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  • Опубліковано 22 лют 2023
  • The Kawasaki H2 750 two stroke triple is perhaps the most collectible 2 stroke motorcycle that there is. In this video we take you to Mecum Motorcycle auction 2023 to see what the complete 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975 Kawasaki H2 750 collection sells for, we hear the sweet two stroke sound, find out why this bike was called the “Widowmaker” , get a look at some Kawasaki H2 750 machines that have turned into drag bikes, and we catch up with Mecum expert John Kraman to get his assessment of the value of these classic Kawasaki 750 two strokes! The motorcycles are skyrocketing in value.
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  • @glenncanale9225
    @glenncanale9225 Рік тому +5

    Still have my 1973 H1 Kawasaki 500. I raced it at Daytona in 1976 in amature class.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

    • @glenncanale9225
      @glenncanale9225 Рік тому

      @@cycledrag The 900 Kawasakis were going for 40 to 50 k at Mecum If your a seller Great a buyer not so Great.

  • @jeffmc306
    @jeffmc306 Рік тому +2

    I worked at Mecum Pontiac-Buick, Marengo, IL in 1974 and bought Eddie Mecum Jr.’s 1973 blue Kawasaki 350. A friend owned a Copper colored Kawasaki 750. One night I got a flat rear tire on my bike and he let me ride his 750 home. He said “what ever you do, make sure you’re leaning over the gas tank when you roll the throttle open.” He wasn’t kidding…. Front wheel would come off every time. The 350 would do the same at 5K RPMs but that 750 was a beast!

  • @MichaelandCathy1999
    @MichaelandCathy1999 Рік тому +7

    I’m 66 and I had the honor in my lifetime to drive 2 GOAT bikes , the 1972 Kawasaki 350 triple and the 1976 Yamaha RD 400c ( Canadian version, Black,White and Gold). I really miss those days of 2 strokes smokin in the morning, warming up, farting and popping to clear their throats. I was 20 when I bought the RD, brand new, learned very quickly what a true power band can do if you don’t have a good grip on the handlebars. Took on all comers, even the Honda 750’s were no match. Only the new ‘76 Z-1 900’s walked away, but off the pop the 400 still led till the big torque machine reeled me in. Good times 👍🇨🇦

    • @raynic1173
      @raynic1173 Рік тому +1

      I had a 73? RD 350, and could not be beat from light to light by 750-4's. Great fun.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

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    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 10 місяців тому

      Me too,the original red/white. What a motorcycle!

  • @wellmounted
    @wellmounted Рік тому +2

    A friend of mine bought one of these in '72. He took me for a ride and was doing wheelies at 70 MPH. Last time I rode with him.

  • @barnyboysdad
    @barnyboysdad 21 день тому +1

    Way back in 1975 a guy in Melbourne Australia had a speedway sidecar outfit and it had two 750triples bolted together jam packed into a speedway sidecar frame, there's still guys about who would remember this outfit and the owner of it was Allen Forest it was wicked ,never got to race it but the technology to join two at the crank was ahead of it's time, way to go kwaka

  • @philiporeilly9662
    @philiporeilly9662 8 місяців тому +1

    Bought a used (2,000 miles) ‘74 in ‘75, it came more alive with Denco pipes added. June of ‘76 rode 4,400 miles in 14 days, touring the West Coast from Seattle to LA, then East to Albuquerque, Broke a spoke @ 100+ one week after returning home. abraded about 17% of my surface area, thought I’d gotten lucky to survive. Found out in 2004 I had broken C-5 vertebra in my neck. I spent three months rebuilding it ( added another disc brake in front, Progressive fork internals, bronze swingarm bushing, after market shocks, some porting on the heads, etc. Put 30,000 miles on it, got tired of being ticketed for speeding/ loud exhausts. Sold it and bought the last Honda 750 Interceptor for sale in Seattle in April of 1983.

  • @ScottMorris-jz7qy
    @ScottMorris-jz7qy 17 днів тому

    Had an h2 in 1972.I'm now 74 and still miss that bike!

  • @kentbergstrom3020
    @kentbergstrom3020 11 місяців тому +2

    The blue -72 with Denco pipes are my dream bike.

