around seven or eight. Started on an awesome Hodaka Super Rat and eventually was racing 250 expert class in a KX250. Was raised on a large ranch/farm in S. Idaho and we and so much land that my stepdad would make me a track every spring and in the fall we would get the tractors and make me an indoor track inside the huge potato storage buildings we had. Was able to ride year round. I have always owned 2-stroke bikes, except for in 2001 when I bought a Honda VTX1800. I love 2-strokes… the loudness, the exhaust smell is intoxicating. Have never ridden a 2-stroke road bike. Great video! 🤙🤙🤙
That’s awesome , man I would love to have had that when I was young , well and now, over here in the UK it’s a nightmare trying to ride off-road , if you even start a something like a 2 stroke dirt bike up over her all the busybodies are up looking around like meerkat’s and straight on the phone to the police , must of been really fun mate , thanks :)
This is my exact H2c same color and look. I had Denco expansion chambers and Denco ported cylinders. 38mm mikuni's. 144 rear wheel H.P . I had the single disc, single piston front caliper, however. Good only for drag racing. 9.03 best quarter mile with a wheely bar. Sold it in 1982 for $700. Worth $25K today! Ouch.
Wow sounds awesome and that’s fast! Yeah crazy how the prices are .. that is a big ouch , but we wasn’t to know what they would be worth now I guess
I put the 750 motor in a 500 frame it had a better rake ran 9.60s.
Stewart from San Diego here... in '78, I briefly had a green '75 H1, and had a '75 S3 400 triple for a decade in the 90's... those bikes were so fun to ride, and listen to echoing off the buildings and hills. This Red/Maroon H2 is my favorite color too.
Hi Stewart , San Diego eh? Paul has connections out there one day we may even be over to see what it’s like there!! Awesome, yeah they are great , the sound is incredible.. it’s my favourite colour too :)
Oh jeez... San Diego. I was stationed at Miramar in the late 70s. I had an H2 500 back then. I almost ran head-on into an old blue station wagon while riding the twisty roads near Poway. Closest I've ever come to a disaster.😢
I remember these Kawasaki machines from back in '75. The paint-scheme in particular I liked, the entire line had the same decals that year. There was a Kawasaki dealership close to my home which was a magnate for me. While they were popular upon their initial release, these bikes mysteriously disappeared from Canadian roads by the dawn of the 80s.
Yeah the lines , the paint all just work, ha when I was young there was a Kawasaki dealer near me I used to go to all the time in the late eighties , different machines but the same feeling, I guess a lot may of been crashed ??
H2 blows by.....the sound and the smell is undeniable
Mate you don’t have to wait to go by people on this one before they here it.. they turn around as your coming up the road, awesome 😎
i allmost bought one back in the 90s . a basket case for 150 dollars. the engine all together. i wish i had it today
Yeah they are worth a bit more now , if only we knew about bikes we had or was offered at low money back then ..
I was born and lived in a communist country until I was 18 and we only had MZ, Jawa and Tomos engines and they all had a similar sound. That sound takes me back to my youth and the moment the Lada hit me while I was on the motorcycle, luckily I didn't have any fractures other than bruises. It was Yugoslavia.
And that’s what 2 stokes do, the sound and the smell takes you back every time , they are still so good to ride now, interesting compared to todays bikes but awesome 😎
I Had A 76 RD 400 For Year's,& Love The Sound of Multi Cylinder Two-Stroke,Motorcycles They Sound Wicked & This Bike Looks & Sound Fantastic & ,3 Sticks of Dynamite For Each Cylinder 🧨🧨🧨🌪☠🏆☠🌪☠🌪🤜🏼🤯🤛🏼
Oh nice , my friend has an RD400 now :) I really do like everything about it , good and bad make the complete package.. what an awesome bike 😎
I always wanted a H2 and a kettle never managed to own either. Lovely to see and hear it. 🎉
They are very interesting to ride , they are out there for sale, just not really everyday bikes, unless your like Paul, he’s hardcore riding these all the time
I still recall my first ride on an H1 Mach III over 50 years ago - first time I was truly terrified on a bike!
