Laminar's H1 Rebuild, Part San

jim-k · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:09 am

Always a boost getting new parts and making steady progress. You have done some very nice work. Maroon was my favorite color

Laminar · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:50 am

Worked on the H1's seat pan.

New sheet metal cut out (got to use my HF sheet metal sheer, cut through it like butter):

Old rusty bits cut off and cleaned up to bare metal:

New part welded up and cleaned up a bit:

Now it's time to shower and pack for Arizona.

FloridaSteve · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:26 pm

I don't mean this as a criticism since that's some excellent fab work but aren't those seat pans more or less available either E-bay or re-popped? Either way nice job all the way round! :clap:

Laminar · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:06 pm

FloridaSteve wrote:

I don't mean this as a criticism since that's some excellent fab work but aren't those seat pans more or less available either E-bay or re-popped? Either way nice job all the way round! :clap:

If you know of a source, I'm all ears, I didn't see anything on eBay, Z1parts, Z1enterprises, or ReproductionDecals.

RB talked about repro-ing the H1 pans but I haven't seen anything come of it:
http://www.kawasakitriplesworldwide.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=58051

Here's a complete assembly for $500: http://www.hvccycle.com/seats-kawasaki.html

Laminar · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 4:50 pm

Other side and front end repaired, and I started tacking in the new upholstery barbs.

Laminar · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:57 pm

I got the rims and tires dropped off at the dealership today for new tubes and tire installation. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up a couple bikes that someone offered me for free, and I might have emptied my welding gas tank, so there are plenty of things that keeping getting in the way of progress, but I'm working on it!

Laminar · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:49 pm

These will have to wait, gotta finish the H1:

Laminar · **Posted:** Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:01 pm

Got the rims reinstalled and oil pump cover installed. After checking with the eBay seller that was supposed to ship my new headlight a month ago and him blaming USPS, the tracking number suddenly shows activity. I just need to get more welding gas so I can finish up the seat pan.

Laminar · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:18 pm

Finally got around to getting the title put in my name. The bike hasn't been registered since 1975. When she told me that I had to pay all of the fees to bring it up to date, I about died but then she said I'd just have to pay one year, so it was $35 total for license and title transfer fee.

My headlight came in the mail today. I believe I have in my possession everything needed to complete the bike. Well, except welding gas.

Laminar · **Posted:** Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:39 am

...and then I go and break my welder. I decided to switch over to flux-core wire for the last 8 tacks. In the process, I managed to snap a copper stud that the grounding wire connects to, and I did this while hand-tightening a wingnut. So no welder for now, which means no upholstery barbs, which means the seat doesn't get covered, which means the bike doesn't get finished before I leave for Tunisia today.

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