Kawasaki H2 "KH750" Hybrid ('76 KH500 w/H2 engine)

[danielsonn77]

It's quite rare that you ever get to hear the INDUCTION ROAR after spannies have been fitted, exhausts always seem to take that racket away. but on monsters like KH triples both the harmonies combine together to make the most awesome sound!! Wish the same could be said for YPVS's!

[DUSTYTRAIL0990]

I used to race these down HWY 9 by Alice's restaurant to Santa Cruz, love hitting top speed on 4 corners hwy 1. I am and will always be now a Two Stroke Cafe lover. The quick pick up and top speed is very addicting. I think I had three 175cc pistons out of a kawi 350 two stroke in it. ruti from the kawi dealership I think on El Camino was who did it grand Prix Kawasaki. hwy 17 is another story, kinda crazy. it was a 79 Kawi kh500 with three 175cc pistons out of a kawi 350 two stroke

[medicaltranseint]

holey shit that thing is a bad ass

[lesterpiglet1]

Nice lookin sickle.

[paulksycki]

You probly have to put weights on the front to keep it down now. Lol

[bmxerkid101]

now THATS a gas pig thumbs up if u agree!

[YOYOBOY666999]

Man, I just want to take her out on a date and ride her, OH Yeh !!!!!!!!!!!!! baby.

[1945Rossi1945]

2 STOOOOOOOOKEE !!!!!!!!!!! <3333

[OMGxWHATRUDOING]

that is SEXY

[BIGPAOLO1969]

ORGASM !!!!!!

[MrOddish1000]

Simply Beautiful...  :*)

[ptolemye]

classic lines

[jeremytvan]

nice!!! :-)

[geepbee]

2 stroke equals music to my ears.

[radwan94]

2T Power :D ...

[fredbcj]

exelent build,spot on

[bjorn2run]

Those huge fins sure do amplify the mechanical mayhem going on inside.

Good job!

[elektrobank55]

NICE. Totally badass build. I dig it

[4thstooge]

Great sounding bike!

[lubbockboy1]

One of the coolest and most dangerous bikes ever-the Widowmaker! I wish that Kawasaki would make a modern (smog legal) 2 stroke crotch rocket.

[guitarenero]

trash

[billboy1616]

I'd like to see a triton try keep up with that :D well done mate thats a true thing of beauty

[ptimouloud]

YOUR BIKE MUST TO BE IN STREET MONSTER MAGAZINE!!!!

[SvenTviking]

Aye, mans bike. New alloy swingarm to stop the bending in the middle sensation when you hit 6500 revs. I say sensation. It actually did bend in the middle, even the 500.

[FabFab2009]

4 stroke = plobb plobb plobb...plobbplobbplobbPLOBBPL­OBBPLOBB

2 stroke= rangkedengdengdengdengdengWÖÖÖ­ÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖN <3

[mindyzachbaubles]

love it

[teamfab]

A thing of true beauty, mind bending acceleration, hands and feet tingling with vibration and back in the old world this lady was surely a true widow maker...

[webactivity]

holy shit.. its possible great to drive with it.. !?

[Rohkus]

Siiick!

[BiodegradeableMan]

Is the KH500 frame different from the H2 frame? I wondered if you could drop an H2 engine into a KH400 frame...

[goodgood001]

very cool!

[nappyred615]

I did that once with a KH 500 frame with a H2 750 motor it ran great, I also hooked up a S2 350 with H2 750 carbs now that thing was fun to ride I was burning up CB 750's,KZ 650's like it was nothing!

[taytrong]

hardcore

[auto4union]

GREAT BIKE ! Did you use the KH500 frame because it`s better handling or because thats what you just happened to have around sort of thing? Anyway well done ! I`d be proud to own that ! Sounds like a `70s GP bike ! Peace Ye`all !!

[PumbaRuben]

Wow,love the style and the sound !!! Lovely bike with all nice mods :-))

[Allgold912]

"The widow maker"

[DrGasosa]

BRUTAL

[MrBlackBlock]

Pretty cool balance between historic and café kind of stuff. Very Nice Piece of Work ! Cheers from France ;-)

[pyro57sapiens]

the beast is a beauty

[swampdog1970swampdog]

love it, want it, can't afford to ryn it

[eamh2002]

Have to say, just change 3x100$~ pistons by yourself and it's go time for the next 10 000miles. No valve adjusting 4-jokes.

[spudaso]

Kaw triples rule! I had a 70 H1 in highschool and a 74 H2 after. They freakin screamed, the sound was scary

[soggytoast89]

thats a hell of a bike man id love 2 own it

[Eric22]

Lovely bike guy!! It should be almost impossible to keep the front wheel on the ground during acceleration! I remember when in '72 the 750 came out, the engine was placed further to the front to prevent wheelies a bit. I started with a 500 in '72 and bought a 750 in '74. The 750 had a lot of vibration though. Sweet memories!!

