Kawasaki H2 750 2 Stroke Norway

[winterstellar]

I had an H1 with an H2 engine.. THAT was a "flexiflyer", hehe. It felt like the frame was trying to dance samba or lambada or something at times! : )

[n2dabloo]

If that kid didn't move he'd be covered in smurf smoke, lol. Nice bike btw. A friend of mine had one of these in the early 80s. It required a lot of attention with the "automatic" prelube, the plugs needed frequent replacement, the frame was like rubber and the brakes would fade quickly. I'd still trade my left one for this bike today, it had/has character like no other.

[Patrtickgilligan]

what kinda bike s it ik its a kawi but whats it called

[mantoius]

Okey. this is not in norway. We dont have yellow templates for the cars over here. They are white and the scenery of the landscape does not matches a norwegian svenery. Busted

[johnohanlon43]

@mantoius Sorry, the bike is being filmed in the Isle of man at the 2007 Manx Grand Prix. The guy riding the bike is from Norway and the bike also is from Norway - he was here =on holday. Busted Muppet

[HesseJamez]

@mantoius

They drive on the left lane + yellow plates = UK

[bigrigJim]

A friend of mine died on a test ride on one of those 750 triple two strokes. Those things go way faster than the handling and brakes are good for. Total death machines . BTW nice bike , looks and sounds good.

[2bidfilmsguy]

oh yea because a 750 4 stroke wasnt fast enough

[NZbird]

Simply gorgeous - thank you for sharing! Noticed your socks turned over the boots.  You must be a similar age to me - I always did that when we lived in the UK when I was (substantially) younger!

Geoff in NZ

[mnxwt950]

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[Superbike54]

You know why we dont see too many of these 750 two-strokes around anymore? Most of them got wadded up, those bike are FAST!

[johnohanlon43]

@wolflone117

I too have idea cornish pasties in campervans also need sunglasses to avoid police alert. Enjoy

[SRV32566]

@wolflone117 i bet that bike would smoke the shit outta "todays" 750's. dumb ass..

[LordSamuelJ]

@wolflone117 middle eastern? Are you retarded? Also, the bikes from this century are lame like your comment. Read a book, try to learn something please.

[fairyheli2]

@wolflone117 the isle of man isn't in the middle east in the same way america is not in antartica

[winterstellar]

Hehe, back in the earky eigthies I had a friend wgo went to look at and maybe buy a pogffed up og these, but the owner wouldn't let him test it alone. He had to ride bitch on the rear side...but he made a dumb mistake; He didn't hold on for his bare life, so when de owner out the handle out flat, my friend just fell off instantly and with no helmet his head was messed up badly..: ( He never bought one evrer, but i bought all from 250s to 750s..and I truly loved those primitive brutal bikes!

[2wheelmonster]

a tank on wheels

[boom10123]

hi how fast will that go

[2wheelmonster]

@boom10123 I got mine up to 125mph

[soggytoast89]

i want 1

[wackerthecracker]

One sweet ride indeed !

[scott93257]

Back in the day they nick named these The Widow Makers...For good reason too...These things are crazy fast

[usrodeo4]

I had the exact same thing ( 72 H2 chambered, ported w/34mm mikuni's) my Sr. year in HS (1975). I had just stopped motocross racing (AMA expert class 125cc) and the H2 was my first street bike...it would pull power wheelies at 90mph going into 3rd gear...needless to say with my qualifications and that scooter we were hell on wheels...lol...just hearing it start brought many memories...

[mikeaf1974]

@usrodeo4 sounds like the infamous Craig W.......

[KapteinOpel]

Last evening I and a friend took one of those down from a rack where it had hung since it was almost new... some 7000 kms on the counter.. And if the story is correct, it was the first H2 that ever came to Norway.

[greekMarine1]

i could give my kidneys for one h2 750 engine

[holzbeinjoe19843]

sound awesome sounds like hell

[dext1991]

sounds like a big chain saw? O,o

[gv2wheels]

Very cool bike !!

[Biggerbadwolf]

In '75 I had an H1, also known as the Flexi Flyer. Rebored it for 1st oversize pistons & new small ends. I got it going on 1 cyl in 1st gear & then the other 2 kicked in, instant wheelie, couldn't close the throttle, visions of bike going right over. I managed to dab the back brake & got it down again. Nearly shat myself but my friends thought it was intentional & great. Brakes were marginal(DLS drum on front, pre disk). Great bike. Kept it for a year & a half then traded it in for a Suz 750GT.

