Let's see those bikes

The family out for a garage floor coating. All on the road except for the little 1972 mt1 75cc.
Except the zx9r, All were built by me from total wrecks.
The white 69 h1 750 was putting in a few laps at the Loudon race track in N.H. this year.


I've gone cross country on the 98 zx9r, 15000 mile ride 2 1/2 months long in 2013.
80 national parks Yellowstone, Yosemite, Rushmore, Redwoods, all the national parks that I've dreamed of seeing.
Thru snow and dust storms, single digit temps in the Rockies searing heat in death valley.
Met some great people along the way, went thru a couple sets of tires , fuel pump, and a chain.
Spent every night in my tent and mostly eating at McDonald's to get WIFI, And to be able to afford it all.
Did a total frame off rebuild last winter and top end and She's ready to go another 30000.
This summer across the Canadian Rockies to Prudhoe bay Alaska, then see family in sterling AK, then wander back thru the US.
for a few months.

 

I am looking for a KLR for my Alaska trip this summer Hoping to go up the haul road to Prudhoe bay and the Dempster HWY to Inuvik Yukon those roads are a bit too much on the zx9r sport bike.

 

That sounds awesome, nice pics, I love motorcycle camping, good luck on the Alaska trip.

 

Chestnut, nice bunch of pictures. The last one, where was that taken?

It reminds me of my trip west through Yosemite N.P.

 

Crater lake Oregon

The one after death valley is Yosemite NP in the valley
Caught the half dome right at sunset the night before one of my favorite stops.
Cold ride back the 60 miles back to my campsite, of course the park was booked.

 

Did you put h2 jugs and bigger pistons on that h1?

Love the pics. I'll have to post up some of my bike pics but it might be a while as is snowmobile season now. I have a 97 Suzuki tl1000s that I've owned about 10 years and have ridden on both coasts and in between.

 

The 1969 h1 has a 1972 h2 motor stuffed in I ported her to Denco king cobra 120 HP specs, she's setup for 110HP its a crazy ride.

This is my road racer, I raced for years, this one has so many mods there's not much stock about it
A 350 frame H1 500 motor I ported to 80 HP a road race port, lots of H1R goodies it actually handles and stops!
Nowadays I just bomb around the curvy back roads on her.

1976 bone stock H1 bit of a dog, last year made, the EPA just choked them down with pollution regulations.
Still a fun ride the smoothest riding and handling of all the triples.

The Kawasaki triples are what I do to make a living. porting, cranks, engine rebuilds, from scrap heap to a new bike, I do it all.
Most of my work gets shipped overseas, the US market got 90% of the triples so in the rest of the world their still quite rare and sought after.

 

I have a project bike for you!

 

I had 1 h1 over the years. If I still had it I would've had a project to work on. I got it for free, and did it for a good profit. The previous owner thought the motor was locked up. I didn't have the heart to tell him neutral was all the way down, not up a half notch.

 

What ya got there Old spark?

 

1971 blue Mach III, been sitting around and it needs a lot of work but sure would like to see it go to someone who could do it justice.

 

Yeah they all were that way except the last year 1976 H1/Kh500
The early H1's you could convert to shift on right brake on left like the European bikes.
The two Italian bikes in the picture are like that, always fun the first few miles when I jump on them and get used to that screwy pattern again.
I think I still have a couple of those "English conversion kits" around here somewhere.

 

02 CBR 600f4i

 

Old spark,
My ride in high school 1971 H1 500 blue streak.
My parents big old Chevy in the background.

I loved that bike, worked at the local Honda dealer after school.
They Hated it when I came riding in each day on her,
It would eat up those 750 Hondas at the stop lights.
Wish I was closer to you I would check it out.

 

My brother had an f4 not the I, a carbureted one, I think it was a 2000, red with the wing on it.
A very quick bike for a 600, I saw 150 MPH indicated on the speedo on a 1/2 mile straight.

 

I had 170 on the speedo but had lower gear ratio sprocket set put on so it was probably off. I did get there really quick though.

 

Most bikes are over geared and won't hit the speed that stock gearing technically could allow. I think the manufacturer's do that so the bikes are " more friendly" down low in first gear.

I even went to a 17/ 41 from stock 17/38 even on my 1000cc lc v twin sport bike with 75 lb/ft of tq at the rear wheel. More power down low and it still does the 175 it did with stock gearing.

 

My current bike, a 2002 Fatboy.

 

My mighty widow maker 97 Suzuki TL1000S getting it's battery charged. I replaced the original agm battery in summer 2011. This one was from batteries plus, agm again for all the right reasons.

The car will sit outside tonight, because there's more to clean up, and the Badger game is on now.

 

You guys and those crotch rockets!