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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:43:01 PM EDT
[#1]
Always wanted a 1950s Indian Chief.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:43:01 PM EDT
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Get in touch with GUTZ.
He is the Kawasaki triple guru here (well not only here, but probably the entire PLANET) |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:43:22 PM EDT
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Based on the overall condition of that Kaw, I think y'all are going to be very surprised when it's (carefully) pressure washed.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:44:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think we need to call in the restoration expert: @guts I have been trying to remember his user name. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:47:14 PM EDT
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Tell me what it is so i can look it up. I don’t hunk I’ve ever actually seen a two stroke street bike aside from a couple dual sports.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:49:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've stood and drooled over the one in the museum at Maggie Valley, really cool set up. Yea shame Dale died He was cool as hell |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:49:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've stood and drooled over the one in the museum at Maggie Valley, really cool set up. Yea shame Dale died He was cool as hell |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:50:06 PM EDT
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Kawasaki triple...looks like a 750?
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:53:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Barn finds I'd like to find: 1983 FLH 1983 GPz1100 (any year) CBX 1986 VF1000R 1999 CBR1100XX Sigh... Lol,,,i have the 83 flhs up on a shelf in my barn in case i need parts for the one i ride. When i die,,,someone will find it. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 8:54:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cushman Eagle I have one of these I need to sell. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:10:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have one of these I need to sell. @andyrv672wl, amazingly there's a Cushman auction history on BaT, too. Not a huge number of sales, but enough to let you see some comps. They bring pretty good money. Cushman auction record |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:23:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kawasaki? Looks more like bukkake  SomethingPNI! |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:24:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryAs far as I know, Kenny never rode any triple motorcycle. The TZ700/750 was a 4 cylinder. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:26:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kawasaki triple...looks like a 750? It's an early 500, 1969-1971ish. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:33:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tell me what it is so i can look it up. I don’t hunk I’ve ever actually seen a two stroke street bike aside from a couple dual sports. They were nicknamed "widow makers" because the Powerband combined with an extremely thin flimsy front end and drum brakes was not a good idea in inexperienced hands. Stock, they're quick and fun but nothing like fast bikes now, but the 2 stroke powerband is still fun. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:36:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Barn finds I'd like to find: 1999 CBR1100XX @Sixtigers Like mine?  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:46:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryAwesome. Let me tell you a little story: Dad had one of these when I was a kid (along with a war era Indian sport scout w/indian sidecar). Kawasaki said 500 mach III on it as I recall. One day he traded the street bike for a locally campaigned H1R and a whole pile of parts. Dad converted the H1R to street duty and could be seen and heard commuting to the AFB every day it wasn't too cold or rainy. The fairing was quite thin and lightweight, plus it blocked the lighting for the street, so he hung that in the garage and in the early 70's Dad was riding a naked bike before they were a thing. Later in life, dad was a Goldwing guy and dropped the H1R in my lap, which I could be seen driving around S FL in the '80's until it was eventually sold to a rabid collector. Looked just like this, except beat up from use: 
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:48:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That was my thought. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:51:50 PM EDT
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Is that an H1 or an H2?
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Posted: 7/14/2022 9:56:19 PM EDT
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Quote History
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:03:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get in touch with GUTZ. He is the Kawasaki triple guru here (well not only here, but probably the entire PLANET) Quote HistoryQuoted: Get in touch with GUTZ. He is the Kawasaki triple guru here (well not only here, but probably the entire PLANET) He may well be the expert on this board but pretty much the authority on triples in the world is Rick Brett. Quoted: It's an early 500, 1969-1971ish. Most likely 69 with that paint scheme. 71 had a different tank. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:03:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tell me what it is so i can look it up. I don’t hunk I’ve ever actually seen a two stroke street bike aside from a couple dual sports. Suzuki made the GT750, which was a water-cooled two-stroke triple, in the '70's. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:09:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My grandfather had one of those! It was a death machine. When it hit the power band it was nuts! Kenny Roberts liked the 2 stroke triples. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26z04h Wife's uncle has RZ350 not stock but mint condition. I'd be afraid to ride it. Prefer 4 wheels but he's said its a hand full. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:10:06 PM EDT
[#24]
Now get to the cars
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:21:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:32:05 PM EDT
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I had a kawi 750 in 74. Fucking terrifying machine. Ridiculously fast. Lucky I didn't kill myself on the bike.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:32:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They were nicknamed "widow makers" because the Powerband combined with an extremely thin flimsy front end and drum brakes was not a good idea in inexperienced hands. Stock, they're quick and fun but nothing like fast bikes now, but the 2 stroke powerband is still fun. Don't forget the speed wobble/tank slapper at 105-110mph. The first examples I ever saw of factory installed hydraulic steering dampers were on mid 1970s H1s, and they were very much needed. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:41:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's an early 500, 1969-1971ish. Looks like a 1970 H1 |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:42:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:47:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Suzuki made the GT750, which was a water-cooled two-stroke triple, in the '70's. My ex-gfs brother had a GT750. My late uncle had a Suzuki GS 750. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:48:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:52:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably a fucking dead JAWA or Hodaka. Wombat for the win!!! 