Ha , that’s great .. the bike did exactly what it was meant to do 😂
Love it , someone used to new bikes wouldn't get it and would likely end up wrapped around a tree.
Awesome bike and your right mate , if you’ve only ever ridden new bikes I don’t think you would get on very well.. they would think wtf is this.. just before crashing ..
My Uncle had a lot 500. He let me take it out when I was 15. It was Nuts!
Ha awesome, must of been so good riding around on one at 15 😎
I had a 500, upgraded to a 750, what a rocket it was. You could put your feet on the back pegs in second gear, and ride a wheelie for a mile!
Ha awesome mate … yeah they sure are fast and like a wheelie .. nowadays there’s just cars everywhere around here , be nice to have an open road for a mile !!
I bought collected mine from the local dealer in 1972 much to my mother's annoyance. Happy days long gone, but I still ride every day.
Ha I think most parents would be a bit Annoyed when their kids got one of these.. but yeah great days , that’s cool , ride safe :)
I had a 72 h2 750 back in the day and i never got beat. Raced everthing in town
Ha , yeah I bet , speed is a feeling relevant to what you are on to me..they are still fast today :)
What never gets mentioned is these bikes had more low end torque than given credit for. I drove my buddy's H2 ,& he took my new 1976 900 KZ ,when he returned he said one major difference was the 750 H2 seemed to have more torque ! I had to agree I was surprised after I drove it ,feeling as strong or stronger than my KZ at low end. Still have my KZ 900 & still drive it on occasion. The other thing not mentioned is the lightness compared to anything at the time.The gear dogs can be machined to stay in gear, the linkage can easily get tweaked in a crash & should be replaced or checked.You're the only one I've seen who seems to know how to drive the thing to it's potential ! Good video keep it up..
Yeah and I agree with you, they do have a lot of low down torque , especially for a 2 stroke , and also some of the bigger 4 strokes of the time were heavy for sure , thanks for the info and glad you enjoyed the video , appreciate it :)
I'm from the states, in 1975 my dad said if you graduate high school next year (1976) I'll buy you this 1975 Purple H2 in the Kawasaki dealership as we passed by it. I said Dad you might as well buy it now I will definetly graduate next year. ( I was terrible in school didn't try) Well sure enough he surprised me when he saw I got into it and a month before graduating I came back from school and there was this bike you have here, same color, year, everything and a few months later after getting my own job he even helped me buy Brand New Denco expansion chambers for it.....THANK YOU THANK YOU for my memories (liked-subscribed) 💪
Mate that’s great , good old dads helping out , mine helped me to get my first road bike.. it was all I ever wanted , glad it brought back those memories and you enjoyed the video, thanks for the comment:)
Just love the sound from those pipes, I had a H1E in 1976, exactly the same colour
Awesome , looks so cool in this colour , The sound is incredible when your riding it … or hearing it come along the road . Either way it’s a win 😊
Great video, interesting to see what everyone was riding in on too! Keep them up and all the best
Thanks.. I had to get up early and get ready to make sure I got there before everyone came in … the thing I do , dedication 😂😂
I loved riding the 500 triple back in the day. I still have a 440 EXC and KX250 racing as I love my 2 strokes.
Yeah me and my kids all had 2 stroke off road bikes.. on or off road there’s nothing like a 2 stroke 😎
I went to Bonneville for 10 years with a friend who raced a turbo HD shovel (201). I never saw a two stroke Kaw, but I saw lots of trick Kz1000s. A guy named Toy had a turbo Kaw 1000
that was street legal and ran over 200. But they were on a knife edge between running and blowing. They couldn't handle 10lbs of boost. The HD would live fine with 18lbs of boost.
Yeah people would get crazy speeds out of some of these old bikes … but yeah they were on a knife edge with what could happen for sue 😎🔥
I still wanna go on one, always have since I was a kid. Engine more advanced than the chassis situation.
