Your channel is second to none as far as vintage Kawasaki motorcycles are concerned . Please keep up the great work, and by the way , what are you asking for this H1 ? Thanks !!!
I just got my blue 71 running the other day started for the first time in many years. A lot of your advice helped plus another video with a Windex bottle spray tube siphoning oil out of bottom crank area, but after rebuilding carbs, petcock changing a lot of fuel lines plugs and adjustments it’s now running.👍
I had one exactly like that when I was 17. As an old guy now, I would never (ever, ever) let a 17 year old anywhere near that thing. Every ride was an adventure on that beast back in the day. Many memories seeing this vid.
Thanks for the video. I remember clearly the night I went to pick up my BRAND NEW 1971 H1 up at my local dealer. It was the 16th of January 1971, and about 27 degrees, but I was warm all the way home, LOL. My Original fuse holds, the little rectangle one with the c clamp holding the haves together MELTED. I would be riding normally and the fuse would blow, I started carrying extra fuses. Found out it had a defective rotor. Should have known because it kept making the family TV all jittery.. I thought maybe it was just the CDI. but it was the rotor. I still have a Pristine Stainless Steel front fender, that I took out because that was the "Thing" back then, and an almost perfect little Gray owners manual. Most fun I ever had on a Brand new Motorcycle out the door for 1045.00 bucks, LOL.... Thanks again for the memories..
Miss a shift and you are buying that ignition rotor. Mine used to jump out of second when under power if I hit any kind of bump, so a new rotor was needed.
I worked on the Kawasaki when the H1 and H2 came out....the H1's were notorious for leaky crank seals on the crankshaft..... the indicators were they would loose all the low end they used to have, which wasn't much to begin with...….. so the seal on the primary side would leak oil and smoke more and the magneto side would leak air which would make it run hot, which would indicate on the plug...…the center seal on each side of the center rod was difficult to replace due to you'd have to press the crank apart,, if each side seal was leaking, then the center seal was leaking too,,, and they all leaked,,,I never saw one that did not…. then the overall performance would be rubbery at low end and some at mid range..... but wide open they still ran fairly well...….we replaced the two outer crank seals, which were easy,,, and left the center unless it was running poor.....H2's were much better on the seals...…...
So cool. You Guys. ARE GREAT AT What you do. Thanks again for for the info ON How You do it.. Excellent GREAT Job. Take care and always Enjoy the passion for Ride. 😎
I had a '70 H1 that had expansion chambers and K & N air cleaners when I bought it. I had to get rid of those stupid spark plugs because if it didn't start on the first kick they got wet and would never fire. Eventually I used Motorcraft platinum plugs and they worked wonderfully. I called that bike my "Death Machine" because it would go like hell and handle like shit and would not stop.
Some crazy ideas for the easy rider in the USA it must have had ape hanger handle bars with the long cables make someone happy with a good usable bike with your magic done on it see from the other benches you can wrench on anything else a person could ask to help with 🤔🛠️👍🍀
There is something about the old two smoke triples, I had a Suzuki GT380 back in the day. I lost my licence on that thing. Great to see these old bikes still doing it.Thanks for another great videoJon
Ever since I left the military in 1976 I wanted to get some size of Yamaha RD, and wouldn't you know that today, for the first time in 20 or more years, I saw an RD 200 that looks brand new in the old Triumph dealership I used to work in. I told the owner, a friend still, that he should ride that thing and he will be impressed. That guy started selling Triumphs out of his house in 1964 and when they ultimately went out of business, switched over to Moto-Guzzi until they wanted him to floor plan their line. Now he sells Hyosung and is doing rather well in Franklin, PA. monacohyosung.com/ Tell him Jerry Lynch sent you.
DonaldRobertson/ dude you are so right about not wanting to corner, back in 1980 I had on of these bitches and went into a speed wobble on a turn doing about 70mph tore my forearm away from upper and talk about road rash, sold it !
That is a beauty, a nice restoration back to original. I had a 1971 H1B Mach 3 with 3 sets of points. The tank decal is perfect and is often overlooked in paint and plastic jobs. They called it 'Laser Blend' and went from silver to blue using small silver dots. Mine was production raced tuned and was a beast. Under full acceleration, my feet would slip off the pegs! You should get 0 - 60 in 3.2 seconds and 0 - 100 in about 11 seconds. It will pick up the front wheel in first and second, slide forward pop the clutch and smoke the back wheel! Another trick is that when riding behind one, smoke from the exhausts contra-rotates due to the rotation of the back wheel and the three exhausts. Mine was in the UK and I see on the Vehicle Licensing Centre website that someone still has WTO 127J. I would love to see it again, it was a great bike. I have a 1971 Motor Cycle magazine in the garage with an H1 road test in it. Thanks for the great memories, nice job.
