I have three H1-B's. I drove mine around Southern California for five years. It has Denco pipes, 34 MM Mikunis and I hand ported it. I could keep up with my buddy's six cylinder Honda til about 120 MPH, then the cubic inches took over, big time!
My father owns a 69, 2 70s a 71 and a 72 back in New Zealand🇳🇿 when I lived back their in the 90s I had a 78 Bonnie and going from my 78 Triumph to one of his H1s was beautiful I found the Kwakas so smooth and of course more powerful… He still owns them to this day he’s had them near 40yrs and rides them regularly… Thanks for the uploads🙏🏾🙏🏾 they bring back great memories…. My favourite one to ride was his blue 71 triple I can’t explain why It just seemed to fit me better than the other 4 and better than my Bonnie…
That’s awesome you have some great memories from them.. and more awesome your father still owns and rides them , I’m like that with some of Paul’s 750’s that some just seem to fit and feel better , thanks :)
I 'ad me a '75 one of thesers and it 'ad great front brakes, Mate. You gotta get yer spanners out and bleed the old coffee out the bleedin' brake circuit and Bob's yer uncle, innit?. And if yer foulin' plugs like a git, you gotta adjust yer oil injection pump. You know you're riding it right when you pull the front wheel up in the first 3 gears.
Thanks for ridding it the way it's supposed to be ridden. I bought a blue one when the ship I was on(Kitty Hawk) pulled in to Yokosuka Japan back in the seventies.
Did a deal when I was 19 ended up with an H1B, double discs, alloy rims, 19" wheels front and rear (same as TT bike) and nickle plated frame, hell it was fast for the time, but never handled bad or fluffed plugs. I loved that bike even toured Italy and I own one now my God its hard work, Paul is so right. But hit 6,000 and off they go. Great video really caught the character of these bikes...load of old gits on bikes lol.
I bought this exact bike new from a Southern California dealer for about $750- it was quiet, smooth, and powerful. Not as crazy as my brother's earlier H1 (the original blue one), which was a dog until 4,000 then you could literally be pulled off the seat. It was my second bike, the first being a slightly used R5 in orange/white (dumb luck to buy such a great bike with no experience). I ran the 500 for about 5 years with one memorable speed wobble at night down a long curve on a grade at about 100, and a few 12.5 quarter miles at Irwindale's public night- one of the original drag tracks up near the San Gabriels, and a totally blinded pass of a semi-trailer one night in a heavy rain returning from the North- I just couldn't stand drowning back behind it anymore. I added a tooth to the drive sprocket for the trip, and it would run 75-80 easy on the road.
Ha cool , they are a bit more expensive now compared to then ! Great to hear people Memories about these classics , thanks for you comment , appreciate it :)
@@ProjectMoto My starter bike was an Orange/White R5- without knowing, I had bought one of the best mid-size bikes of the day- great handling and smooth. It was a giant-killer on the Superbike circuit.
My neighbor had that exact same bike. Damn it was quick! Just thinking about it brings back memories of Castrol 2stroke oil and the intoxicating smell....
I owned a blue H1 in the 1980s. It was a cheap used bike in the USA then. It was a monster. I would love to have another but they're not cheap anymore.
Nice .. no there not cheap now .. if only we knew back then, problem is you move on to newer things and only look back later.. by then the price has gone up !!
I had a 1971 Mach III. I took it to the Carlsbad drag strip in San Diego to see what I could do. The bike was my daily driver. I kept my weight over the tank, but still wheelied all the way through first gear. I ran just over 13 seconds. The fastest I ever went was 114 according to my speedometer. I don’t know if it could have gone much faster, but on less than perfect pavement it was too scary to find out. I wore an open face Bell with ski goggles. It was so dang loud and I had zero protection from the wind. Oh I loved that bike!
Oh that was the 400?? Don’t see many of them around , a guy did come down the shop a couple of months ago on one .. we did do a video on one of his 750’s … but really want to ride his tuned one :) here’s the other widow maker video we did ruclips.net/video/V-CfBA-XwYg/видео.html
Beautiful bike. Love seeing what that lucky Paul has in his garage. I’ve got a 72 cb750 four that has just cost me a couple of grand coz lack of use. These old things need riding. The bikes that is. Great vid and love to see more
We had a blue one three roads down from where I lived in the early 70s. You wouldn't believe how much smoke it made when it cold started in the morning on his way to work. Possibly something to do with the old spark plugs or how he had the auto-lube set - but for whatever reason that bike had a serious smoking habit first thing. I knew his younger brother and he told me he was a speed demon on it and had been caught travelling through a neighbouring village at 80mph. 😂😂
Ha awesome ,They do smoke a lot , when we go out and there’s a few of us on them it must look like a steam train is coming down the road.. and if your at the back you get covered in 2stroke 😂
The blue one and it's predecessor, the white one's (1969-1971) motors were tuned differently- NO low end torque at all, but a rocket ship at 6,000. The power came on so strong, like an afterburner. I was sliding back on the seat and scared me badly! I think Kawasaki did some adjustments after those years- too much smoke and too many fatalities! I bought the 1972 orange new- loved it, and survived.
Love it !. I own a 1971 build (72 model) H2 750. I can see the difference; as the H2 has much more "oomph !!!" smoother; bigger bike. All good !!!. Please test a Yamaha RD 350 air cooled . Would LOVE to see that !!!!!