Yeah it’s worth it just to experience it , for sure it was more advanced, definitely too powerful but it was what made it great :)
I tried to save watching this vid until Friday as a treat Could not wait that long! H2 is awesome The sound gives you goose bumps 50 shades of gold at tea time really made me laugh Well done everyone Roll on the Elsie vid
Ha.. the temptation was too much to take , it’s is such an awesome machine, loved riding it…50 shades of gold 😂😂 thanks :)
I have a YKZ900. Back in the day I used to get down on her. Ride the back wheel piece of cake.
Cool nice bike , was great back then and now .. these old 2 strokes like a wheelie too :)
In 1970 there was a 500 w. Duel batt
Powered CDI containing a distributor cap and rotor. This was the King shitt Widowmaker that nothing could catch it was the fastest triple of all time
Thanks for the info, you know your 500/ 750 triples !!
A group ride video (or series) with the ProjectMoto crew riding their personal bikes and sprouting endless banter would be excellent viewing.
What spend more time with this lot 😂😂 I did have a video I done somewhere when a few of us went out last year.. il have a look and see what I can do
Wow!!
What a special machine. Sounds incredible.
Rob’s here at the moment, and we watched it together and both were saying the 2 strokes sound so good. Miss them.
Mate it is so cool to look at, awesome to ride ,and the sound is something else, ha has Rob seen any eagles yet?? 😂😂
@@ProjectMoto he thinks he’s seen an eagle, but I’m pretty sure it was a sea gull 🤣
@@alanprice9938 😂😂 shame, I lost count of how many eagles we see 😂😂
Back in 75 that was the dream bike for me and my mates 👍
Yeah sure was … and all these years later it still is for a lot of people, awesome bike 😎
Great thanks giving it the message brilliant stuff ☘️☺️💯💯 from northern Ireland,, something special that's awesome ☘️☘️
Thanks , yeah what an awesome bike 😎 very lucky 🍀 to ride it :)
I bought one when I was 15 from a friend of my older brother. Man talking about letting it rip ! I tore up and down every street looking for victims to race. It was so much fun in a straight line race but handled like a trash truck in the turns ! LOL !
Crazy to think people 15/16/17 had these bikes , Ha yeah I think that’s what everyone done , great for the straights and not so good for the bends
An H2 very much like thisone was my introduction to "let's go FAAAAST !!!" I was riding with a friend when he opened the taps up and holy CRAP!....I remember looking over his shoulder and wondering why the speedo was registering zero. Then the front wheel touched down again, and the speedo jumped up to about 110 mph. GAWD, that bike was fast.
Ha awesome , that happens on these 😂 it’s weird when I was younger I used to take a lot of my friends out on my bikes, you don’t see people do that really any more
The exact motorcycle that I rode on the back of everyday when I was a kid. Never realized it was so dangerous. I would never put my kids on the back of one now . But still love it
Yeah crazy , I know someone who had one and we all used to go on the back of it … we all was a different breed then
Brilliant banter !!!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
Grin from ear to ear 😊
My 1st bike was a two stroke loved the powerband 😊
Ha awesome , glad you enjoyed it , 2 strokes are the best :)
Good to see our bike being caned..... great video Martin glad you enjoyed it😊
Ha I was just trying to keep the plugs clean … didn’t want Paul to have to changed them again… thanks to you and Paul for letting me ride it , it’s such an awesome bike , it sounds incredible 😎
Anytime mate👍
Brilliant video, great bunch of guys. Subscribed 👍
Thanks, appreciate it .. glad you enjoyed the video :) check out the channel … we got a few more :)
@@ProjectMoto Working my way through them 😃 Cheers Guys, great content
A thing of beauty , I agree it’s the best looking.
Yeah what a beautiful bike.. in the right colour :)
Going to have to come up and see you chaps on my H1 500 love the 750. Excellent on bike video by the way .
