Kawasaki Triples Club

I convinced myself not to do a resto this winter after all I need another bike like a hole in the head.But a severe case of Tripleites struck and this little lady followed me home



She is a UK H1A and the plan is to try and do a nut and bolt correct rebuild as I am sure there cant be many UK H1A survivors .I am going to need help on the journey and could do with some detailed photos of an original bike. Malcolm says eman and scouse has an original UK spec H1A if anyone else has one and would share some info PM me Cheers Chris

I'm disgusted in you Chris.

After all the yarns you have given me, over restored, pot hunters, unuseable blah blah blah

Yeah an' if she followed you home it's clear all she wanted was a quick fettling.

yeah come on Chris at the southern you were twittering on about building a special, that is ripe for building a special, get the disc cutter out an get on with it

I will support you in your endeavours any way I can

Never mind how he restores it (or not), I think the real entertainment will be where he stores it and works on it
we may be ready to see the worlds first multi storey shed

Looks good Chris - don't forget Hucklow Tom has one too

That is crying out for a big set of reed valves.

Ray Goddard has one
My mate Ben Coles has one
I have 2

I think Tom has a spare H1A also

Not as rare as you 1st thought?

Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do itmy best to answer

Gary T

scouse wrote:
Not as rare as you 1st thought?

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Surprisingly, they are actually the 2nd most common 500 sold in England with the KH500 being the most common :wink:

El Presidente wrote:

scouse wrote:
Not as rare as you 1st thought?

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Surprisingly, they are actually the 2nd most common 500 sold in England with the KH500 being the most common :wink:

there you go Chris build a special :smt003

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Surprisingly, they are actually the 2nd most common 500 sold in England with the KH500 being the most common :wink: [/quote]
How many Rick?

I do believe that the figure was round about 300 each model

Gary T

Took the heads and barrels of last night apparently bike hasn't run for 30+ years new pistons and rebored barrels crank looks new too obviously don't know for sure till i strip it out motor has never been ran since rebuild get ready for the questions boys

Chris Todd wrote:Took the heads and barrels of last night apparently bike hasn't run for 30+ years new pistons and rebored barrels crank looks new too obviously don't know for sure till i strip it out motor has never been ran since rebuild get ready for the questions boys

free crank inspection at this end

Gary it will be on its way to you as soon as it is plucked from the crankcases

I've had one for 30 odd years !!! not finished yet 280 sold over here and 600 KHs sold...........BUT only 6000 KHs built and 25000 H1a's made!!

yes I have some figures off Kawasaki UK in the 1980"s that show 280 H1A"s sold

I had one of them.

Just 279 to find then Eric

I think quite a few were totalled in a very short time, nearly done it myself. They may call the H2 the widow maker but before that came on the scene people used to say to me, How are you still alive.

Handling or front "brake" mate?????