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Archive through November 06, 2014Jaimec30 11-06-14  02:27 pm
         

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Akbuell
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 04:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Video

CycleWorld.com

H2R on the dyno, at full chat.

Dave
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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 07:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jaime - you are confusing the H2 (street) with H2R (race)

H2 was the flexi-flyer, H2R had heavy double down tubes running so wide the pipes went between them. The left and right cylinder barrels were swapped which gave the pipes the correct angle that you see in the pic.

The next step in Kawi's evolutionary chain was the KR750 (yes, Kawi KR750)- which in turn was put out of business by the TZ750.



The H2R (original) is my fantasy café racer. We built a couple for magazine articles in the late 1970s when the AMA changed the rules and Team Hansen was sitting on a few dozen chassis.

There are a couple people doing TRUE H2R replica chassis in Canada.
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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 07:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Better pic of a "real" H2R - Mojokawasaki restoration and RACED in AHRMA:

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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 07:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Duhamel KR750



2 Strokes and blue smoke RULE!
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Jaimec
Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2014 - 10:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You'll note I didn't say "H2R" in my post... I specifically said "H2." I think you added the "R" yourself when you read it.
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Slaughter
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 12:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Apologies Jamie. You ARE right. Reading comprehension FAIL!
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Jaimec
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 07:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Of course, I can understand, as this thread IS about the H2R, not the H2... but then everybody else started talking about different bikes too.
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Oldog
Posted on Friday, November 07, 2014 - 07:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wow those H2 pix take me back, in its day the thing was fierce, I rode one briefly in HS, it was brutally quick Thanks for taking the time to dig those up ( with the history lesson )
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Blake
Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2014 - 03:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sheesh!

http://youtu.be/vAo0LWQFxdE

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Slaughter
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 07:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hansen, Wilvert, Wada, ? Carr, Cameron, Duhamel, Nixon, at Daytona about 1974(?)

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Reepicheep
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 08:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

No wonder Cameron is such a cranky curmudgeon... look at that outfit they made him wear when he was a factory wrench!

I'd still be bitter too...
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Slaughter
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Out of that crowd, Hurley is the only one with whom I'm still in touch.
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Firstbuell
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 02:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

well, Steve, too many have passed on!

Hansen, Nixon, Carr, & Baumann,
at a minimum

pal Hurley, Cameron & Kanemoto are likely the remaining most informed about the original H2Rs & KR750s, correct?
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Slaughter
Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 12:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Check Dave Crussel at MojoKawasaki. He has done more to keep the triples alive than anybody.

http://mojokawasaki.com/
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