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The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:30 pm
by El Presidente

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:57 pm
by malc87
QUALITY :D :D :D :D :D

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:01 pm
by Mitsui Spy
Gotta love that bike. How many can there be left like that?
Spare key still in the tool bag. Wow! What dreams are made of. Thumbs Up

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2015 8:53 pm
by Aardvark
What are your plans with the bike Rick.
Keep it as it is or a total rebuild.
It is interesting to see it in it's original build condition and I think it would be best kept as is.
Plus is this one of the earliest H1's you have ever seen.

Enjoyed watching all the videos from the purchase to this latest one.

Aardvark

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:26 am
by El Presidente
Aardvark wrote:What are your plans with the bike Rick.
Keep it as it is or a total rebuild.
It is interesting to see it in it's original build condition and I think it would be best kept as is.
Plus is this one of the earliest H1's you have ever seen.
Aardvark
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I'm hoping I can afford to keep it, I just LOVE riding it, it purrs along, will be interesting to see what I get out of the first tank of fuel. I have a couple of H1's actually older than this One but they are sort of "immaculate" and just don't have the charisma that this bike has, I like unusual things and this one is fits the bill!
As an aside, for many years I owned one of the first H1's to come to the U.K. KAF-00184, I sold it to my pal "Z1Andy" who has now almost finished restoring it, and coincidentally, it now resides 2 Miles from the shop it was first sold at - Bill Smiths in Chester!

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:58 am
by Neil the Don
Mitsui Spy wrote:Gotta love that bike. How many can there be left like that?
Spare key still in the tool bag. Wow! What dreams are made of. Thumbs Up
Feck me James , you're easy pleased . a spare key ?!,

My dreams usually involve a Yacht and Kylie !! :)

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:36 am
by Mitsui Spy
Take your point but....
Easily pleased? Not that easily I bet. Is there another undiscovered totally original '69 H1 with a virgin tool kit (with original key) still in place anywhere? Possibly not. It's a small thing but I would have been thrilled to open that tool kit for the first time.

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:14 pm
by El Presidente
Mitsui Spy wrote: It's a small thing but I would have been thrilled to open that tool kit for the first time.
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I'm with you James, I was disappointed when I saw the aftermarket keys, I was like a school kid at Christmas when I glimpsed at what I thought was the original key when making the video . . . . Simple things often bring the most pleasure Thumbs Up

Re: The life and times of a 69 H1 barn find . .

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:37 pm
by RacerRB159
Wow, fantastic.
Its good to know these things are still around, great collection of articles and glad to see the correct safety gear being worn :mrgreen:

Rich