Kawasaki H1 peacock grey £18000 !!!

[Robbo1200ADV]

Bloody Bloody Bloody Hell Sold mine for 6 grand

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawasaki-...2922908?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item35cd9d939c

 

[Fanum]

Looks like any random old Jap medium CC naked bike to me.........if you'd posted the pics alone and asked how much, I would have said about a grand 'cos of the condition

But then I'm ignorant, ain't I

Seriously though....is that a collector's bike

 

[MikeO]

Seriously though....is that a collector's bike

Any bike with the reputation for insanity that the H1 had in its day will be a collector's bike - met up with a load of owners at the Eurotunnel (Post One) last year.

And of course, it's advertised for £18k - it'll be worth whatever someone is willing to spend...

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

it is certainly a collectors bike , one of the earliest and best out there . Runs well too . Just a shame they are so out of reach . I bought one for £400 in 1977 and it was mint !!

 

[Shep]

Thats the earliest i've ever seen, got to be rare, but not £18k rare perhaps

 

[England-Kev]

That is a very special bike, and a fantastic restoration.

 

[sycomoto]

I know a guy with six of them plus about as many 750s plus a couple of 250 trail twins with the high pipes he also has enough new old stock parts to rebuild all of them 10 times over but he won't sell any of them and won't rebuild them.

 

[csd4t]

500+cc two stroke triple sir? 20% the price of this one sir? No problem sir, see my post in for sale section (if I knew how to link it I would)

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

500+cc two stroke triple sir? 20% the price of this one sir? No problem sir, see my post in for sale section (if I knew how to link it I would)

There you go numpty !!http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?346849-New-project-time-so&p=3624262#post3624262

 

[flying circus]

what a fantastic bike, it is the pinnacle of high performance motorcycling...... well it was in 1969 but it's 2013 now and it is crap unless you can convince yourself that it is a investment "better then money in the bank". get a grip ffs and leave the past in the past or a museum.

 

[andysdad]

Fantastic bike but way too much money.

H1 & H2 stories....

H1 - 1980 - I slightly knew a guy who was a good club racer. Used to ride a Triumph at Brands (late 60s IIRC). Triumph handled well but no power so he decided to get a new-fangled H1. First race, blast off - flew into Paddock way ahead of everyone else. Up the hill, into Druids, woke up in Sevenoaks Hospital. H1s do NOT handle......

H2 - Bike magazine used to have a "my best bike story" section. Someone wrote in - he had an H2 and he and a mate tried to take a wheelie photo (even though I live in Oz, I still can't call them a "minger" - it's not right). Apparently when cold an H2 would behave somewhat differently; no power then everything. Basically he looped it, clocks nearly mangled his nuts, bike totalled, all in front of his own house.....

Now here's the video of the 48 cylinder one! (Apparently it's 49 as one runs as a starter.....) Enjoy.