[furament]

i wanna run it

[senopfee]

This is my dream bike.I am very jealous.

[slypsi]

Sweet bike! im glad I clicked on this vid!

[metralhamor]

que maquina:-)

[kdr534]

Nice Bike!! 5/5

[motopilot0919]

one word to describe this bike RAD

[jpcwon28]

Holy Crap....If you look up " 2-Stroke Cafe' Racer" in the dictionary, a pic of this bike should be next to it!! My GOD is that thing beautiful!!

[ToadHypno]

Talk about purpose built, there is not 1 frivolous thing on there, right down to 1 mirror...

[metalvallejo]

I think i'm in love too! What a beauty!

[kawa7900]

Had an H2 , yeh they were greedy on fuel .But what a nice tricked out triple , bet its quick to .

[miniimoto95]

y would u steal a widow maker motor

poor bike

[superbran2008]

sweet but garanteed to hav used half a tank of petrol just taking this video lol

[skalami0]

how do you figure that looks like a pretty beastly sized tank and a small motor

[biketron]

The H2 750 engine was notoriously bad when it came to fuel mileage. And modified engines made it even worse.

[skalami0]

my bad, saw the 750 size and ASSumed

[biketron]

It's cool! Even if it was the 500 it would still drink gas like an alcoholic. Those are some wild beasts but damn they're fun!

[jameswswanson]

Thant looks like fun!

[TUTZDUC1]

ride it! sweet bike... job well done!! I have a 74 in the works...

[pradatia]

guarda come si alzaaaaaaaa :P

[yammyspeed13]

SweeeeT!

[Lanny615]

gives me "goose bumps"

[jigibao]

ona word=MEAN MACHINE....a++++

[paddyhyland]

im in love......... she is gorgous and road legal, i nearly died.

[metzb1]

Beautiful sights and sounds. Thanks for posting this.

[WhiskyInTheJarooo]

bet theres a lovely note to them pipes ( ring ting ting ) haha

[jwyche]

It is a beautiful thing when simplicity of form and the power of function unite in one place. That bike makes me feel good just looking and listening to it!

Well done!

Jim

[KFCHambone]

did u make the seat part with the tail light section? Or what bike did you get it off of, it look awesome

[mojadden]

I want it!!!!!!!

[Inky261]

real cool 5*

[tryhardparrot]

Hot bike.That sound activated the old memory bank.I wonder if the single disc front brake is enough?

[butcherChrist]

tomcat pipes?

[fisheryuhk]

What a beauty!

[Invalidstyrkan]

What's the weight on the bike? Looks very light.

[scaftech]

thats kinda stupid

[danielligocenzo]

is it wrong of me to be getting turned on by this ;-)

[OOLEHT]

@danielligocenzo nope

[PILSLL]

i got tears...thanks!!!just love it!

[geepbee]

completely bad ass

[plexreticle]

I WANT!

[captainskidmark]

wanna sell it?

[alpal2002]

Beautiful sounding H2 - just the right note

from those chambers

[originalbrownirish]

oooooooooo cool i get most of it exept the premix part, how can there be enough oil with a premix and how does it get to the bearing does the oil somehow seperate from the fuel? don't the bearing get really hot?

[captainskidmark]

sweet ride......sounds healthy, what's the swing arm from?

[LordSamuelJ]

The Kawasaki h2 750 is a dream bike, but yours is more like a wet dream!

[utedassmopp]

SICK TWOSTROKE!

[captainpegs07]

wasn't this on ebay? (otherwise something very very similar) What did it sell for??

[motorcyclerd]

Are the "cow" images on the cylinder heads have something to do with Cowasaki? I can't see them well in the vid.

[originalbrownirish]

how do these 2 stroke engine get oil to the bearing if it a full pressurized recirculating oiling system like most engines. I don't get how could get adquet oilling those a fuel/oil mix. i heard some of them have a seperate oil tank but where does it deliver the oil to.SWEET bike i would love to get an old 2-stroke but don't understand how the hell they get oil which has kept me away till i find out.

[gorillaguy24]

It's really simple. The engines have all roller and/or needle bearings contained therein. Hence, that require no pressurized oiling system..In fact, that would just rob horsepower.

[originalbrownirish]

SIIIIIIICK THANK u soo muck for clearing that up, i been trying to figure that shit out for a while, someone told me they were foil bearing which makes NOOOOOO sence and, noone has ever been able to answer my question omg thanks

[FurryHusky]

Yup. Traditional two-stroke oiling system, delivered through the intake track. I love working on these engines because of how much simpler all the internals are.