Remember my buddy who would ride his H1 on to the carport at one of our Friday night gathering spots.Who ever was watching television in the den adjoining the carport would start screaming to shut off ..." That damn ring ding Kawasaki...." Because the tv would go nuts ! The CDI ignition was to.blame I guess .
Friend of mine had a either 69 or 70 and it was this really cool black with sparkles in the paint. Have you ever seen one of those?Never owned a bike till I was 40.I remember I was used to being on the back and became pas-ah about wheelies.Loved the bogged down sound it made as it got to that critical 5 thou thru to 7 thou rpm. power band.
I HAD ONE LIKE IT IN 1976, FIRST "SUPER BIKE" I OWNED , CAN STLL REMEMBER DOING 200 KMH IN A SHORT SPAN , GOOD THING THE POLIZEI WERE'T AROUND !!!!, MY UNLUCKY GERMAN COWORKER HAD THE 750 ... HE NEVER MADE HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY, THESE WERE WICKED RIDES ...MISS THEM AND MY BUDDY ... STILL RIDE AT 60 YRS OF AGE , NOT SLOW MIND YOU ! 1200 BEEMER NOW
My very first street bike was a 2 stroker, a Yamaha 200 electric. It would blow off XL350's!!! I had to carry extra plugs cause it would fowl out about every hundred miles or so. I finally put a little hotter plug in it and that helped a little but it would still fowl out after a while. I love the sound of these old strokers and I sure do miss that one of mine. Nice job restoring this old beauty.
I remember i had an rd Yamaha it wouldn't fire tried new plug still wouldn't fire took the cap off replaced it it started first kick the crankcase was flooded wth fuel it smoked like crazy for miles b4 it burnt off.😊
Check the Tachometer- shows 9,000 redline... but I’m sure it’s been past that! Mind you, if you’re pegging it, you’re probably looking at the sky anyways!
So with two stroke fuel injection, are we going to see a resurgence of the two stroke? I believe they can be made to run as clean or even cleaner than 4 strokes.
fantastic video, rode on the back of an h1 when i was a kid and wow...always wondered how much faster 0-60mph is the stock h2 and the stock z1, kindly compare all 3 and if possible much difference of these 3 vs. the sport bikes of today ??
OOW right up my alley. Got a question for you, my S1 revs right up as soon as its started (4000-5000 and then keeps climbing) I can't seem to figure out whats causing it. I've played with the points to no avail, carbs are set to Kawasaki service manual specification. Bought some keyster carb kits to rebuild the carbs and see if that fixs it but I'm wondering if you got any pointers for me essentially
I think restoration and maintenance basically have the same value and purpose. If a bike or whatever has not been maintained for a while, it needs a lot of attention, and so the term restore is used. Some say restoring items ruins their value. I don't buy into that. It's catching up on maintenance in my opinion. If my motorcycle has worn parts or loses paint I replace them with new parts and paint. I also accept replacing points ignintion with electronics on older bikes as we used to do that back in the early '70s too when they were new.
Rebuilt the crankshaft? I was told you couldn't easily, so bought a new one in 75' it was $250 @ 27:25 that 'is not' how you ride an H1, that's how you ride a Honda. Did he start out in 2nd?
I just built one of these, and Johnny is a butcher. I'd be ashamed if this was my build. And he probably sold it for top dollar to some unsuspecting fool... Awful
Mr. Blow, thanks for watching. We're curious to find out why you think this bike was butchered? Please give us some insight. We encourage constructive criticism.
Your channel is second to none as far as vintage Kawasaki motorcycles are concerned . Please keep up the great work, and by the way , what are you asking for this H1 ? Thanks !!!
Tony, we've put it on ebay as an auction with a $6000 reserve.
"It's kinda a chopper" You Yanks wreck everything !!!!!
I just got my blue 71 running the other day started for the first time in many years. A lot of your advice helped plus another video with a Windex bottle spray tube siphoning oil out of bottom crank area, but after rebuilding carbs, petcock changing a lot of fuel lines plugs and adjustments it’s now running.👍
I had one exactly like that when I was 17. As an old guy now, I would never (ever, ever) let a 17 year old anywhere near that thing. Every ride was an adventure on that beast back in the day. Many memories seeing this vid.