[johnohanlon43]

@Biggerbadwolf that has got to be the funniest reply I have had on ANY of my videos. Would have been great to video.....

[genmaxpain]

@Biggerbadwolf also known as dun dun dah the widow maker as when these bad boys hit powerband they kill the riders hence the name  widow maker

[SiMo666suzukiRider]

@genmaxpain nope the widow maker was the gt750

[vipdanny]

sounds so nice!

[martynpank]

Want it!

[passkargakos]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[amca1974]

you`ve a rocket congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

[shercoogsherco]

Kult kjøre tøy og sykkel!

[morgantim13]

OH I love it

[Eric22]

I used to have a 1974 H2B which i ran with expansion chambers without any silencing!! Drove the people in the street up the walls, thinking "WTF is THAT?". Wow, very nice although a little bit rude.

[Brainiac83]

Killer Glowes :o)

[Alieus0]

just picked one of these up in a job lot, needs a fair bit of work but after hearing them I think it's worth spending some time on.

[johnohanlon43]

Hi Aleus,

where do you live? would you be interested in selling straight off?

John

[Alieus0]

Going to do a bit of work on it first and then valued, will see mate!

[hanalei169]

I had one back in 78,do the words crotch rocket bring back memorys? another friend got one and was good at poping wheelys well he went over backward when he hit third gear, can you say Road Rash?

[johnohanlon43]

The old girl must have made quite an impression if you are still holding out the candle over 30 years later!

If i remember rightly they were called the fastest camel because of their handling! Snot gobblers was another name for their thirst for fuel...

[blastoizdrugi]

750 cc Two Stroke..........OMG

[RudeBoots]

@blastoizdrugi T R I P L E Power!!!!!!!

[snowman1692]

were did u get it and how much

[Bevoin1970]

This brings back memories for me, the year was late 1970's leaving my night school class at local college, everyone ran out like Le-Mans and jumped on their triples to race away... Mine was a Suzuki GT 750. Kawasaki KH250's and the like were everywhere back then. Such happy days and I didn't even know it at the time... 5*

[bajabilly2004]

whats with those gloves and boots?

[johnohanlon43]

this is a 1972 machine. The attire of the rider is such that it reflects that. It would look ridiculous if the rider were to wear ultra modern clothing on a classic bike. Get me some of those gloves if you can find them.....

[Supercowhawkins]

dam thats alot of power in that bike lol. i'd be scared to ride it

[blackhat400]

Lack of compression , bad starter

[johnohanlon43]

It is a two stroke which scavanges the fuel. None of the twostrokes i have ever owned have gone first kick every time.

[blackhat400]

well my H2 DOES" AND A GT750 as well

This H2 Sounds limp on start-up. it has spanies , should sound like a ferrari .

[UzamiX]

@johnohanlon43 i have a small 125 2 stroke, it starts on first kick, every time (atleast in normal tempratures, not like below 5 celsius)

does it count?

[johnohanlon43]

You bet it counts boy!

You enjoy it whit it lasts

[fairyheli2]

@johnohanlon43 i have an apace quad bike that does

[Prickface20]

Just lovely! What pipes you got there?

[Klottelitsch]

Sounds as a DKW/Wartburg engine 3=6 in a bike :)

[johnohanlon43]

Yes, except these engines are made out of better materials and more finely engineered

[lumpybruisychickeny1]

Doesn't move though does it

[cannabislilja]

Yes it does!

[bluerazors]

WOW! My father had this same bike back in 73 or 74 but it was green. Yours is in like new condition!

Cheers

[brattman64]

Love this bike!

[emtrixdk]

nice work

[cadiou123]

My jaw dropped when i heard that start up, that noise is poetry, sounds like my 250 with no end can :p

[theicerollers]

there well nice good old 2 stroke

[carsnwomen91]

the guy in the vid says it'll sound awful! WTF? BEST SOUND IN MOTORING HISTORY!

[Millertime89]

I think he said it'll sound awesome?

[paoktshsostokokalo]

This bike killed thousands here in Greece

[rcpro17]

how so?

[paoktshsostokokalo]

80's everyones dream was this bike in greece more Rd's were on the run and a few had Samuray ....almost none survived :P

[xzistpo]

Not only in greece.

