1970 Kawasaki H1

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 6:13 pm

Andy Pretty

- any pics anywhere of his bike

Probably paid far too much for it Rob

Clive · Post by **Clive** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:02 pm

Do you need a badge for that side panel John?

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:39 pm

I do indeed Clive

More importantly - my engineer has returned the centre cylinder which is u/s as the liner is cracked - so you know whats coming next - Anyone got a centre cylinder 60 or 60.5mm - but will be re-bored to 61mm to match the others - please

Thanks.
John

Clive · Post by **Clive** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 12:01 am

I don't have the cylinder but will post a picture of the badge in the morning.

Clive · Post by **Clive** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 1:18 pm

robh1f · Post by **robh1f** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:32 pm

I do have centre cylinders mate but MAY need them all

Will do a recce over weekend.........if not I'll PM you with a further solution

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:19 pm

Thanks Rob.

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:25 pm

Dont know if anyone else has put this but it might be worth trying Pete in the spares dept at D+K?
Advert on the Kawi2strokes.com Forum (which took over from the old world wide forum) may be worth ago to

robh1f · Post by **robh1f** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:03 pm

Yep DK do come up with stuff, I've had a bridgeport off them for £60

Nik Joy took delivery of a whole h1b engine less carbs not locked up for £275 for me last week...........gonna bang it in a rolling chassis and see if it runs before I do owt else to it

Watch this space...............

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:00 pm

Finished playing with the wiring loom - seems everything is working now. Including front & rear brake lights, signals, parking lights. Can't check neutral light or charge light.
Will be interesting to connect the main loom to the motor and see what else works

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:34 pm

Picked these up from Mr. Brett this evening - think they look luvverly

malc87 · Post by **malc87** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:03 pm

Nice Nice work :smt023

Peter Mac · Post by **Peter Mac** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:15 am

Nice, are they a refurb or really good secondhand ?

johnnymoped · Post by **johnnymoped** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:34 am

Refurbed Peter as neither was working properly and they looked very tired- think they look great.

Peter Mac · Post by **Peter Mac** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:41 am

Very impressive, I have a set that are ok but not good enough to go on my 70 .. dare i ask how much ?

robh1f · Post by **robh1f** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:38 pm

Last set that Rick did for me came out at £300, quality workmanship........they are a mare to do hence the price

Might be interesting to see what Mr Bond charges for a set

Hal · Post by **Hal** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 7:58 pm

robh1f wrote: Might be interesting to see what Mr Bond charges for a set

..http://www.guagerepairs.com/

robh1f · Post by **robh1f** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 8:24 pm

Thanks Hal....seen that before somewhere

Apparently the early h1 clocks are a cowsun to do so I'm guessing a premium on top of the £170 thats quoted. Heard at the curry nite you have moved out of Middx then ? Somewhere with a more Anglo Saxon

population I hope?

Hal · Post by **Hal** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:07 pm

robh1f wrote:Thanks Hal....seen that before somewhere Apparently the early h1 clocks are a cowsun to do so I'm guessing a premium on top of the £170 thats quoted. Heard at the curry nite you have moved out of Middx then ? Somewhere with a more Anglo Saxon population I hope?

The problem with early clocks isn't in the actual doing of them as I understand it, but that they are "naked" and there is nowhere to hide any markings etc that will occur in the pulling apart and re-assembly. Lots of care and a delicate touch is therefore needed.

I've now moved up to be part of the "home counties" set, though to be fair Teddington could hardly be thought of as overly "cosmopolitan". :smt023

El Presidente · Post by **El Presidente** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:45 pm

Hal wrote:
The problem with early clocks isn't in the actual doing of them as I understand it, but that they are "naked" and there is nowhere to hide any markings etc that will occur in the pulling apart and re-assembly. Lots of care and a delicate touch is therefore needed.

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Neah, we have overcome that particular issue, early H1 clocks are like a Swiss watch inside compared to the later Ones that are like a digital watch - there are a LOT more components and work involved

Peter Mac · Post by **Peter Mac** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:01 pm

Saw the new repo clocks availalable now & thought great... Then realised they dont say kawasaki on the faces

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husson73 · Post by **husson73** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 5:09 pm

and the KPH speedo goes only to 220 KPH but genuine early Kawasaki went to 240 KPH