[2stroke1971]

Originally, there was a separate oil tank on the triples. The oil pump injected oil down thru the top of the cases near the mains. I have a '72 triple that I simply run Premix in now, having disconnected the pump and injection system.

[2stroke1971]

with a 2 stroke engine, the gear case is isolated from the crank and crank beaing area. The gear case has its own oil supply, usually regular motor oil, or whatever. The crank bearings and main bearings are all a part of the combustion area, and they get lubrication from the 2 stroke oil either injected or premixed. On the other hand on a four stroke engine, the oil in the gear case is the same oil that is circulated thru the head and crank bearings.

[originalbrownirish]

buy the way awesome bike if it's urs i'd i'd buy 1 if i could figure out a way to make pollute less

[karlmatias]

No Problem, can easily be modified to run on Ethanol or methenol, even more power if done properly..

[MountainGuerrilla]

did you remove the factory installed hinge in the middle of the frame? I rode one years ago and I don't think the wheels ever tracked together, but fast to the point of being scary. by the way C0r0net440 is right run a jet higher and it shouldn't seize, but if you built that then you obviously know about 2 strokes.

[zaaaz1234a]

nice works

[Kornball426]

Is your swing arm a custom job, or is it off of some other model of bike? I know that people put GS1100 swing arms onto Z1KZ650/900/1000's. Also, what kind of tank and seat are those? Don't worry, as much as I think that's uber sick, I wouldn't steal your ideas. I'm just curious. Sweet bike!!! Are the forks stock? Have you thought of swapping for a disk rear, and dual disk front setup? I can imagine you would want more breaking power hahaha.

[Johnnyzoom1]

Had 1 when I was young, miss it...I got a friend with every year 500 and 750, plus tons of spares...but he dont have that! Beauty.

[C0r0net440]

A friend of mine did a similar thing in 1976. The 750 broke the chassis due to hammering vibration. We later found we should have rubber mounted the engine like Kawasaki did with the last of the 500s. It was a fun bike despite the minor problem. BTW, yours is a fabulous work of art and left me with a big grin when I heard it. Thanks for the memories!

[mytujuan]

I have one o these back in 1973. Was fast fast the only 750 in that year in Venezuela.

check out my 1986 Yamaha 750 Maxim X in my channel.

[grromm]

don't let it run in idle for too long, the piston of the middle cylinder has tendency to hang because of bad cooling.

I had one of these, terrible machine but dead fast ;-)

[C0r0net440]

I never had any ring problems with mine. Contrary to popular belief, the center cylinder had more fin area than the outer ones. An easy fix to relieve any seasures was to run the center cylinder 1 jet size bigger.

[indigoblue555]

Could the 750 engine be inserted in the kH frame? I recall the KH frame was rated better than the H2. That's why you choose it?

[C0r0net440]

The 750 and 500 engines had same motor mount dimensions. The 500 chassis was much stronger in the steering head area. The 2 outer backbone tubes were routed outside of the 2 front down tubes which made the 500 chassis less prone to steering head twisting.

[ShamanWS6]

The H2 frame, you could actually see the stress on the head area. Rather ... invigorating to ride.

[kawasakih1]

I'm sure it could and I'm sure it would fit !

[auto4union]

Very Tasty!Love Kwak Triples!!

[woo738]

strokkkkerrrrsssss!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[watanabehifumi]

It is splendid triple,

I long,

[knakworst12]

i love your headlight but does it work good

in the dark? (what kind of headlight is it)

[watanabehifumi]

It is a good sound which is an uncanny silencer. It has a longing,

[waiter525]

If saw this before I bought my Superduke, I would be the winning bidder.

Reminds me of a night at The sherriffs station waiting for bail to be posted back in '81.

[mugabesslave]

Drool,dribble.Too much.Very cool triple.

[86GAMMA]

what a sweet bike! This thing sounds fantastic and has the looks to go with it!

[LUCKYLOONIE]

Do some more runs, or mount the camera on the bike,

while you still got it!

[KonGKaoZ]

thats sick!!

[HotRudyRod]

Thats the best triple i've ever seen, just looking at it gives me goose bumps.

[LUCKYLOONIE]

Don't sell that bike!!!!

[Pd5757]

You should be SHOT for thinking of selling that bike!!!!

[rachelJLS]

looks and sounds well. cool bike

[xenaort]

what kind of exaust are that?this is 500 or 750?

[Quadcam79]

kick ass smoker

[JRD77VET]

Very nice triple.

JRD