Kawasaki Triples Club

When was the H1D released ?
What was the first engine and frame number ?

My H1D has a frme sticker for 01.01.73, I was thinking this must be very early.

What does the Glasses Guide say

Hardly,
your bike will be over H1F-6000. I guesstimate ?

They started making them at H1F-0001. !! Around late July, earlymAugust 1972.

Mr Brett will have a more exact date for us all !M

Frame is 1117 but its jan 73. I thouhht yhe H1d came out in 73, hence my question.

According to mraxl
H1f started at 00001 and ended at 17001. But I font know dates.

My D is April '73 :wink:

It would be Mid August 1972,
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Frame is 1117 but its jan 73. I thouhht yhe H1d came out in 73, hence my question.

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No it is not ? 1117 would be September 1972 - You been drinking ? . . . Or BIG fingers posting on your phone?

Ha ha, ur right looks like I missed a 1.

Nice to know though Rick, thanks for that.

My D is Oct 72 with frame 03127.

steveh1d wrote:My D is Oct 72 with frame 03127.

And I have a couplr at the 500 and early 6000 mark. Made in Nov & Dec 72.

Hence my quick work back to guestimate they started making them Late July/Early August.

Told you Mr Brett would know !!
You threw us a wobbly saying it was made Jan 73 Nige.
That didn`t come off the VIN tag , did it ??

( If so, it must be a repo with wrong date ?? ) C`mon, Fess up. !!!!

Well mine is 1974 frame number
La4f21276kw not sure if it's coming back as a q plate or age related I do have the American title

gsxrtriple wrote:Well mine is 1974 frame number
La4f21276kw not sure if it's coming back as a q plate or age related I do have the American title

OK, that explains it. The numbers are from an additional VIn plate riveted or glued to the Frame , depending on the State that issued it.
It's a rebuilt bike. Previously written of for insurance purposes. ( Either by crash damage, or stolen and wrecked enough even cosmetically to be written off ).

If you use the US Title to register, as it says it's a 1974 bike on it , you'll get a 74 age related plate. Probably an M reg.

If you got a Dating letter from Rick , using the original Frame Number H1F- 01117 or whatever , and sent a letter of explanation , with pictures and frame rubbings, you would eventually get it registered on original Frame number and an L reg. But it may take some toting and forcing !!!

Thanks for the imformation Neil as we all know what dvla are like bunch of f### wits I will just use the usa title I presume it will be tax except?
Simon

Neil the Don wrote:

gsxrtriple wrote: ( Either by crash damage, or stolen and wrecked enough even cosmetically to be written off ).

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Or customised / chopperised (depending on the state)

gsxrtriple wrote:Thanks for the imformation Neil as we all know what dvla are like bunch of f### wits I will just use the usa title I presume it will be tax except?
Simon

Only thing about that then , is you will be stuck with a silly Frame number, that if/when you sell the bike will deter an ever increasing number of people from buying it ?

You`d be better , for the long run sorting it out at first registration stage. Or it will cost you , in the long run .

( And little point in saying " I`m gonna keepit forever !! As you never know what the future holds ?? )

Sorry Neil cant check it out for another two weeks. Offshore.
But I will..

I have done a bit of searching on the h1e frame number and why it was assigned to the bike florida vin check says its a quote rebuild
as there is no original frame number its long gone or maybe a new frame with no number ? how can I get the correct number ? engine number is kae 91127 like you say neil it would be better in the long run to have matching numbers
any ideas rb
simon

gsxrtriple wrote:I have done a bit of searching on the h1e frame number and why it was assigned to the bike florida vin check says its a quote rebuild
as there is no original frame number its long gone or maybe a new frame with no number ? how can I get the correct number ? engine number is kae 91127 like you say neil it would be better in the long run to have matching numbers
any ideas rb
simon

Well,
I suspect the Florida DMV. Will have a record of the original Frame number , as part of the new VIN re-assignation procedure. So I would put an information request in with them to find it.

your Frame number. Was originally around H1F-21xxx. Region. If Ricks records had the correlating Frame/Engine combos exactly either side of your bike , it could probably be. Worked out. but that is a,long shot.

I know as a fact , that the Kawasaki Factory records on H1-E production around that time is incomplete. As I have previously had them unable to identify and confirm an H1-E VIN #. From around those numbers. ( They will only confirm originality , if they have the exact month & year for a matching numbers bike, they won't even confirm it if you have the original VIN sticker as proof !! )

so, try Florida DMV first ?

Yes I've emailed them with the details I have so I wil just see what records they have cheers
Simon

Hi all, I had an H1d, headstock sticker said
12/72 H1F 08246

Ade

ACS International wrote:Hi all, I had an H1d, headstock sticker said
12/72 H1F 08246

Ade

Hi Ade

That makes sense as mine is Jan 73 an 11117 ( The right amount of 1s this time Neil).

But I think the thread has moved on to Simon's VIN number frame number issues now.

yep but it all started with h1