Awesome , yeah the 75o has more ooomph for sure .. but the 500 is still fast :) I’m sure I know someone with the air cooled RD350 , if we get to ride one I will show it :)
@@ProjectMotoWhen properly tune/setup/syc the carbs,oil pump & run a high quality syn injector oil like Belray SI7 you will not foul any plugs in a Kawi triple. This is coming from my 1st hand Exp wrenching/restoring Kawi triples & big fours since the late 60’s & early 70’s. I currently have 2 74H1 E’s on the road along with a 78 kz1000 LTD too,still having loads of fun wrenching & riding @ 67 yrs old! Btw,due to poor combustion chamber design on H1’s even with their fairly low compression they can detonate on todays crappy 91-93 pump fuel esp with 10% ethanol that can cause major piston/engine damage if/when it happens esp under WOT load. To avoid that & for best power perf I run a real lead octane booster avail from Wild bills corvettes in USA. I treat the 91 or 93 pump fuel to obtain a minimum of 98 octane fuel like the Sunoco 260/100-102 leaded fuel I used to run in my muscle cars & bikes 50+ yrs ago. They need the addition octane to avoid detonation if you run it hard at times & to also ensure they put out max power too!
Is that the octane rating for fuel in the U.S.🇺🇸 91 and 93?? Here in Australia🇦🇺 and New Zealand🇳🇿 we have 91🤢 95👍🏾 and 98😮 we can treat the 98 and get around 107 plus we have the E85 which I think is 100 octane🤔🤔
Hi guys, I had two of these buggers back in Zambia. One put me in hospital for just over a month! I had taken a girlfriend home once and did she enjoy the vibrations that came out of my Kawaka.
Yes yes OMG when i was 18 in 1979 i had a Green H2 and i was in love :) anywhere i went she was sure to go even in light rain we would go riding in so california < ah the memories of never losing ah race for about 6 years that i had my mean green machine . I am 62 now and wish i cpould afford to get a nice one for about $20 to $27 thousand ugh
I don’t know if he’s being gentle with it but my ‘71 H1 had immediate and viscous acceleration when the RPMs came up with a handful of throttle. At that point the front wheel was heading for the sky. There is nothing like that sound!
@@ProjectMoto I completely understand the respectfulness! This reminded me of my friend test riding a used H2 at Anderson Kawasaki in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan back around 1976. I was stranding next to the salesman in front of the store as we watched the front wheel of the bike go up higher than the roofs of the cars in the parking lot and then roll over to the ground with a crash. The salesman and I looked at each other as if to say “I didn’t see that, did you?” Then the salesman turned and slowly walked back into the dealership without a word. Nothing too major was damaged other than the right front turn signal and my friend’s pride.
Hello, I always kept the steering damper at " Full Loose ". Always. Traded the rear shocks for Konis with dual rate springs. for this model. It cured the intermittent speed wobble. H1s had plastic trailing arm bushings. Next on the " To Try List " were bronze aftermarket trailing arm bushings. The NGK Surface Gap Plugs were the way to go. After time they would get a little crusty but Never fouled ever. Surface gap plugs were designed for outboard boat engines. Rider here was rolling on the throttle. Had throttle intensity was increased and shifts made quick the front wheel should be lifting at 70+ m.p.h. while shifting into third gear. The 1971 models had the more high-tech ignition. I kept mine for thirty-two years. In 1971 I paid $ 1134.37 for the quickest of all, cheapest motorcycle available. They were the first bikes to achieve the nomenclature " Superbike ". As is often shouted in unison upon the streets of Kyoto, Japan: " Hey! " RUclips video: 2017.3.26京都橘高校吹奏楽部京都さくらパレード交款コンサートパーカッション
Ha wow thanks , some great information and insight into what to do with these bikes , wow that was a long time to own the bike , what made you sell it after all those years ?
@@ProjectMoto Hello, I was moving to do long term camping, thus losing my garage. Found a fellow that was really interested in the bike. After about a year, I purchased a miniature motocross bike. A " Genuine Flywing " that was made in China. It had a 110 c.c. copy of a Honda S-90 engine. I rode it all over the wagon roads in the area of central Arizona that I was camped in. It was a good bike and impressed me by lasting so long. " Hey! "
These bikes are still dangerously fast. Mine ran in the low 13's at the dragstrip w/ just 50 miles on it. The acceleration was in the supercar category of the day. The handling was dangerous also, it had a bit of a front fork wobble at 130 mph.
Yeah they still don’t go to bad even today and back in the day they were a game changer , handling and brakes stand out even more dangerous when you ride them today but that’s just because things have moved on so much now
You should let him ride the tuned 750 and you can both ride to the Chinese Chippy together. Get your cash ready. Love every single vlog, keep up the absolutely fantastic work! Thanks for everything.
Great video! Do love the 2 strokes. Any x7’s or RD400’s in Paul’s garage? They were before my time so the best I managed was an NS125 with a Stan Stevens pipe…… I had 100 on the clock going downhill on the A12 at Hatfield Peverel….. nobody ever believes me (but it was during the the 1987 October storm 😃, with the wind behind me) Maybe a stroker would go well somewhere mild in the next month or so 😃
Ha a good bit of wind behind always helps a little bike.. I did my test on a ns125 :) .. actually I do know someone who has an RD400, I’m sure he’ll let me do a video n it :) and yeah about 3 weeks time I would love to take a 2 stroke somewhere milder the here 😉
I had a 500 from the last year. It was 44 lbs heavier with 8 hp less than the earlier ones, but still went. I never had problems with fouling spark plugs. Is the oil injection set right? It had no power below 4000 rpms but came on quickly. Not enough gas and it bogged. and too much and it stood up straight. I found a sweet stop for me. I would lay over the tank, rev up the engine and when the tach hit 4000 I would release the clutch so it would fully engage by 6000 rpms. The rear tire would spin for about 10 feet and the front end would come up about 6 inches and you are off and flying. The brakes seemed fine to me (compared to contemporaries) and the handling was adequate.
