Over due introduction

[cageyar]

Originally Posted by txmxrider

Nice intro, great looking bike, and very cool garage! But I'm dying to know, what's that 3 cylinder thingy on the work bench?

That's a 1972 Kawasaki S2 350cc top end ported by the old Kawasaki drag racing specialists, Denco, for 55hp. Denco was doing some wild things with Kawi triples.
I've always been a Kawi triple two stroke fan. That bike, apart in the attic, has a baby Ceriani fork, Magura forged clip-ons, Konis, and fiberglass road racing tank and tail.
Once had every triple displacement: '72 750 H2, '69 500 H1, '75 400 S3, (2) '72 350 S2 and a '75 250 S1. Sold them all on eBay last year except the Denco 350 and the 1969 500 H1 which was the very 1st triple, 1st year. Going to restore that one.
Sold them to brokers who send them back to Japan, rebuild/restore then sell them in the Japan home market and in Europe. Here's what a '69 H1 looks like:

[Trex]

Cageyar - Welcome aboard. Nice bike and a very nice garage. Love that vintage Raleigh sign. From the 70's?

[cageyar]

Originally Posted by Trex

Cageyar - Welcome aboard. Nice bike and a very nice garage. Love that vintage Raleigh sign. From the 70's?

Actually, it's not that old-from the 80's.
I used to own a bicycle store in Medford, NJ.
Sold Raleigh, Trek, Cannondale, Giant, Pinarello and Eddy Merckx.

[bill pierce]

Originally Posted by cageyar

That's a 1972 Kawasaki S2 350cc top end ported by the old Kawasaki drag racing specialists, Denco, for 55hp. Denco was doing some wild things with Kawi triples.
I've always been a Kawi triple two stroke fan. That bike, apart in the attic, has a baby Ceriani fork, Magura forged clip-ons, Konis, and fiberglass road racing tank and tail.
Once had every triple displacement: '72 750 H2, '69 500 H1, '75 400 S3, (2) '72 350 S2 and a '75 250 S1. Sold them all on eBay last year except the Denco 350 and the 1969 500 H1 which was the very 1st triple, 1st year. Going to restore that one.
Sold them to brokers who send them back to Japan, rebuild/restore then sell them in the Japan home market and in Europe. Here's what a '69 H1 looks like:

Cool! I was a big Kawasaki 2 stroke fan in high school. My first (street) bike was a 73 s3, ported chambers and rejetted of coarse. Late came an A7 which was a twin, and a H1.

Brings back some fond memories, and some not so fond.

[txmxrider]

[QUOTE=cageyar;4664892]That's a 1972 Kawasaki S2 350cc top end ported by the old Kawasaki drag racing specialists, Denco, for 55hp. Denco was doing some wild things with Kawi triples.


Very cool indeed! Just last fall I sold my 400 S3 to help pay for my R1100S. I bought the bike new in 1975. Then I proceeded to make it better. Mine was similarly equipped too...ported and polished, expansion chambers, K&N filters, Konis, progressive fork springs, bronze swingarm bushings, Dick's Cycle West 1/4 fairing, extra bracing welded here and there on the frame (a never-ending battle to make it handle better). It sure sounded great, although the neighbors might disagree.

[cageyar]

Originally Posted by txmxrider

Very cool indeed! Just last fall I sold my 400 S3 to help pay for my R1100S. I bought the bike new in 1975. Then I proceeded to make it better. Mine was similarly equipped too...ported and polished, expansion chambers, K&N filters, Konis, progressive fork springs, bronze swingarm bushings, Dick's Cycle West 1/4 fairing, extra bracing welded here and there on the frame (a never-ending battle to make it handle better). It sure sounded great, although the neighbors might disagree.

Yes, I do like the way they sound. When I rebuild the H1, I going to put a set of chambers on from Higgspeed in the UK-check them out and get some ear plugs:

http://www.higgspeed.com/H-SERIES

[PFFOG]

damn, where is the sound track. A two stroke triple with chambers is the best sounding bike there is, Kaw or Suzuki.