  • @fomocoguy
    @fomocoguy 4 місяці тому +1

    It was February 1995. I’m 14 years old, out in my garage piddling with a GS400 I managed to trade some beans for when the phone rings. It’s my buddy, and he says “I found an H2! I’m buying it for $200!”. Now my buddy had no business buying an H2, and didn’t have two dimes to rub together, so I made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. I gave him my running GS as a finders fee so that I could buy the beast. Two days later I had an all original 1972 widow maker sitting in my garage. It literally needed nothing but an air filter and battery to run. The previous owner had drained the tank and carbs before putting it away so everything was pristine. After a few stabs at that long kicker she burbled to life. I turned my hat backwards and headed down to the end of my street, which was about 5 houses down. I spun that sucker around and let her rip, and was astonished to blast past 60 mph as I passed my house! The growl that came from that machine had me instantly hooked. What a rush! After convincing my ridiculously cool dad to put a plate on it for me I spent the entire summer ripping up backroads in the rural area I lived in. One of the best memories of my life. Been chasing it ever since!

  • @pcinflorida
    @pcinflorida 8 місяців тому +1

    I learned and owned it at seventeen 750 H2 1974 model the vibration was sic in lower gears did not start to smooth out till about 55mph. I worked at freehold raceway (race horses)
    There was a stretch of highway on the way to the track every morning I would open it up it was only about a 3 mile stretch to the 1st exit. I remember my back sprocket looking
    like the ocean that bike had so much torque!!! Great memories.

  • @matsfredsson9445
    @matsfredsson9445 7 місяців тому +3

    If you ever driven, heard or seen one of the Kawa 2T triples on the road.... you understand why they are so sought after.
    I know, I have one!🥰

    • @billwood1372
      @billwood1372 7 місяців тому +1

      Me too

    • @andywarrington4738
      @andywarrington4738 11 днів тому +1

      yep been there and never forget the first time , damn it scared the shit out of me , loved it though lol

  • @constantinehatzis2807
    @constantinehatzis2807 Рік тому +4

    I rode one as a young bike mechanic in the early 80s. Just synchronized the carbs and took it for a test ride, I was 18! Amazing experience.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

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  • @charliebailey2359
    @charliebailey2359 Рік тому +3

    Love your videos. Love you passion for bikes, two strokes included. I just bought a 1972 H2 750 today and I am very excited! You helped me with my buying decision so I would like to say thank you! Can’t wait till the snow melts here in Anchorage and I can ride it!

  • @alecwestfall1227
    @alecwestfall1227 7 місяців тому +1

    My dad has a ‘72 750. Turned it into a dirt drag bike bored .100 over. Ported and polished heads, 3 42mm Lectron carbs. Was the bike to beat back in the day! Still has it too, hoping to get her back competing soon!

  • @upsdoug
    @upsdoug 7 місяців тому +1

    The 73 was my favorite. The tail piece, the color and the overall look does it for me. Had one in the early 80s and naturally wish I never would’ve sold it.😢

  • @gerrymainville7904
    @gerrymainville7904 23 дні тому

    Had the pleasure to own two of them, both 350 cc, a 1972 and 1973. The ‘73 had front disc brakes. The ‘72 had drums front and back.

  • @kennethsmith608
    @kennethsmith608 Рік тому +2

    Brings back memory's, Bought one in a basket $20.00 (lol really parts in a basket( blew roller bearing rod). Got new parts, case was still good, rebuilt it around $100.00 back in the day. scared me, don't remember what I traded it for next. Had a lot of cars and bikes like that if I had kept in a barn I would be rich today.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

  • @danhbknutson8495
    @danhbknutson8495 6 місяців тому

    Rode one in my teens. Just crazy fun beyond belief!
    Drove one in 1975, never ending throttle. Didn't matter what gear you were in, 1st-2nd was rear-end gone. 3-4 even 5th gear was a "crank at your own risk" .
    The new crotch rockets you know what to expect. This beasty was definitely a sleeper. Only reason I'm still alive is because of a worn down tread on rear on gravel. The KZ regular 4 strokes were wild.
    The 2-stroke 750 was pure insanity!