Ha That’s great , yeah funny how every bike you ride you have to learn how to ride it and get the best out of it, when you get on different bikes for the fist time there a lot you have to work out , I think the brakes and handling were ok for back then, it’s just what you get used to now that really highlights them, great bikes though and very interesting to ride
Yeah they are great… because unfortunately some people want to save the environment and they don’t want Smokey old 2 stroke engines about… these people obviously hate having fun !
Again superb video! Wow what a lovely bike, letting you out on it, Paul must really like and trust you 😜 as I mentioned on your previous video on the H2, I had an H1 in the seventies, such iconic bike even back in the day, so I know exactly where Paul is coming from! Unbelievably before my H1 I had an RD250 also great watch, I put 350 barrels, heads and pistons on as it was a straight swap (nobody could work out why my 250 was so quick) 🤣 So again thank you so so much for my trip down memory lane.......the sound, everything. Will defo pop in from Norwich one day very soon, thanks again and keep up the great work!
I don’t know about trusting me on it.. he probably felt more pressured to let me ride it 😂😂 was always good tuning your bike back in the day :) yeah if there’s one thing Paul likes talking about is classic H1’s and H2’s he knows his stuff.. thanks and Happy New Year
Happy, Great & Prosperous New year to you. Simply love your ProjectMoto work.......so interesting and brilliantly put together, stunning!👍 Again thank you, will definitely pop in for a full English and hopefully pick up a T Shirt on my way through Chelmsford very soon.
@@davidmacphee3549 Yes, I will. They are getting rare, and my bike still has the original paint, seat and the most parts (in good nick). Cant be many in that state now.
@@ProjectMoto exsactly. Die hards need to keep those old bike a live. They definately have cool / street value i think contrary to a modern plastic bike. Plus, Its from a time where the world was not so restricted. Cigaret es and 2 strokes and dont giving a flying, need to remember that 😁😉
I survived one of those diabolical things. Same color too. It would wheelie in every gear with just a throttle twist. It spent a summer trying to kill me.
Another mint Vlog lad's, and Paul's bikes are feckin class. The weather ain't too shabby either, when was this recorded? Wish we had sun in Northern Ireland.
It's a disc brake in front. The disc must be overheated/ glazed up from a dragging caliper. I wonder how many forks were bent and twisted from doing wheelies
You think those brakes are bad. My Kawasaki S2 350 had twin leading shoes on the FRONT. Put racing shoes in once. First time I braked with them, my pillion ended up in my lap. If you didn’t keep braking hard they glazed up. 😊
I always started mine with a slap of my hand. I hardly ever used my foot. First try every time, then I would put my other glove on just to show off, in case anybody noticed. LOL
Disappointed H1b down on power or needs hotter plugs barely noticed power band plus giving it large in 2nd that shuda been nearly vertical. Brakes ? Try the early drum version
Ha, Yeah it does wheelie, you know this is my mates 50 year old bike.. and it’s edited to what I can actually show here on RUclips … but sorry you was disappointed with the video .. but I have loads more videos if your looking for more disappointment :)
@@ProjectMoto lol cheers get Ur point 😂 mine was a 25 mpg but all things 2 up bolt upright indicated into 3 figures loved it on the old TT 100's .Mates kettle just had the top end on me 😕
Two grown men talking a load of bollocks about sausages. good grief! But you got away with it because everybody loves Kawasakis, especially the old 2 strokes. Good video!
Thanks.. tbh most watch our chats rather then the bikes 😂😂 but as long as people like the videos and for whatever reason people like them then that’s good with me :)
Excuse Sirs, while I thank you for posting a emotional video about a such myth like Kawasaki 500 me,coming from a modest school teaching English Language , have some problems to fully understand your pronunciation so, just you for my curiosity and in the hope to do not offend anyone, would like to know in which country the video was filmed. Thanks for your attention and please, accept my congrats for the job you made. It gave me moving emotions involving my youth. Thanks again for your attention.
Thanks , and glad you enjoyed the video.. don’t worry you are not the first with problems understanding us … the country is England .. we are English ! Obviously accents are different all over the country .. we are in Essex , we are from east London and Essex
Cool bike , but with all due respect I can’t understand much of what the man is saying , and compared to a modern bike it’s a moped 😂 I had a Ducati Diavel and it would smoke it and the 750 H1 as well as the Z1
Ha don’t worry your not the first and I have trouble understanding myself 😂 oh yeah for sure , compared to modern bikes they are terrible.. but it’s a feeling 😎
YOU CANNOT BUILD A BIKE THAT HAS TREMENDOUS ACCELERATION & SPEED ON DRUM BRAKES AND NOT HAVE IT HANDLE IN TURNS , ITS OUTRIGHT SUICIDE !!! ANY OF THE BIKE MANUFACTURERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY IN 2023 !!!
