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Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:01 am
by Bic_Bicknell
This looks interesting. Does anyone know anything about what it might be, (other than a one-off bike)?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191461892188? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:31 am
by Bic_Bicknell
I was just browsing through the US triples club forum and came across this early picture. Looks very similar to bodywork of the above bike.
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Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:47 am
by malc87
He contacted me about this a couple of weeks ago.
I'm sure he said it cost him £7500 to build.
He had agreed a deal at one point for £6000 but it fell through.
I said his best bet was to try eBay .

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:53 pm
by gary62
£ 7500 seems a bit steep, Ive nearly finished this 500 at a lot less and that is including £2800 of TZ brakes
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae34 ... F28832.jpg

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:56 pm
by Mitsui Spy
Mmmmm.....tasty! Thumbs Up

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:14 pm
by malc87
gary62 wrote:£ 7500 seems a bit steep, Ive nearly finished this 500 at a lot less and that is including £2800 of TZ brakes
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae34 ... F28832.jpg
Looks great :D
want to write the story about it for the magazine?

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:32 pm
by Bic_Bicknell
That is nice! Gary, are those Low Higgspeed pipes? I have a set for my H2 that I am fitting on Monday, hope they look that good. I am in Redhill, by the way, just a few miles up the road from you.

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:21 pm
by gary62
HI
Yes the pipes are Higgys , Apart from looking good and sounding good the H1 runs very well too just make sure you rubber mount the pipes when you fit them
And when it's finished I could write a short story for Malc on the build
As you can see I bought a John Aylor stretched fuel tank and used a H2 tail piece and knowing how difficult and expensive
these are I didn't butcher it. I was going to put a Yam tz seat on originally but then I saw on Ebay a S2 350 flat tracker with a café seat and still using the standard tail piece so decided to go with that and it turned out ok
That is what is so good about triples you are not limited to what you can do with them
Gary

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:32 pm
by malc87
I love how you have used the H2 seat unit :D
Looks so much better with the tank than a race/TZ type.
The double mesh on the front wheel looks good too rather than the rear alloy blanking plate Thumbs Up
Look forward to the article :wink:

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:41 pm
by Olde Coney
gary62 wrote:£ 7500 seems a bit steep, Ive nearly finished this 500 at a lot less and that is including £2800 of TZ brakes
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae34 ... F28832.jpg

Stunning Thumbs Up

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 8:54 am
by mal71
Great looking bike Gary Thumbs Up

Well put together and well thought out, Nice colour as well. 8)

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:05 am
by gary62
More pics Image

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 11:35 am
by baz
Hi Gary
Nice bike love the colour, where did you get the ventilation plates from and also your brake cables.
Baz

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:01 pm
by gary62
Hi Baz
The rear ventilation plates I had machined up and a sheet of brass gauze I bought off ebay
A set of TZ cables are expensive so I got a set made up at half the price but can't remember who done them
Gary

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:45 pm
by scouse
gary62 wrote:More pics Image
it's a matter of taste but I thought your H1A looked better like this
Image

Gary T

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:54 pm
by baz
gary62 wrote:Hi Baz
The rear ventilation plates I had machined up and a sheet of brass gauze I bought off ebay
A set of TZ cables are expensive so I got a set made up at half the price but can't remember who done them
Gary
Hi thanks for the info how did you fix the brass gauze to the ally glue ?
Baz

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:22 pm
by gary62
Good old glue
And it would take an hour to turn the old girl back to that original pic. And about a day to back to a standard H1A
Gary

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 5:14 pm
by Kezsam1
I for one can't wait to see it. Thumbs Up

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:35 pm
by Bic_Bicknell
So this bike is still for sale.

I've now relocated and living in Bristol, Monday to Thursday.

Should I go see this or not?

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:02 pm
by malc87
Problem with these race bike look a like specials is the rarely sell for big money?
If you can get it at the right price is worth a look but if you pay top dollar expect to make a loss when you come to move it on :(

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:26 pm
by GinaG
gary62 wrote:More pics Image

She's a bute Gary Looks better everytime I see it Thumbs Up

Re: Vintage KH500 race bike

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:57 pm
by gary62
Hi Del
She's finally done and im not spending any more money on her
http://s986.photobucket.com/user/gary62 ... 4.jpg.html