  • @craigullman6129
    @craigullman6129 3 місяці тому

    I'm stoked and stroked!!! I can't believe all the comments on 350 Triples,......I'm 64 years old and in 1977 I was 18 years old and bought a 72 Kawa 350
    Triple Two stroke!
    Beat up as it was I was stalking Big 650 and 750 four strokers and crushing their egos and machines with a twist of the throttle I would pull wheelies in 1rst ,second, and third gear !!! at about 7 to 9000 rpm !!
    Bikers would pull up to me after each race and blurt out, what in the hell is that (thang)! and how is it so quick ???
    Still think about em all the time,!

  • @ericnance188
    @ericnance188 Рік тому

    I rode triple air cooled 2 strokes of both Kawasaki and Suzuki back in the day as a bike shop mechanic helping to support my MX days. Even the later water cooled buffalo. I owned all of them for various lengths of time and sadly sold them for what I thought was a greener pasture to support the newest and greatest MX bike purchase at that time.
    A GT 380 Suzuki, and an H1 500 Kaw were the only street bikes to make me ever consider I might just have entered into a high-speed back flip wheelie because I got a little too cocky. Made it through both events unharmed but it did make me consider more things.
    Very cool bikes and I wish I still had them. To me at that time they were just really heavy versions of the dirt bikes I raced at the time with street style suspension but would wheelie like crazy after 10 minutes of figuring out their balance and power characteristics.
    Years later I got dumb again and bought a new VFR 700 Interceptor and within minutes of straddling that bike I was on the back tire in first through high gear at 100 mph and then it hit me..... you can't do 200 pound dirt bike stuff with a 700 pound street bike on the street in traffic.
    Well, I did it because I didn't have a dirt bike at the time that would wheelie to 100 mph and run 160 on the interstate with shorts and a t shirt with no helmet.
    Back then it was "hey you wanna race?" .... run what you brung type of thing on a day when you wanted a leisurely weekend ride to town for a coke and a hamburger..... No "hold on, let me go gear up" was an option.
    A 280 z that was supposed to be hot at the time was left behind at 120
    What was then a hot item 600 Hurricane was left behind at 130.
    And a straggler on a 1000 Hurricane that wanted to know wtf, got scared at 140 and lifted.
    After we all caught at the next exit, I also realized that in the process of that manly adrenaline ladened feat of many poor decisions.
    I passed a semi-truck and trailer while in the left lane at well more than twice his speed.
    I could have been killed by a simple pebble coming out of his tire going through me like a bullet.
    A tire blow out, ... anything at 160 on a bike in that condition can kill you before you even realize you're too stupid to understand you just killed yourself.
    After that I sold it and lived to tell the tale.
    I should probably be dead by now given all the dumb stuff back then, but I got away with it.
    Now I just gotta find a KX 500 and H2 to rinse and repeat at nearly 60 years of age lol.

  • @stillair1
    @stillair1 3 дні тому

    That H2B was a bargain , here in the UK sound examples are £17k+ . Had two red H2c's back in the day, first one cost £829 with 800 miles on the clock from a dealer.

  • @rogersiples3335
    @rogersiples3335 6 місяців тому

    In 1974, I bought a new H1 500cc and loved it. I put three expansion chambers with silencers on it. I loved it.

  • @armandogonzales9304
    @armandogonzales9304 7 місяців тому

    When I started riding in the mid 1970s, The Kawasaki 2-Stroke Triples were everywhere. Along with the Suzuki triples.

  • @katemdegrood4580
    @katemdegrood4580 10 місяців тому

    Howdy and great vid,...This is funny I just dusted off my 1972 H2, this weekend to go for a squirt and then found this feed! The bike still scares me!