Yeah but back then it was just how it was, I think manufacturers know that now and modern bikes are so much better but riding something like this now is quite an experience and very special :)
@@PaulShaw-ex7ri CAN YOU IMAGINE AN H2 500 cc / 900 cc TRIPLES ON DRUM BRAKES ???? EARLY TECHNOLOGY, KAWI , YAMI , SUZI , THEY ALL KNEW BY 73 IT WAS TIME FOR DISC BRAKES TO STOP THESE POCKET ROCKETS 🚀!!!!
First ever bike I owned was a Kawasaki triple KH250 😊 l loved watching the videos of the old stuff
Yeah the old classics are cool to ride, we’ve done a few classic bike videos.. and actually one on a kh250 :)
I have three H1-B's. I drove mine around Southern California for five years. It has Denco pipes, 34 MM Mikunis and I hand ported it. I could keep up with my buddy's six cylinder Honda til about 120 MPH, then the cubic inches took over, big time!
Awesome mate , yeah these can keep up with most up until that point … that’s when cc’s take over
My father owns a 69, 2 70s a 71 and a 72 back in New Zealand🇳🇿 when I lived back their in the 90s I had a 78 Bonnie and going from my 78 Triumph to one of his H1s was beautiful I found the Kwakas so smooth and of course more powerful… He still owns them to this day he’s had them near 40yrs and rides them regularly… Thanks for the uploads🙏🏾🙏🏾 they bring back great memories…. My favourite one to ride was his blue 71 triple I can’t explain why It just seemed to fit me better than the other 4 and better than my Bonnie…
That’s awesome you have some great memories from them.. and more awesome your father still owns and rides them , I’m like that with some of Paul’s 750’s that some just seem to fit and feel better , thanks :)
I 'ad me a '75 one of thesers and it 'ad great front brakes, Mate. You gotta get yer spanners out and bleed the old coffee out the bleedin' brake circuit and Bob's yer uncle, innit?. And if yer foulin' plugs like a git, you gotta adjust yer oil injection pump. You know you're riding it right when you pull the front wheel up in the first 3 gears.
Yeah the brakes were good for when then were made, just so different to modern bikes , they definitely like a wheelie!!
I owned one identical to the orange one and survived What a beast
Awesome , ha ‘owned one and survived’ 😂 was quite a bike when it came out.. and still have to treat them with respect now
Me too except mine was brown.
@@billwood666 Yours would have been a '73- this orange one is a '72.
Thanks for ridding it the way it's supposed to be ridden. I bought a blue one when the ship I was on(Kitty Hawk) pulled in to Yokosuka Japan back in the seventies.
It’s the only way on one of these 😂 mate that’s awesome.. buying it straight from Japan .. so cool 😎
Did a deal when I was 19 ended up with an H1B, double discs, alloy rims, 19" wheels front and rear (same as TT bike) and nickle plated frame, hell it was fast for the time, but never handled bad or fluffed plugs. I loved that bike even toured Italy and I own one now my God its hard work, Paul is so right. But hit 6,000 and off they go. Great video really caught the character of these bikes...load of old gits on bikes lol.
Nice , yeah they were quite a bike back in the day and to be fair still are today , thanks , appreciate the comment :)
I bought this exact bike new from a Southern California dealer for about $750- it was quiet, smooth, and powerful. Not as crazy as my brother's earlier H1 (the original blue one), which was a dog until 4,000 then you could literally be pulled off the seat. It was my second bike, the first being a slightly used R5 in orange/white (dumb luck to buy such a great bike with no experience). I ran the 500 for about 5 years with one memorable speed wobble at night down a long curve on a grade at about 100, and a few 12.5 quarter miles at Irwindale's public night- one of the original drag tracks up near the San Gabriels, and a totally blinded pass of a semi-trailer one night in a heavy rain returning from the North- I just couldn't stand drowning back behind it anymore. I added a tooth to the drive sprocket for the trip, and it would run 75-80 easy on the road.
Ha cool , they are a bit more expensive now compared to then ! Great to hear people
Memories about these classics , thanks for you comment , appreciate it :)
@@ProjectMoto My starter bike was an Orange/White R5- without knowing, I had bought one of the best mid-size bikes of the day- great handling and smooth. It was a giant-killer on the Superbike circuit.
I had a 750 H2, but I always loved the 500 H1B. That's a cracking example. Great vid.
Awesome ,the 750h2 are great too,, yeah it’s a really nice bike in great condition , thanks, glad you enjoyed the video :)
If I remember rightly the decals on the B were brown and looked real good with that beautiful orange colour…
My neighbor had that exact same bike. Damn it was quick! Just thinking about it brings back memories of Castrol 2stroke oil and the intoxicating smell....
Yeah the old Castrol 2 stroke oil, love the smell , just always enjoy riding a 2 stroke, always brings back memories, such a buzz :)
I owned a blue H1 in the 1980s. It was a cheap used bike in the USA then. It was a monster. I would love to have another but they're not cheap anymore.
Nice .. no there not cheap now .. if only we knew back then, problem is you move on to newer things and only look back later.. by then the price has gone up !!
thanks for posting the video guys, always look forward to viewing them- keep em coming!🏍🏍🏍
Thanks , appreciate it, glad you are enjoying the videos :)
I had a 1971 Mach III. I took it to the Carlsbad drag strip in San Diego to see what I could do. The bike was my daily driver. I kept my weight over the tank, but still wheelied all the way through first gear. I ran just over 13 seconds. The fastest I ever went was 114 according to my speedometer. I don’t know if it could have gone much faster, but on less than perfect pavement it was too scary to find out. I wore an open face Bell with ski goggles. It was so dang loud and I had zero protection from the wind. Oh I loved that bike!