Thanks for the video. I remember clearly the night I went to pick up my BRAND NEW 1971 H1 up at my local dealer. It was the 16th of January 1971, and about 27 degrees, but I was warm all the way home, LOL. My Original fuse holds, the little rectangle one with the c clamp holding the haves together MELTED. I would be riding normally and the fuse would blow, I started carrying extra fuses. Found out it had a defective rotor. Should have known because it kept making the family TV all jittery.. I thought maybe it was just the CDI. but it was the rotor. I still have a Pristine Stainless Steel front fender, that I took out because that was the "Thing" back then, and an almost perfect little Gray owners manual. Most fun I ever had on a Brand new Motorcycle out the door for 1045.00 bucks, LOL.... Thanks again for the memories..
Miss a shift and you are buying that ignition rotor. Mine used to jump out of second when under power if I hit any kind of bump, so a new rotor was needed.
The guy that originally rigged that up must of had a set of brass kahonas! A chopped H1 oh boy! 😳
I worked on the Kawasaki when the H1 and H2 came out....the H1's were notorious for leaky crank seals on the crankshaft..... the indicators were they would loose all the low end they used to have, which wasn't much to begin with...….. so the seal on the primary side would leak oil and smoke more and the magneto side would leak air which would make it run hot, which would indicate on the plug...…the center seal on each side of the center rod was difficult to replace due to you'd have to press the crank apart,, if each side seal was leaking, then the center seal was leaking too,,, and they all leaked,,,I never saw one that did not…. then the overall performance would be rubbery at low end and some at mid range..... but wide open they still ran fairly well...….we replaced the two outer crank seals, which were easy,,, and left the center unless it was running poor.....H2's were much better on the seals...…...
So cool. You Guys. ARE GREAT AT What you do. Thanks again for for the info ON How You do it.. Excellent GREAT Job. Take care and always Enjoy the passion for Ride. 😎
Excellent video. Thanks
I got schooled on an H2. Wow talked about a wheelie stander!! Lots of fun. Enjoy your vids. Brings back a lot of good memories.
Now that bike is ready for restoration.
I had a '70 H1 that had expansion chambers and K & N air cleaners when I bought it. I had to get rid of those stupid spark plugs because if it didn't start on the first kick they got wet and would never fire. Eventually I used Motorcraft platinum plugs and they worked wonderfully. I called that bike my "Death Machine" because it would go like hell and handle like shit and would not stop.
Some crazy ideas for the easy rider in the USA it must have had ape hanger handle bars with the long cables make someone happy with a good usable bike with your magic done on it see from the other benches you can wrench on anything else a person could ask to help with 🤔🛠️👍🍀
There is something about the old two smoke triples, I had a Suzuki GT380 back in the day. I lost my licence on that thing. Great to see these old bikes still doing it.Thanks for another great videoJon
Jon Cheetham Almost bought myself a GT380 back in ‘76, but held out for the new designed Yamaha RD400c. Still miss that rice burner 😭
Ever since I left the military in 1976 I wanted to get some size of Yamaha RD, and wouldn't you know that today, for the first time in 20 or more years, I saw an RD 200 that looks brand new in the old Triumph dealership I used to work in. I told the owner, a friend still, that he should ride that thing and he will be impressed.
That guy started selling Triumphs out of his house in 1964 and when they ultimately went out of business, switched over to Moto-Guzzi until they wanted him to floor plan their line. Now he sells Hyosung and is doing rather well in Franklin, PA. monacohyosung.com/ Tell him Jerry Lynch sent you.
DonaldRobertson/ dude you are so right about not wanting to corner, back in 1980 I had on of these bitches and went into a speed wobble on a turn doing about 70mph tore my forearm away from upper and talk about road rash, sold it !
That is a beauty, a nice restoration back to original. I had a 1971 H1B Mach 3 with 3 sets of points. The tank decal is perfect and is often overlooked in paint and plastic jobs. They called it 'Laser Blend' and went from silver to blue using small silver dots. Mine was production raced tuned and was a beast. Under full acceleration, my feet would slip off the pegs! You should get 0 - 60 in 3.2 seconds and 0 - 100 in about 11 seconds. It will pick up the front wheel in first and second, slide forward pop the clutch and smoke the back wheel! Another trick is that when riding behind one, smoke from the exhausts contra-rotates due to the rotation of the back wheel and the three exhausts. Mine was in the UK and I see on the Vehicle Licensing Centre website that someone still has WTO 127J. I would love to see it again, it was a great bike. I have a 1971 Motor Cycle magazine in the garage with an H1 road test in it. Thanks for the great memories, nice job.
Remember my buddy who would ride his H1 on to the carport at one of our Friday night gathering spots.Who ever was watching television in the den adjoining the carport would start screaming to shut off ..." That damn ring ding Kawasaki...." Because the tv would go nuts ! The CDI ignition was to.blame I guess .
Nice video. Love those early H1’s ,
Friend of mine had a either 69 or 70 and it was this really cool black with sparkles in the paint.