Yeah definitely do mate.. you watch Paul come flying out the workshop when he here’s a 2 stroke pull in 😂 thanks, appreciate it :)
Owned one. Raced one (after much frame strengthening). Easy to get 150hp out of one with a tuned exhaust and some porting. Frighteningly narrow power band. Kenny Roberts said the same of the TZ750. The limits were the available tyres at the time.
Yeah I can imagine they wanted a bit of frame strengthening especially with more power
Funny how the TZ 750 race bike only produced 120bhp in 1979. I think you spent more on tuning the Dyno than the bike.
Those are very rare and worth alot, especially a restored one...
Yeah they are not cheap for sure
Love the sentiment around these bikes. I have a KH400 I need to get going!
Yeah everyone seems to have a lot of love for these, you don’t see many 400’s around now, get on it :)
I had a 72 500, what a fantastic bike!
If I knew then what I know now I never would have sold it. I know most people would say that on one thing or another.
Yeah they were great, if only we knew about all our old bikes eh..
Brilliant vid ,really enjoyed that ,well worth a sub 👌🏻
Thanks , appreciate it, glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the sub :)
maybe i’m still alive because i never owned one great video
had a suzuki 550 triple. cool bike. just quieter and we’ll off the pace of a Kaw
but two strokes get in your bloodstream
Thanks , yeah Kawasaki was a bit more of an animal for sure but the Suzuki was still a cool bike, once you’ve had a 2 stroke it’s definitely in your blood
Back in the early 70's a new Kawasaki dealer in town set up in an old little church building. We went up the steps and were greeted by a guy who reminded me of an usher, asking us our preference, street or trail. I took a bulletin, excuse me, a brochure, and the bikes were lined up on each side, with a aisle in the middle. Up front on the raised platform were the triples....It was weird.
Ha amazing ,must of been well weird for sure .. looking at buying the Widow Maker from a church … did they offer a discount service as an after sales service 😂
Thanks for this vid.Never owned a motorbike,never even ridden one but i do take an interest in them especially these classic 70s triple Kawasakis
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, that’s really good to know that even that you haven’t ridden a bike you still enjoy them… maybe one day you will get to have a go on a bike :)
This is the type of bike I want to buy for
my mother-in-law.
😂😂😂 genius gift 😂
hello lucy 😂😂 jesus...
great video what a classic. love it. ❤️
Ha 😂 thanks , awesome bike. , glad you enjoyed it :)
I had to modify the brake lever that connects the back brake on my old 1976 KH-500 H1F to prevent one of the expansion chambers from being pulled out of the head. Instead of bending it, as done on this H2, I cut and welded it so I could operate it by using my heel.
I was able to get 98 HP out of this little rocket. While it's factory specifications state that the top speed was 113 mph (182 kph) it could do 115 mph without even having a battery in the electrical circuit. After modification, it could exceed 160 mph, but at an RPM well beyond the 12,000 RPM maximum indication on the tachometer. Some people are afraid to push the limits of a machine and backed off the throttle well before finding out what the true capabilities are for fear of the engine coming apart.
FWIW, I stopped street racing after getting married in 1985. However, I'd never run against another bike or car that could beat this H1 through the 1/4 mile or telephone pole to telephone pole. It could hit 52 mph in first gear and 87 mph in second gear. The specifications for my KH-500 do not match those on Cycle Chaos. Mine had a factory 6-speed transmission and its manual indicated a factory rating of 80 HP at 9,500 RPM. The tachometer on mine was also different than images I find of old parts for sale on eBay, with mine starting with orange at 7,500 and going red at 9,500. It was also illegal to import into the U.S. when I purchased it due to EPA regulations, but I managed to get it across the border from Canada and registered it in Tennessee.
What a beautiful bike , and bonus, it's a stroker . Sounds mint AF!
Yeah it’s gorgeous to look at and to listen too , awesome 😎
The TOONED one! Amazing.
Beautiful machine.. 👍.. One of my all time favourite bikes of the era is the Rd 350 lc. A dream of mine to. Own one since the 1970s..