Some used to call this bike " The widow maker. "

Too much horsepower, bad braking ( especially the first generation with drum brakes all around ) and a frame that could have been a lot more rigid.

I tried one a couple years ago. I attempted the top speed, and at about 115mph the rear wheel started to bounce about two inches above the road, it was pretty much scary. I don't know if it was built like that, of if the rear suspension was defective...

[paoktshsostokokalo]

Total true...

[jawa73]

Great bike! I am selling an H1 on ebay that is running well. Check out item number 120323000766

Triples rock!

[dwcarkuff]

I remember when the 750's came out. Man, I wanted one so desperately. A restored one now will cost you about 7 or 8 times what they cost originally. Just 6 or 7 years ago you could get a restored one for 4 grand. Not anymore.

[generatrix999]

whats there to break on em???-------

High rpm's, vibration does them in. kawasaki tolerances were the worst of the bunch, especially the de-tuned 73' on-up H1's & 2's

Suzuki-T Yamaha-RD better fit, but not up to Kawasaki speed. The H1 responsible for creating the Kawasaki speed-legend and had 20 hp (w/22mm carbs) on the T-500 (32mm carbs) with the 2 cylinder Suzuki giving up 45 pounds, both results most likely due to that one cylinder

[hrspwrprofiles]

Nice ride

From Horsepower Profiles. Com

The website that wont work

[pumkinbreath]

Anyone remember DENCO chambers ?

[RudyDep]

Yeah I remember them !!

[ShawnSpecial7]

i bet that thing hauls, sounds awesome too.

[TroyaE117]

Shocking fuel consumption... shocking.

What about 20 mpg???

[tpvalley]

try 10mpg!

[johnohanlon43]

They were first made in the early 1970's whereas the RD 400's were first on the scene around 1976. There never was a challenge between the H2 750 and the RD 400's as they are in a completely different class. Kawasaki did make smaller versions (a 400 and a 250) but they were no match for the Yamahas.

[johnohanlon43]

Yes it does indeed. A 2 stroke ignites fuel and produces power with every revolution of the crankshaft whereas a 4 stroke only produces power with every 2 revolutions. The idea of this old triple kwak was to produce as much power as a 1300 six cylinder 4 stroke.

[mfuji0001]

do you know a web site where to see a computer aided fuel injection 750h2? 0_o

[1969veedub]

DEATH MACHINES, VERY FAST, BAD BRAKES, TIRES.

kawasaki came out with this bike to beat the RD400's... nice collector items

[Fishymansfriend]

does it move

[johnohanlon43]

Well, the old two strokes are about to make a comeback as now with computer aided fuel injection a 500cc two stroke is more powerful than a 1000 cc four stroke AND more economical.

[titusrocks3333]

but 2 storkes polution to much.

[johnohanlon43]

The old 'scavanging' 2 strokes do pollute but the new ones will be less poluting than 4 strokes as they do not scavange and there is no oil mixed with the gasoline. Also with fuel injection there is just enough fuel as is required so no back pressure from the expansion exhausts will be needed.

[titusrocks33]

but man 4 stroke is the way to go today

[FurryHusky]

How do you figure? A 2 stroke is going to make more power, and run longer(less moving parts is -always- going to be more reliable). The only disadvantage they have traditionally had is the pollution thing. So, now that they're going to pollute less than 4-strokes, we might be on the verge of a revolution. Think about it.

[gondellini]

I love 2-strokes.... but reliable? You gotta be joking!!!

[toreyjw1]

whats there to break on em???

[gertnood]

Sure, they are very reliable. Although I would not use that term as sparingly for multi cylinder air-cooled two-strokes though.

[mabyenot]

a 4 stroke making the same power as a 2 stroke will weigh more and need more displacement

[MikeJS57]

Hi John, I owned a string of two strokes in the 70's and have been waiting in vain for Orbital in Australia to bring out a direct injection engine that some bike manufacturer will pounce on for its power, low weight and low maintenance benefits over four strokes. I currently own a Suzuki SV1000, which is a good bike but I miss that two stroke howl !

[watanabehifumi]

It is wonderful. It is H2, No, thank you

[johnohanlon43]

Indeed it is the Legendary H2. These are thin on the ground these days. It belongs to a gentleman from Norway.

[watanabehifumi]

Legendary H2

Was it far and a machine of the gentleman in Norway?

It is more wonderful than my H2.

[kawasakih1]

Nice Bike !