How's this for an insane price.

[mx250]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130459585873&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true



$2,938.00. The seller should be well pleased. Every part of the bike will have to be restored, replaced or re-chromed. Whatcha reckon, another $5000-7000. Restored YM'sx can be bought for $3-4000 in the US. The buyer must be a keen hobbyist rather than a collector or a nostalgic retiree 'born again'. 

It will be a nice bike when restored.

[oldyzman]

Gotta luv the 750 3 cyl twostroker in the background. Good bike for wet weather fun..
Brett

[DR]

  some days are diamonds..lets just say I'd be even happier when the money is in the bank can't say I've ever seen one before

[Davey Crocket]

Dont you see the resemblance where Suzuki copied Yamaha to make their MX bikes Doc?

[Marc.com]

Dont you see the resemblance where Suzuki copied Yamaha to make their MX bikes Doc?

Or BMW copied the GS450 clutch from..... was predecessor of first Yamaha TD road racers and had the same problems with the clutch jumping off at high rpm.

As for H2 Kawasaki triple, always thought they were over rated, handling is not as bad as they make out.

[firko]

As for H2 Kawasaki triple, always thought they were over rated, handling is not as bad as they make out.

As someone who owned both 500 and 750 triples I'd question your opinion of the handling Marc. They were pretty awful, especially in the rain. I've got a few gravel scars to prove it.

[matcho mick]

mate took his H2 to bathurst,lasted 2 practise sessions,was back home sat,thought he was doing ok down conrod,(no one went past),actually back in the pits eveyone said they wern't game to go anywhere near him ,he took up the whole road going in a straight line down the hill,true story,
same guy tried H2 dirt outfit,didn't need to handle

[Davey Crocket]

Jeez Firko....where lucky your still with us.....most owners of those bikes ended up in a wooden crate not long after purchase!!!....you must have been one of the "chosen".....and to own a half litre aswell as a 3/4 litre.....thats hero status.....I must admit I'd love a 750 in my collection...they are reasonally priced compared to the 900's though. Kawasaki must have had two completely different departments that made those bikes, talk about chalk and cheese. I saw a guy get killed roadracing  750 in NZ, straight into a lamp post, Porirua GP.

[VMX247]

They dont go to bad with a chair on em either !! 

http://picasaweb.google.com/vmxwa.webmaster/15thAnniversaryScrambleAugust2010#5513281403450580498

http://picasaweb.google.com/vmxwa.webmaster/15thAnniversaryScrambleAugust2010#5512314301042434754

[GD66]

I saw a guy get killed roadracing  750 in NZ, straight into a lamp post, Porirua GP.

Do you mean Gracefield at a Marlboro series round by any chance, Davey ?

[popeye]

I agree Firko l had a 500 and it came new from the factory with a hinge in the middle, went great but did not like going round corners, water bottle bit better, but not much....

[mx250]

As for H2 Kawasaki triple, always thought they were over rated, handling is not as bad as they make out.

.... nothing that a bit of frame integrity, decent suspension, brakes appropriate to performance and ground clearance couldn't fix.  .

But didn't they sound great coming on to pipe  (at idle and on the over run forget it). Sounded like a turbo spooling up.

[firko]

As bad as the H1 and H2 were they could be made to work. A few years after I sold my H2 I met a bloke who owned a few Kawasaki triples and had made it his lifes mission to tame the beasts. He let me have a ride on his H2 that had been fitted with a braced frame, set of Ceriani road race forks, a braced Kosman swingarm, alloy Konis and a home made CD1 ignition that softened the torque curve. The bike was otherwise as stock as a rock and the improvements were phenomenal,  a pleasure to ride. It was stable at speed and the power came on much smoother but without losing any of the inbuilt thrill. I remember him laughing at blokes fitting expansion chambers to triples as he reckoned they narrowed the power band even more. The H2 is basically three F11 cylinders and he reckoned the Kawasaki race kit had similar porting and ignition timing to the F11M motocrosser.

I always wanted to get another one to do the same mods but now that I'm an old fat guy in my 60's I don't think it'd be a suitable bit of transport.

[mx250]

As bad as the H1 and H2 were they could be made to work. A few years after I sold my H2 I met a bloke who was owned a few Kawasaki triples who had made it his lifes mission to tame the beasts. He let me have a ride on his H2 that had been fitted with a braced frame, set of Ceriani road race forks, a braced Kosman swingarm, alloy Konis and a home made CD1 ignition that softened the torque curve. The bike was otherwise as stock as a rock and the improvements were phenomenal,  a pleasure to ride. It was stable at speed and the power came on much smoother but without losing any of the inbuilt thrill. I remember him laughing at blokes fitting expansion chambers to triples as he reckoned they narrowed the power band even more. The H2 is basically three F11 cylinders and he reckoned the Kawasaki race kit had similar porting and ignition timing to the F11M motocrosser.

I always wanted to get another one to do the same mods but now that I'm an old fat guy in my 60's I don't think it'd be a suitable bit of transport.

Did he improve the fuel economy (or non-economy as the case may be .)

[huskibul]

  i got given a Mach 111 back in the 70's (age 15-16yrs  ) by an older friend ! lets just say it had a very interesting front end  at speed it was the only  roadie i ever owned for some reason !!! but in some strange way i wished i had it again! sounded cool like a tin full of angry bumble bees