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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:43 am 

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Here is my restored 1975 Kawasaki H1 in Candy Sky Blue using Kawasaki new and NOS parts where possible. Show quality paint by Marbles Motors who is probably the best in the business on vintage bikes. Top quality show chrome by Spacecoast Plating on the original factory parts. This bike went a frame off restoration. It was rust and corrosion free and complete before the restoration. The front fender was perfect with no dents. All rubber parts are new and NOS parts sourced from the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and England. The tires are the correct new manufacture Dunlop Gold Seal that are still being made in Japan. The engine was disassembled, cleaned, inspected and bored first oversize to 61mm bore with Wossner forged pistons and rings by Fletchers Cycle Service in Memphis Tn. Charlie Smith overhauled the crankshaft and installed new bearings and seals. The transmission was gone through and reassembled with new shift forks and all clearances were checked. New Barnett clutch plates (fiber and steel) and springs. Oil injection pump was cleaned and rebuilt as was the oil injection lines and valves using new copper and Seal-O-Stat washers. Carbs were rebuilt using genuine Mikuni parts and jet kit by Ivans Performance using genuine Mikuni jets. All new carb hardware and NOS carb intake and air boot clamps were used. These NOS carb intake clamps are getting extremely hard to find.

Next was a perfect set of correct exhausts with no dents or scrapes that were cleaned with caustic blast process to remove internal carbon deposits then re-chromed to a beautiful show-like flawless finish. Exhaust baffles were bead blasted and new fiberglass packing was installed. Nice damage free H1 exhaust are rare to come by as I'm sure you guys know.

The frame was painted with quality polyurethane paint and the factory data sticker on the fork neck was preserved. Swingarm, battery box, center and side stands were powder coated. New tapered roller bearings in the head stem and new steel and bronze bushings in the swingarm were installed. New wheel bearings and seals. Buchannon stainless spokes in the original re-chromed Takasago rims, new sprockets and chain, new clutch, throttle, choke, speedo and tach cables. New shocks, master cylinder, brake pads and shoes, brake hoses. New fork tubes and seals, handle bar levers and switches. New Kawasaki OEM mirrors. New rubber engine mounts sourced from Germany. New sealed battery (No more acid stains on the exhaust) and a new K&N air filter in the air cleaner assembly from Klemm Vintage. It has a Pingel fuel valve designed for triples on it but the rebuilt vacuum fuel valve with new diaphragm is included. There are many other parts as well. The seat is original with the original factory cover. Correct Kawasaki bolts were replaced where necessary with the correct Kawasaki numbers on the bolt heads. The speedo and tach were rebuilt and calibrated by Don Fulsang who does incredible restoration on gauges.

This bike won the First Place Kawasaki 1969-1980 award at the March 7, 2015 Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club (VJMC) in Eustis, Fl. and Best Vintage Metric bike in the Crusin’ Southern Style show (Nov. 2015) in La.



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:27 pm 
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Better than new :clap:


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:33 pm 

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Looks and sounds great! Hope you enjoy the bike. :thumbup:


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 12:42 am 
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Beautiful, put a smile on my face. :D


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 4:13 am 
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some works done on it :thumbup:


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:22 am 

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Thanks guys!


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:32 pm 
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Suh-weeeet! :thumbup:

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