  • @victorblackwood3727
    @victorblackwood3727 Рік тому +1

    A friend let me ride his new 500 triple in about 1973 or 74. He said be careful. I was 15 weighed about 90 pounds. Got on it and butt went straight to back of seat and only holding on by hands. Couldn't get off gas until it quit pulling in 1st gear. That was all I wanted. Took it back and got off. LOL

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

  • @scottwheaton9689
    @scottwheaton9689 Рік тому

    That is for doing the Great video on these bikes.
    I’ve buying riding wrenching Kawi triples & big 4’s since the early 70’s & at 67yrs old (and quad bypass later!) still own & ride 2 1974 H1 500 triples & a 78 KZ1000 LTD.
    Fun bikes to ride out on country roads and to car bike cruise nights too where the old Kawi’s (not 67yr old Kawi riders like me!😜) get a lot of attention.
    And I’m not afraid to get into them once in a while breaking 100mph!/😳

  • @offensive164
    @offensive164 Рік тому +3

    I owned a 1972 candy blue h2, it was a handful to ride

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

  • @Dan45955
    @Dan45955 Рік тому +2

    I rode an H1 and an H2 to high school in 1973 and 1974. I still own a 1970 500 and a 1975 750. Neither has been restored but I've owned the '75 750 since new and it's never been started.

    • @chrisbraid2907
      @chrisbraid2907 Рік тому +1

      Criminal. Oh well you won’t bend it if you don’t ride it .

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

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    • @Dan45955
      @Dan45955 Рік тому

      @@chrisbraid2907 Criminal? No. Waste of a good motorcycle? Yeah, probably is. I had never intended that it would wind up like this when I bought it. Production was ending and I wanted to have a nice one so I thought I'd keep it in the crate for a couple of years. Then I bought a new 900LTD. Then I bought more H2's. I always had more new motorcycles to ride and I just got used to the crated 750 in the garage. Pretty soon it was 25 years old and was very collectible even then.

  • @christopherbisson23
    @christopherbisson23 7 місяців тому

    Love seeing these bikes. I have a very good condition 1975 S1 250 in blue that I’d be willing to part with for someone trying to put together a set. Thanks again for sharing this. These bikes are beautiful!

  • @c0v3rmax
    @c0v3rmax 10 місяців тому

    Great videos thanks - I own a 74 - fully restored to new condition like the green one behind you in the video - here in New Zealand - fun bike :)

  • @donedwards3811
    @donedwards3811 Рік тому +3

    I had acquired one of the little brothers ,(the 350 triple) in a trade along with a 900 Z-1, both bikes were sitting in a storage facility unit under piles of boxes. Both had under 600 miles

    • @cycledrag
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    • @bombadeer8231
      @bombadeer8231 Рік тому

      I have one 🏍. A 72 👍

  • @haroldferguson1483
    @haroldferguson1483 Рік тому

    I'm 54. When I turned 16 I went from the dirt to the pavement and never looked back. At 16 I had the 400 not the 750. 2 stroke 3 banger. Loved that bike

  • @richrocketlll
    @richrocketlll 7 місяців тому

    I have a H1. Its a blast to ride. Nothing like it. I plan on doing a rebuild on the crankshaft in 2024 to get back to top performance. Nothing like a two stroke triple.

  • @johnmchugh9152
    @johnmchugh9152 4 місяці тому

    I had a H1 500 and found out about the powerband the hard way, was out riding with my friends they on their Harleys and me on the H1 we all took off from a bend in the road I hit 7200 on the tach and the front wheel came Stright up. needless to say, i did not make the bend but hit a tree. only did slight damage to the front forks. that bike was a lot of fun as long as you respected it.

  • @northerniltree
    @northerniltree 6 місяців тому

    Got a OP purple '75. These things rock!

  • @urielsmachine997
    @urielsmachine997 8 місяців тому

    I had the 500cc H1 back in the day. It had the double leading shoe front drum brake that faded faster than stop. Loved the sheer acceleration and showing off past the girls school with a wheelie. Handling was non existent so I sold it and bought a Duke. I did ride a 750 H2 but the guy had just polished the seat and it had me reaching for the kill switch as I slide backwards and twisted the throttle trying to hold on.