Yeah it’s gorgeous… the RD 350lc is still a great bike today today .. we did do a video on one czcams.com/video/Yu-ckb0dZ6o/video.html
Fair play- that sounds pretty epic.
Yeah crazy sound when you ride it , awesome 😎
I had a 1974 H1 500cc. I friend of mine wrecked his 1971 H2 750cc. I bolted in 750cc engine to my H1 frame. It was a perfect match except for the expansion chambers. Another metal worker friend helped me bolt on the expansion chambers. I loved both engines equally. They were so different. The 500cc was a high rpm no torque screamer. The 750cc was just the opposite.
Nice , I guess one man’s loss was another man’s gain , people just don’t do things like that much nowadays swapping engines , yeah they are very different in that way for sure :)
Thanks my man. My favorite ride from South Africa.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it , Great your watching from South Africa , awesome bike 😎
Well you got me M8, subscribed, I don't ride anymore but it is good too see these videos
Nothing like the sound of a triple on the pipe
Thanks , appreciate it , well you might not ride anymore but I’m glad you get to enjoy seeing the bikes on here … your right there, they sound awesome 😎
@@ProjectMoto I just remembered the Suzuki "Water Buffalo" 2 stroke wonder. My first 2 stroke was a YL1 100cc Yamaha twin, a 250 and then a 350, pre YL1? Cripes I can't remember. A friend of mine obtained a side car from the UK with the Suzuki triple, I even monkeyed on it once or twice
BAD ASS!, I use to have a 1972 H2 with Denco pipes, had a layed down shock kit, also owned a '75 HI 500 with Dencos lol...tortured the neighbors daily HAHAHA! Great videos Fellas!
Awesome , very nice , ha torturing the neighbours is all part of it 😂 thanks , glad you enjoyed it
I was the very proud owner of a 1975 purple H2 750. wheelie in all 5 gears!! Traded it for a 1980 Z1R 1000
Awesome , these do like a wheelie :) I think a lot of people went on to one of the z1000’s, another great classic :)
Enjoyable video, BEAUTIFUL H2. I had both the H1 and the H2. The 500 had a jekyll and hyde personality, not much before 5500, after that hold on. The H2 power band was flat in comparison, just loads of torque. My 72 H2 also vibrated badly, I always felt like I was holding onto the engine cases. To be fair I bought it with high mileage so that didn't help. Miss both of the bikes.
did you mention the crap gas mileage of 32 mpG?
Thanks, appreciate it , yeah the bike still looks so beautiful, exactly that with the 500 & 750 engines, a lot of people miss their old bikes but at the time you just move on to the next bike and don’t think about it I guess
Fackin ell mate - that totally reminds me of me RD350LC brand new in June '82. Love how you kept the running gear mostly original and those tyres look good enough to eat ! What a bike man .
Ha , yeah RD350’s are awesome to ride, we did a video on one a while ago.. will have one on a 350ypvs soon too.. yeah and this H2 is awesome . Always a treat to ride an old 2 stoke :)
Love this Chanel.good work lads
Thanks, appreciate the comment , il let them know :)
Gorgeous looking bike I remember them. Great unique sound.
Yeah it’s beautiful, my favourite out of the H2’s that Paul has … and the sound is incredible when your riding it :)
@@ProjectMoto At 14 I had a 200cc Triumph Tiger Cub at boarding school, I found in Eastbourne Grand Hotel car park, my father was the manager. I went scrambling on it in the school woods c20 acres. Awesome fun. At 16 I had an FS1E then onto cars. I ended up an adman making TV ads for Audi for 11yrs. I've been to Ford Detroit and Audi Bavaria where I drove the TT before it was on sale. Now I own a Mk2 TT. Now I'm retired and thinking of buying a bike but I need a licence first.
proper bike that, best channel - period.
Yeah it’s an awesome bike, thanks , appreciate it :)
Had two, sold both, regret it ever since. Great bikes
Awesome , yeah there’s lots of bikes I regret selling myself , at the time you don’t really think about it too much as your looking at your new bike I guess