Kawasaki Triples Club

Nigel needed some new pipes made for the "Kawacati" so we headed off up to Higgsy,s just before dinnertime sunday,
A special thanks to Dave and Lynn for putting us up for the night,
Here are a few pics of our trip................
The first of 7 , yes 7, fuel stops, and that was only on the way up
another 7 on the way back

Another stop just before the A1........

Drinking beer and talking bolox in Higgsy,s barn

Higgsy likes to start work early, so after a stop off at the café we got to the workshop about half 9
Precision pipe work
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All finished

With a quick fitting by Higgsy, we were away just gone 12
With the only problem on the way down was the Kawacati running out of clutch fluid :shock
Bit of a jam on the M6, and was slow going
But stopped for a cuppa at D@K , and a quick look round

One last fuel stop at Cambridge before heading into Newmarket for the night, and meeting up with Stevie747 for a couple of beers.
Breakfast at the hotel, and then off round Stevie,s for a cuppa ready for the ride home

Good couple of days, 605 mile round trip, with my H2c getting 42 mpg
Bike ran well, but now got a loud ticking/rattle coming from the top end
Mpg not too bad eh, Nigel ????

Typical 650 fairly trouble free miles, fill up at Beccles with what must be the dirtiest fuel I have ever seen. Carbs plugged mid range splutter. Now have to drain tank and clean the carbs.
I have a mind to take a sample of fuel back to the garage and see what they have to say.

Nigel S wrote:Typical 650 fairly trouble free miles, fill up at Beccles with what must be the dirtiest fuel I have ever seen. Carbs plugged mid range splutter. Now have to drain tank and clean the carbs.
I have a mind to take a sample of fuel back to the garage and see what they have to say.

Well like you said on the phone, won,t be getting petrol from there anymore
Maybe one of there tanks was low
And I am sure, that it has happened there in the past before, come to think of it

Lovely pics guys thanks for sharing

drayman wrote:One last fuel stop at Cambridge before heading into Newmarket for the night, and meeting up with Stevie747 for a couple of beers.
Breakfast at the hotel, and then off round Stevie,s for a cuppa ready for the ride home

Good couple of days, 605 mile round trip, with my H2c getting 42 mpg
Bike ran well, but now got a loud ticking/rattle coming from the top end
Mpg not too bad eh, Nigel ????

42 MPG is about right for a touring H2, it wouldn't take much to get 45

Gary T

great story

great story of those two guys on their touring bikes

scouse wrote:

drayman wrote:One last fuel stop at Cambridge before heading into Newmarket for the night, and meeting up with Stevie747 for a couple of beers.
Breakfast at the hotel, and then off round Stevie,s for a cuppa ready for the ride home

Good couple of days, 605 mile round trip, with my H2c getting 42 mpg
Bike ran well, but now got a loud ticking/rattle coming from the top end
Mpg not too bad eh, Nigel ????

42 MPG is about right for a touring H2, it wouldn't take much to get 45

Gary T

Tried to keep about 4k revs, and with my wobbly speedo needle about 70/80 mph ?, with a few blasts over 4k
With Nigel following me, he even can,t run the Kawacati in top gear at that speed

forgot about this pic.......And who,s house is this..

drayman wrote:

scouse wrote:

drayman wrote:One last fuel stop at Cambridge before heading into Newmarket for the night, and meeting up with Stevie747 for a couple of beers.
Breakfast at the hotel, and then off round Stevie,s for a cuppa ready for the ride home

Good couple of days, 605 mile round trip, with my H2c getting 42 mpg
Bike ran well, but now got a loud ticking/rattle coming from the top end
Mpg not too bad eh, Nigel ????

42 MPG is about right for a touring H2, it wouldn't take much to get 45

Gary T

Tried to keep about 4k revs, and with my wobbly speedo needle about 70/80 mph ?, with a few blasts over 4k
With Nigel following me, he even can,t run the Kawacati in top gear at that speed

Well he does have a six speed GPZ 900 gearbox

Gary T

Does Higgsy buy the bike to suit the colours of the room or does he decorate the room to suit the bike,

That is the question.



But a bike in the house does look great.

PS are they rosettes from your horse riding days Dave.

Took the oil pump off yesterday and found it to be stuck in the full open position, that explains the 1 ltr of oil for every 150 miles.
Checked out my spare pump and replaced that.
Drained the fuel from the tank and cleaned it out. Changed the main jets to 180 from 190 mains. Now will see if I can get 25 mpg

[quote="Nigel S"]Took the oil pump off yesterday and found it to be stuck in the full open position, that explains the 1 ltr of oil for every 150 miles.
Checked out my spare pump and replaced that.
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That will be better for everyone riding/driving behind you then

Stevie took a video of us leaving his Monday, but I can,t get it to load
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My carrier and topbox blend in with car across the road. Was that done on purpose Steve. Lol

Nigel S wrote:My carrier and topbox blend in with car across the road. Was that done on purpose Steve. Lol

I was trying to hide it but didn't quite drop down enough to blend it in

I think the vid didn't work coz the noise of those two firing up, blew up my phone

Fantastic service from Dave (Higgspeed pipes). Arrived home from offshore today to find a large box waiting for me to open.
Was going to take the wife shopping tomorrow, but not now. Need to get the pipes on and give a go.

Thanks again Dave.

Nigel S wrote:Fantastic service from Dave (Higgspeed pipes). Arrived home from offshore today to find a large box waiting for me to open.
Was going to take the wife shopping tomorrow, but not now. Need to get the pipes on and give a go.

Thanks again Dave.

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Send Elaine out shopping on her on and get them pipes on
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Then bring it round here tmora afternoon so I can get some pics