Ha that’s awesome , so good to hear people’s memories and stories , Paul sometimes wears his retro bell helmet now still
I managed a 12.5 in stock trim at 105 at Irwindale one amateur Wednesday night. The speedometers were highly optimistic-
Very nice! I miss the 2 strokes. I miss my old Kaw S3. Thanks for showcasing the classics.
Yep I'd like to see the widow maker.
Oh that was the 400?? Don’t see many of them around , a guy did come down the shop a couple of months ago on one .. we did do a video on one of his 750’s … but really want to ride his tuned one :) here’s the other widow maker video we did
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@@ProjectMoto Yep, mine was a 400. It was a metallic burgundy color.
@@paullazarro4295 Awesome , just love a 2 stroke, the sound and smell and power band feeling just can’t be beaten
Beautiful bike. Love seeing what that lucky Paul has in his garage. I’ve got a 72 cb750 four that has just cost me a couple of grand coz lack of use. These old things need riding. The bikes that is. Great vid and love to see more
Well not just the bikes 😂 yeah you have to keep on top of them (the bikes) or they can cost a bit
We had a blue one three roads down from where I lived in the early 70s. You wouldn't believe how much smoke it made when it cold started in the morning on his way to work. Possibly something to do with the old spark plugs or how he had the auto-lube set - but for whatever reason that bike had a serious smoking habit first thing. I knew his younger brother and he told me he was a speed demon on it and had been caught travelling through a neighbouring village at 80mph. 😂😂
Ha awesome ,They do smoke a lot , when we go out and there’s a few of us on them it must look like a steam train is coming down the road.. and if your at the back you get covered in 2stroke 😂
The blue one and it's predecessor, the white one's (1969-1971) motors were tuned differently- NO low end torque at all, but a rocket ship at 6,000. The power came on so strong, like an afterburner. I was sliding back on the seat and scared me badly! I think Kawasaki did some adjustments after those years- too much smoke and too many fatalities! I bought the 1972 orange new- loved it, and survived.
That bike looks fantastic in that orange!
Yeah it’s such a nice colour, what a beautiful bike :)
Love it !. I own a 1971 build (72 model) H2 750. I can see the difference; as the H2 has much more "oomph !!!" smoother; bigger bike. All good !!!. Please test a Yamaha RD 350 air cooled . Would LOVE to see that !!!!!
Awesome , yeah the 75o has more ooomph for sure .. but the 500 is still fast :) I’m sure I know someone with the air cooled RD350 , if we get to ride one I will show it :)
Back in the day , I had a H1 Mk 3 . The harder you run it the better it runs , don't have to worry about fouling plugs . A real 1/4 mile machine .
Awesome ,Yeah what a great bike.. the plugs just don’t like todays traffic around here 😂
@@ProjectMotoWhen properly tune/setup/syc the carbs,oil pump & run a high quality syn injector oil like Belray SI7 you will not foul any plugs in a Kawi triple.
This is coming from my 1st hand Exp wrenching/restoring Kawi triples & big fours since the late 60’s & early 70’s.
I currently have 2 74H1 E’s on the road along with a 78 kz1000 LTD too,still having loads of fun wrenching & riding @ 67 yrs old!
Btw,due to poor combustion chamber design on H1’s even with their fairly low compression they can detonate on todays crappy 91-93 pump fuel esp with 10% ethanol that can cause major piston/engine damage if/when it happens esp under WOT load.
To avoid that & for best power perf I run a real lead octane booster avail from Wild bills corvettes in USA.
I treat the 91 or 93 pump fuel to obtain a minimum of 98 octane fuel like the Sunoco 260/100-102 leaded fuel I used to run in my muscle cars & bikes 50+ yrs ago. They need the addition octane to avoid detonation if you run it hard at times & to also ensure they put out max power too!
Is that the octane rating for fuel in the U.S.🇺🇸 91 and 93?? Here in Australia🇦🇺 and New Zealand🇳🇿 we have 91🤢 95👍🏾 and 98😮 we can treat the 98 and get around 107 plus we have the E85 which I think is 100 octane🤔🤔
Hi guys, I had two of these buggers back in Zambia. One put me in hospital for just over a month! I had taken a girlfriend home once and did she enjoy the vibrations that came out of my Kawaka.
ha awesome.. the vibrating girlfriend.. not the hospital stay 😂
Another great episode guys. Can’t wait to see the tuned 750 😎
Thanks mate, hope you enjoyed silverstone, good to see you back on the bike… yeah I’m looking forward to riding it , and it looks so cool :)
Yes yes OMG when i was 18 in 1979 i had a Green H2 and i was in love :) anywhere i went she was sure to go even in light rain we would go riding in so california < ah the memories of never losing ah race for about 6 years that i had my mean green machine . I am 62 now and wish i cpould afford to get a nice one for about $20 to $27 thousand ugh
I don’t know if he’s being gentle with it but my ‘71 H1 had immediate and viscous acceleration when the RPMs came up with a handful of throttle. At that point the front wheel was heading for the sky.
There is nothing like that sound!