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:57:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryHoly shit! That cleaned up nice. Fresh gas, new plugs, let's get er started!
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:57:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryBeautiful Black Bird.... |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 10:58:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:00:14 PM EDT
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H1 , i had a 70 H1 with chambers and rejet was a quick one
but my 72 H2 was the shit ,, i layed it down at KCI back in 75 but it was reworked with a Denco kit ran 10-90's in the quarter would smoke any RC Honda around , but the 900 can out in 73 and built a 1170 out of that one . one of the baddest little 2 strokes back in my day was a Yamaha RD350 , those was the days .. TS2 |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:02:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Are the AMX Javelin and the Tornado available? Damn! Beat me by a few pages. 
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:05:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cushman Eagle I was out rabbit hunting at an abandoned farm 30 years ago and a rabbit ran into a well house full of storm windows. I reached in through the window and started pulling back the windows. When I Got to the last one, i flipped it back, and there sat a cushman eagle with a bunny rabbit under it. My buddy and I were speechless and the bunny got away. We left the cushman where it was, after covering it back up with the windows. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:06:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Kawasaki? Looks more like bukkake
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:08:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I never understood why people collect a bunch of vehicles and never restore or drive them. Why have a dozen motorcycles in a barn for 30 years and never even look at them. Or a field of cars if you will never drive them. Sell a bunch and use the proceeds to get the others running. Actually enjoy them. There are people who restore old cars and there are people who put old cars in barns.
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:09:41 PM EDT
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I had a 76 H2 750 in the 80's and am thankful I lived through it. Had the heads ported and polished, and giant expansion chamber exhaust with the carbs jetted up to match the flow. I'd had a 73 H1 500 before and knew the quirks of the machine but the 750 was a game changer.
Rode Deals Gap and all over East TN on that thing. Old State Route 70 from Rogersville TN to Jonesville VA was a hoot too. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:14:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 500 or 750 Two Stroke Yep. Bad ass bikes! |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:18:17 PM EDT
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I like the paint job. Interesting. Cleaned up decent.
We had a high school wood shop teacher that had one. Not sure the size it was. But a bunch of us kids invited him to bring it out to the abandoned airport that was our “drag strip” one Saturday. He offered to race this kid that had a Yamaha 650. He ate that kids lunch.  That was my introduction to Kawasaki triples. That was early 1980’s. It was an antique back then. |
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:19:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: After an hour with the pressure washer... 
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Posted: 7/14/2022 11:23:19 PM EDT
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Damn, that cleaned up nice! I'm not a motorcycle guy but that is fricken cool to find sn original anything in a barn. You going to restore or get it running and ride it?
Also, was the guy selling the Tornado? Big block fwd is awesome. And I love that body style. |
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Posted: 7/15/2022 12:16:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is too weird. Just this afternoon at lunch I was having a conversation with a friend about motorcycles. They asked if I had motorcycles when I was younger. I admitted that my taste in motorcycles was kind of weird since I gravitated towards 2 stroke street bikes. I had a Yamaha DS7, a Suzuki GT380 and a Kawasaki H2 750. I'm starting to think that maybe we do live in the matrix. Indeed. I just went down a rabbit hole of videos about 750 triples on YT last night. Don't even remember how I got there. |
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Posted: 7/15/2022 12:18:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat will clean up very nicely. |
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Posted: 7/15/2022 12:19:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wife's uncle has RZ350 not stock but mint condition. I'd be afraid to ride it. Prefer 4 wheels but he's said its a hand full. I'd love to eventually pick one of those up. I've been bit with the old 2stroke bug and that's pretty near the peak for old street legal 2strokes. |
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Posted: 7/15/2022 12:26:40 AM EDT
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Years ago, they were fairly common at the dragstrips. Still remember that sound.
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Posted: 7/15/2022 12:43:01 AM EDT
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Very early frame number means it is a 1969 H1 the original Widow Maker.
Got the motor freed up and able to kick it over before calling it quits tonight. I have never had a triple before, back in High School I had an RD 350 which was bat-shit-crazy insane to drive around. This thing looks fun as hell, cable operated drum breaks, a frame that is not rigid enough for a moped, itty-bitty little fork tubes and shocks... with a balls out 500cc two stroke... what could go wrong? Oh yeah and they run a very strange spark plug with these old capacitive discharge ignitions.  Attached File |
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