Kawasaki Triples Club

We have all seen Dave Ed's immaculate H2/monster special right?

well i got talking to a friend of mine whilst he was doing my stainless workbench tops. Alec Whitwell, who was the original owner of that bike. We got talking about triples and he told me some scary stories of riding the H2 back in the day, and he said i have a picture of it somewhere.
Well here it is as he rode it in '77

Love old pictures.

Bet mine would beat yours.....................1978ish

love those old grainy photos from the 70's bike era...

the180kid wrote:love those old grainy photos from the 70's bike era...

thats how the world appears to me Bri....



when I lose me specs

the180kid wrote:love those old grainy photos from the 70's bike era...

+1

As we are off to nostalgia land. Here's my H2C on the day I sold it in 1979. They were appreciating even then, I bought it in 76 for £725 and sold it 3 years, two seizures, a gearbox and a new frame later for £850
It's got all the restorers nightmare options. Rear guard off, CMA front wheel, chromed side panels and chain guard etc. Z1 mirrors
The cloth on the wing of the car was from giving the bike one last polish before the buyer arrived. God I loved that bike.

Does it still exist?

SAM wrote:Does it still exist?

Taxed until August 2011. I believe it is in the club

Malcolm wrote: Here's my H2C on the day I sold it in 1979. They were appreciating even then, I bought it in 76 for £725 and sold it 3 years, two seizures, a gearbox and a new frame later for £850

Bought my H2C in 1979 for £720, but to be frank I would have paid well more than that as it was such a bugger to actually track one down to buy at all they were so scarce. Every week I would get MCN and actually phoned a chap in Scotland about one - I was in London area.

JP and the180kid.... If you want grainy........I've got grainy Steve

And then there were 2 - and even more grain 1980ish Steve

Steve Graham wrote:JP and the180kid.... If you want grainy........I've got grainy Steve

pretty certain this was your bike after i restored it
http://www.classickawasaki.com/ywt1.JPG

It certainly was Gary
I tried to get it back in 2006/7 but having agreed a price for the bike and booking the ferry the French owner decided not to sell......
I was gutted
"A pictures worth a thousand words"
Need i say more
My mum had a lot to put up with .....God bless her

Hal wrote:
Bought my H2C in 1979 for £720, but to be frank I would have paid well more than that as it was such a bugger to actually track one down to buy at all they were so scarce. Every week I would get MCN and actually phoned a chap in Scotland about one - I was in London area.

They were just as scarce in 1976, I travelled from Newcastle to Torquay to buy mine. 14 hours on the train
It was worth it

You don't look old enough Malcolm

Thank you very much Adrian. I must have had an easy paper round, either that or a picture in the Attic

HIGGSPEED wrote:We have all seen Dave Ed's immaculate H2/monster special right?

well i got talking to a friend of mine whilst he was doing my stainless workbench tops. Alec Whitwell, who was the original owner of that bike. We got talking about triples and he told me some scary stories of riding the H2 back in the day, and he said i have a picture of it somewhere.
Well here it is as he rode it in '77

Wow thanks for posting this Dave. :smt023 Possibly not long after Alec got it-still with the engine protectors fitted? Though I'm sure it had original wire wheels on it initially, not CMA's.

It had changed to blue when I bought it, still with the bellmouths (ram stacks) fitted on the carbs and the alarm under the number plate--it used to be triggered by mercury switches and would go off at the slightest disturbance! Then there was the fuel gauge built into the tank cap, operated by a float on a chain. It had a needle which read anticlockwise from F to E- usually alarmingly quickly.

I don't think the handling was enhanced by the oversize Avon on the rear!

Ah memories, getting all dewy eyed.

I seem to remember the GS in the background, belonged to Alec's mate, bloke by the name of Curly Bill?

Steve Graham wrote:And then there were 2 - and even more grain 1980ish Steve

lovely

And then there were two here as well. 1977. Shame about the Kodak instamatic quality

Love these old pictures Thanks.