Yeah I’m being gentle with it , it’s my friends 50 yr old motorcycle … they do wheelie very easily , we don’t show the full ride here on RUclips :)
@@ProjectMoto I completely understand the respectfulness!
This reminded me of my friend test riding a used H2 at Anderson Kawasaki in Bloomfield Hills , Michigan back around 1976.
I was stranding next to the salesman in front of the store as we watched the front wheel of the bike go up higher than the roofs of the cars in the parking lot and then roll over to the ground with a crash.
The salesman and I looked at each other as if to say “I didn’t see that, did you?” Then the salesman turned and slowly walked back into the dealership without a word.
Nothing too major was damaged other than the right front turn signal and my friend’s pride.
true
Hello, I always kept the steering damper at " Full Loose ". Always. Traded the rear shocks for Konis with dual rate springs. for this model. It cured the intermittent speed wobble. H1s had plastic trailing arm bushings. Next on the " To Try List " were bronze aftermarket trailing arm bushings. The NGK Surface Gap Plugs were the way to go. After time they would get a little crusty but Never fouled ever. Surface gap plugs were designed for outboard boat engines. Rider here was rolling on the throttle. Had throttle intensity was increased and shifts made quick the front wheel should be lifting at 70+ m.p.h. while shifting into third gear. The 1971 models had the more high-tech ignition. I kept mine for thirty-two years. In 1971 I paid $ 1134.37 for the quickest of all, cheapest motorcycle available. They were the first bikes to achieve the nomenclature " Superbike ". As is often shouted in unison upon the streets of Kyoto, Japan: " Hey! "
RUclips video: 2017.3.26京都橘高校吹奏楽部京都さくらパレード交款コンサートパーカッション
Ha wow thanks , some great information and insight into what to do with these bikes , wow that was a long time to own the bike , what made you sell it after all those years ?
@@ProjectMoto Hello, I was moving to do long term camping, thus losing my garage. Found a fellow that was really interested in the bike. After about a year, I purchased a miniature motocross bike. A " Genuine Flywing " that was made in China. It had a 110 c.c. copy of a Honda S-90 engine. I rode it all over the wagon roads in the area of central Arizona that I was camped in. It was a good bike and impressed me by lasting so long. " Hey! "
I never had any issues with plugs on mine- one road trip into Canada was 5,000 miles, and it never missed a beat.
These bikes are still dangerously fast. Mine ran in the low 13's at the dragstrip w/ just 50 miles on it. The acceleration was in the supercar category of the day. The handling was dangerous also, it had a bit of a front fork wobble at 130 mph.
Yeah they still don’t go to bad even today and back in the day they were a game changer , handling and brakes stand out even more dangerous when you ride them today but that’s just because things have moved on so much now
You should let him ride the tuned 750 and you can both ride to the Chinese Chippy together. Get your cash ready. Love every single vlog, keep up the absolutely fantastic work! Thanks for everything.
Thanks, appreciate it, glad you are enjoying the videos.. ha il let Paul take the cash… he’s got more money then me :)
Great bike, great vid. Love the banter, subscribed👍
Thanks , plenty more video like it on the channel, glad you enjoyed it, appreciate it :)
Lovely Disc... thats a f**kin cool bike! Emotional...😉
Thanks brother ,It’s such a cool looking bike .. remember when I was 6’2 and 18 stone .. I’m just getting smaller mate with age 😂😂
Great video! Do love the 2 strokes.
Any x7’s or RD400’s in Paul’s garage? They were before my time so the best I managed was an NS125 with a Stan Stevens pipe…… I had 100 on the clock going downhill on the A12 at Hatfield Peverel….. nobody ever believes me (but it was during the the 1987 October storm 😃, with the wind behind me)
Maybe a stroker would go well somewhere mild in the next month or so 😃
Ha a good bit of wind behind always helps a little bike.. I did my test on a ns125 :) .. actually I do know someone who has an RD400, I’m sure he’ll let me do a video n it :) and yeah about 3 weeks time I would love to take a 2 stroke somewhere milder the here 😉
Excellent vlog! ...love to see the tuned 750 H2!
Thanks , Im looking forward to riding it.. it’s such a cool looking bike too :)
Cool video. Let’s see the tuned 750.
Thanks … here’s the tuned 750 video ruclips.net/video/9GX1gtx6iLg/видео.htmlsi=LJBnVFwIi5vKeD_q
I had a 500 from the last year. It was 44 lbs heavier with 8 hp less than the earlier ones, but still went. I never had problems with fouling spark plugs. Is the oil injection set right? It had no power below 4000 rpms but came on quickly. Not enough gas and it bogged. and too much and it stood up straight. I found a sweet stop for me. I would lay over the tank, rev up the engine and when the tach hit 4000 I would release the clutch so it would fully engage by 6000 rpms. The rear tire would spin for about 10 feet and the front end would come up about 6 inches and you are off and flying. The brakes seemed fine to me (compared to contemporaries) and the handling was adequate.
Ha That’s great , yeah funny how every bike you ride you have to learn how to ride it and get the best out of it, when you get on different bikes for the fist time there a lot you have to work out , I think the brakes and handling were ok for back then, it’s just what you get used to now that really highlights them, great bikes though and very interesting to ride
Love the 2 stroke street bikes! Wonder why they stopped making them?
Yeah they are great… because unfortunately some people want to save the environment and they don’t want Smokey old 2 stroke engines about… these people obviously hate having fun !