Have you ever seen one of those?Never owned a bike till I was 40.I remember I was used to being on the back and became pas-ah about wheelies.Loved the bogged down sound it made as it got to that critical 5 thou thru to 7 thou rpm. power band.
1970 I had 69 in 1970 all white 999 new then think I paid 750 one year old. Ground a ton of metal of it in the corners.
Nice job on that very cool stroker.
what an excellent job you guys do! great work man I love the old 2 strokes!
I HAD ONE LIKE IT IN 1976, FIRST "SUPER BIKE" I OWNED , CAN STLL REMEMBER DOING 200 KMH
IN A SHORT SPAN , GOOD THING THE POLIZEI WERE'T AROUND !!!!, MY UNLUCKY GERMAN COWORKER HAD THE 750 ... HE NEVER MADE HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY, THESE WERE WICKED RIDES ...MISS THEM AND MY BUDDY ... STILL RIDE AT 60 YRS OF AGE , NOT SLOW MIND YOU ! 1200 BEEMER NOW
My wife rides beemers. Looking at a GS 1200.
My very first street bike was a 2 stroker, a Yamaha 200 electric. It would blow off XL350's!!! I had to carry extra plugs cause it would fowl out about every hundred miles or so. I finally put a little hotter plug in it and that helped a little but it would still fowl out after a while. I love the sound of these old strokers and I sure do miss that one of mine. Nice job restoring this old beauty.
great job just found you guys keep up this great work
Looks like my old bike, unbelievable how fast those are.
Test riding an H1 in snow flurries...you da man!
Great work, you've go me interested.
I've owned 2 of them, a white 69 and a blue 70. The 69 was faster than the 70. Bought the 69 new for $995.00..
60 hp
I remember i had an rd Yamaha it wouldn't fire tried new plug still wouldn't fire took the cap off replaced it it started first kick the crankcase was flooded wth fuel it smoked like crazy for miles b4 it burnt off.😊
Excellent job ! thanks for posting really enjoyed it ! :o)
great job damn
Check the Tachometer- shows 9,000 redline... but I’m sure it’s been past that! Mind you, if you’re pegging it, you’re probably looking at the sky anyways!
Oh man, the 70's. We had to have extended fork tubes. Looks like about 6" over at least. Highway / wheelie machine.
I just purchased a 1971 h1 blue . Somebody put newer front end on with dual disk brakes. And it has chambers. Only missing distributor oil pump cover.
Yes the last run !
So with two stroke fuel injection, are we going to see a resurgence of the two stroke? I believe they can be made to run as clean or even cleaner than 4 strokes.
fantastic video, rode on the back of an h1 when i was a kid and wow...always wondered how much faster 0-60mph is the stock h2 and the stock z1, kindly compare all 3 and if possible much difference of these 3 vs. the sport bikes of today ??
OOW right up my alley.
Got a question for you, my S1 revs right up as soon as its started (4000-5000 and then keeps climbing) I can't seem to figure out whats causing it. I've played with the points to no avail, carbs are set to Kawasaki service manual specification. Bought some keyster carb kits to rebuild the carbs and see if that fixs it but I'm wondering if you got any pointers for me essentially
Another nice bike. Looks like one of the cylinders might be missing out on some oil?
That was my bike in '76. Faster than Fast.
I think restoration and maintenance basically have the same value and purpose. If a bike or whatever has not been maintained for a while, it needs a lot of attention, and so the term restore is used. Some say restoring items ruins their value. I don't buy into that. It's catching up on maintenance in my opinion. If my motorcycle has worn parts or loses paint I replace them with new parts and paint. I also accept replacing points ignintion with electronics on older bikes as we used to do that back in the early '70s too when they were new.
Sure, you're one of the people for whom words and ideas don't have meaning or apply contextually.
Rebuilt the crankshaft? I was told you couldn't easily, so bought a new one in 75' it was $250
@ 27:25 that 'is not' how you ride an H1, that's how you ride a Honda. Did he start out in 2nd?
Told my friend hold the cdi wire then I kicked it over LOL shocker
Love them floats! Are they brass?
yes they are
sounds bran fk in new
Ooohhhh new screws you say ?
You have to balance the carbs.
i bought that same bike in 1994 for $50...i was 17 and my parents wouldn't let me ride it. I think they gave it away when I moved out.
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get that fooker smoking
Wonder how much this was sold for
4500
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I just built one of these, and Johnny is a butcher. I'd be ashamed if this was my build. And he probably sold it for top dollar to some unsuspecting fool... Awful
Mr. Blow, thanks for watching. We're curious to find out why you think this bike was butchered? Please give us some insight. We encourage constructive criticism.