Love to see the 750
Thanks.. cause I’d love to ride it … here’s one of Paul’s other 750’s we did a video on
ruclips.net/video/V-CfBA-XwYg/видео.html
Again superb video! Wow what a lovely bike, letting you out on it, Paul must really like and trust you 😜 as I mentioned on your previous video on the H2, I had an H1 in the seventies, such iconic bike even back in the day, so I know exactly where Paul is coming from! Unbelievably before my H1 I had an RD250 also great watch, I put 350 barrels, heads and pistons on as it was a straight swap (nobody could work out why my 250 was so quick) 🤣
So again thank you so so much for my trip down memory lane.......the sound, everything.
Will defo pop in from Norwich one day very soon, thanks again and keep up the great work!
I don’t know about trusting me on it.. he probably felt more pressured to let me ride it 😂😂 was always good tuning your bike back in the day :) yeah if there’s one thing Paul likes talking about is classic H1’s and H2’s he knows his stuff.. thanks and Happy New Year
Happy, Great & Prosperous New year to you. Simply love your ProjectMoto work.......so interesting and brilliantly put together, stunning!👍
Again thank you, will definitely pop in for a full English and hopefully pick up a T Shirt on my way through Chelmsford very soon.
@@Steve-uf8pk thanks, really appreciate it , see you at the shop :)
Lots of fun to watch! Can't wait until I can drive my S2 triple again, where is the spring?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, yeah I’m looking forward for the better weather to come, roll on spring!
Take care of that S2. It is more important now than you might think.
Take care of that S2. It is more important now than you might think.
@@davidmacphee3549 Yes, I will. They are getting rare, and my bike still has the original paint, seat and the most parts (in good nick). Cant be many in that state now.
Iam currently building a h1 500. Stock ish looking. Looking forward to starting it next year
Awesome , they are a very cool and interesting bike to ride, also a great thing to do building it and getting it back on the the road
@@ProjectMoto exsactly. Die hards need to keep those old bike a live. They definately have cool / street value i think contrary to a modern plastic bike.
Plus, Its from a time where the world was not so restricted. Cigaret es and 2 strokes and dont giving a flying, need to remember that 😁😉
@@htothejay yeah definitely mate , they were from a very special time , still so cool today :)
Brilliant, get the tuned one out 👌
Ha Thanks.. I think he’s bringing it in in the next few weeks… we’ve had a long, long… long winter!! Roll on the good weather
Get that 750 in we really need to see it 🎉
Thanks… I’m looking forward to riding it, it looks so cool as well :)
I survived one of those diabolical things. Same color too. It would wheelie in every gear with just a throttle twist. It spent a summer trying to kill me.
Ha you survived one 😂😂yeah they like to try and kill you every time you go out .. they are certainly interesting to ride
I had a red one here in the US. I loved that bike and regret ever selling it.
Nice , but back then you didn’t think about it changing your bikes .. I have a few I regret selling for sure.. well tbh nearly all of them 😂
Would LOVE to see the tuned 750….❤
Thanks, yeah the tuned 750 is so nice , can’t wait to ride it :)
A very fine Bike❤
Thanks :)
Another mint Vlog lad's, and Paul's bikes are feckin class. The weather ain't too shabby either, when was this recorded? Wish we had sun in Northern Ireland.
Thanks, the wether has not been too bad really.. was filmed a little while ago but it’s been ok up until this last week… now it’s cold and wet :(
It's a disc brake in front. The disc must be overheated/ glazed up from a dragging caliper. I wonder how many forks were bent and twisted from doing wheelies
Tuned 750 ride is a must please fanks very much? 😁👌🏻👍🏻
Looking forward to riding it, it’s such a cool looking bike too :)
You think those brakes are bad. My Kawasaki S2 350 had twin leading shoes on the FRONT. Put racing shoes in once. First time I braked with them, my pillion ended up in my lap. If you didn’t keep braking hard they glazed up. 😊
Ha wow , Yeah brakes we’re definitely different back then , we are spoiled today with how good they are now
124 if thrown from a plane 😂 harsh. I like it. Looks mint. Jade looks pretty mint too! 🔥
Yeah maybe a little bit harsh 😂😂 yeah looks good .. the bike and Jade 😂
Very nice
Thanks, awesome bike :)
On the first kick nice bike
Yeah , pretty cool for a 50 yeah old bike 😎
I always started mine with a slap of my hand. I hardly ever used my foot.
First try every time, then I would put my other glove on just to show off, in case anybody noticed. LOL
We’d always free the clutch plates up with half a dozen kicks, 99.9% of the time they’d all fire up first kick…
Does he have an early H1 with the front drum brake?
Yeah he has an early H1a with the drum brake.. he’s actually got a H1 a,b,d and f !!
@@ProjectMoto I hope you can ride them all :)
@@Freimopp777 so do I :)
Brilliant as ever guys😂👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
Let him ride the seven fiddy Paul ffs! Good to see Jade again, ooooooooooft!
Thanks , the tuned one is so nice .. and always good to see Jade :)
❤❤❤ Its beautiful 🥰 80s bike Love it
Yeah what a gorgeous bike 😎
Hi great movie very nice ride ;)
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
I OWNED ONE 1972 I was racing with The Porsches in haiways in germany ❤
Ha awesome , they were quick bikes back then, they are still great to ride today
Disappointed H1b down on power or needs hotter plugs barely noticed power band plus giving it large in 2nd that shuda been nearly vertical. Brakes ? Try the early drum version
Ha, Yeah it does wheelie, you know this is my mates 50 year old bike.. and it’s edited to what I can actually show here on RUclips … but sorry you was disappointed with the video .. but I have loads more videos if your looking for more disappointment :)
@@ProjectMoto lol cheers get Ur point 😂 mine was a 25 mpg but all things 2 up bolt upright indicated into 3 figures loved it on the old TT 100's .Mates kettle just had the top end on me 😕
LOL, we had Jet Helmets in the 70's 😄
Yes........
Yes 😎🔥💪 :)
If in doubt!! Get the tuned 750 out 😉 oh yer boy….
The 750 looks so cool as well.. can’t wait to ride it :)
こんにちは😊
渋いH1Bですね！オイルのいい匂いがしそうです❤
yeah that's one of the best bits of the Bike :) ..こんにちは..はい、油のにおいがします..それは最高の部分の1つです
750 too please
Thanks … the tuned 750 is so nice :)
Tuned 750 please🙏
Ha that sounds like me to Paul everyday 😂 can’t wait to ride it
Two grown men talking a load of bollocks about sausages. good grief!
But you got away with it because everybody loves Kawasakis, especially the old 2 strokes.
Good video!
Thanks.. tbh most watch our chats rather then the bikes 😂😂 but as long as people like the videos and for whatever reason people like them then that’s good with me :)
Get the h2 out next
I think he is bringing it in tomorrow… maybe I can get a ride :)
Let him ride the tuned 750 👍😉
Thanks .. can’t wait to ride it , the 760 looks so cool as well :)
Excuse Sirs, while I thank you for posting a emotional video about a such myth like Kawasaki 500 me,coming from a modest school teaching English Language , have some problems to fully understand your pronunciation so, just you for my curiosity and in the hope to do not offend anyone, would like to know in which country the video was filmed. Thanks for your attention and please, accept my congrats for the job you made. It gave me moving emotions involving my youth. Thanks again for your attention.
Thanks , and glad you enjoyed the video.. don’t worry you are not the first with problems understanding us … the country is England .. we are English ! Obviously accents are different all over the country .. we are in Essex , we are from east London and Essex
That Kawasaki howl is epic 😁👍👍👍👍👍
Yeah it’s awesome when your riding them … such an awesome sound 😎
One of the first things I will buy when I win the lottery.
Mate there’s a long list of bikes I would have if I won the lottery.. most of them 2 stroke :)
Ride the 750!
Thanks, really looking forward to riding it, I’m the tuned one looks so cool too 😎
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😎😎😎
😂let him on the 750 😊
Thanks, the tuned one is so nice 👌
Cool bike , but with all due respect I can’t understand much of what the man is saying , and compared to a modern bike it’s a moped 😂 I had a Ducati Diavel and it would smoke it and the 750 H1 as well as the Z1
Ha don’t worry your not the first and I have trouble understanding myself 😂 oh yeah for sure , compared to modern bikes they are terrible.. but it’s a feeling 😎
Let him ride the 750.
Thanks mate .. the tuned one looks so cool as well :)
@@ProjectMoto only started riding in 2009 so don't recall the Kawasakis from that era but they look so special, Cheers projectmoto.
YOU CANNOT BUILD A BIKE THAT HAS TREMENDOUS ACCELERATION & SPEED ON DRUM BRAKES AND NOT HAVE IT HANDLE IN TURNS , ITS OUTRIGHT SUICIDE !!! ANY OF THE BIKE MANUFACTURERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS CLEARLY IN 2023 !!!
Yeah but back then it was just how it was, I think manufacturers know that now and modern bikes are so much better but riding something like this now is quite an experience and very special :)
Double disc on the front and it will be just fine. I rode like a maniac as a pup on drums and lived to tell about it.
@@PaulShaw-ex7ri CAN YOU IMAGINE AN H2 500 cc / 900 cc TRIPLES ON DRUM BRAKES ???? EARLY TECHNOLOGY, KAWI , YAMI , SUZI , THEY ALL KNEW BY 73 IT WAS TIME FOR DISC BRAKES TO STOP THESE POCKET ROCKETS 🚀!!!!
The 50 year old electrics are better than your modern Italian pish electrics,
Better then modern Ducatis.. I don’t know about that but the lights do still work I guess 😂
Let him ride the 750
Thanks, Yeah looking forward to riding it, the tuned looks so cool as well :)
Paintwork is not original! Decals on the tank are not in the correct place...
Ok.. I don’t know much about them.. bit early for me :)
Tuned 750 😂😂😂😂.
Thanks . Can’t wait :)
Purchased a new one in 2/72, absolutely worse bike I've owned.
Brill but too long.
Oh thanks .. We all like different kind of videos .. hard to choose what to keep in and leave out
Jesus. English and bad teeth. Great vid on the 500.
Where was Jesus ?? Thanks
ha my little 200 rd yamaha was faster and handled better than this death trap!
I guess it depends on who’s ridding the bikes when racing about … but yeah the handlings not the best 😂
I want to buy one
They are such a cool looking classic bike.. the engine, the sound , the smell of the 2 stroke.. awesome :)
ace
Thanks :)
Me like!
Thanks :)
@@ProjectMoto me had one back in the 1970's wish I still had it!