  • @donaldswanson3198
    @donaldswanson3198 Рік тому +4

    Had one, Death trap, speed wobbles, wheelies, ir did it all. Always wondered what it would be like to have this engine in a good handling chassis.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

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  • @MegaSkypes
    @MegaSkypes Рік тому +1

    Very interesting and unbelievable prices but they were and still iconic motorcycle and I still want to ride one one day never had the chance in all my 50 years!
    One day I will! ❤

  • @user-xc6wb5ps6z
    @user-xc6wb5ps6z 9 місяців тому

    Had a 73 750 in 1984. Bought used and rebuilt it . Easy to work on. Crazy fast. Had a 500 bought new in 1982 no comparisons to the 750.

  • @johndoherty2003
    @johndoherty2003 7 місяців тому

    Drove a H 1 to high school. It was my first “car”!

  • @georgeveneziano2754
    @georgeveneziano2754 5 днів тому

    Yes i had a 71 blue streak fassssst as hell loved it

  • @petertenero7707
    @petertenero7707 Рік тому +1

    Senior in high school.. bought the fifth machine sold by valley motor sport , Northampton ma. 1973 Top speed 128 then it wobbled, nothing was a challenge. Z28 camero dragged and beat without going over break-in rev line . Installed a larger rear sprocket and velocity stacks. Paid $1525.00 Had a gold color. Was clean but crude, had cruise control(hand tighten a screw, no quick release ) cruised at 85 or you ran a lower gear.

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

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  • @james240z4
    @james240z4 Рік тому +1

    Bought my '75 H2 750 with Denco motor and chrome chambers for 600.00 .With wheelie bar low 9's. Was beautiful.
    Sold it in 1982 fo $600.00,not bad, drove for 7 years and broke even! Unfortunatly left $25000.00 on the table! Timing is everything. I won't talk about my Ferrari 250 GTO from Victoria High School 1972, didn't buy for $5200.00 still crying!Left $75,000,000 on the table.

    • @cycledrag
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    • @james240z4
      @james240z4 Рік тому

      The market is getting a bit frothy, but H2's don't grow on trees! My first triple was an S-2 350... 1972,Hooked! First dirt bike 1973 Elsinore 125. Wish I had them today. Also restored over 76 Datsun 240z'S to get through eight years of college and Optometry school. They"re crazy priced today . I sold them for $4000 each $300 more than a new one! Today they would go for $40,000 each. Where would i keep that many cars? Bikes store way better! I am subscribed for a couple of years, love your channel

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      @@james240z4 So sool! My dad has two S2s. One orange one and one blue one!

  • @FunAllDayLong4353
    @FunAllDayLong4353 Рік тому +2

    I had the humble 250 S1C version complete with front drum brake. Awesome sounding, easy to start and super chilled bike to ride, despite the powerband.

    • @cycledrag
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    • @FunAllDayLong4353
      @FunAllDayLong4353 Рік тому

      @@cycledrag Not sure - here in the UK things are slightly different. Someone more knowledgeable than I on the subject thinks mid to late 90's Superbikes might start moving upwards. Particularly 916's and 748's.

  • @andrewswitzer5019
    @andrewswitzer5019 2 місяці тому

    I still have my 1974 H2, I paid $1875.00 out the door, they call it the window maker, I think it was cycle world called it Evil, Wicked, mean and nasty. I remember taking 1st gear up to 35 mph then hit second gear and you were gone, if it didn’t stand up you weren’t doing it right. I remember other people on bikes I would race saying it was like they just locked up their brakes, my H2 would get it. If you knew this bike and rode it hard it would eat 850 commando’s, that was a fast bike.

  • @CaptainCraigKWMRZ
    @CaptainCraigKWMRZ Рік тому

    I had an old H2 I rode to class at IU in the early 80's. Loud pipes so I would walk it out of the quad to start it. I rode in snow, on ice and with my first wife on the back. Constantly messing with the points!
    Then moved to Dallas and got a KZ 1000!

  • @LordSamuelJ
    @LordSamuelJ 7 місяців тому

    I have a 74 H2 race bike and two H1s. They are awesome bikes! fast and scary! Just the way I like it!

  • @5634202
    @5634202 Рік тому +1

    Bought a mint blue 72 in 73 at 18 from a GI on Air Base who never rode it. Wild ride! Nothing since compares. So quick they de-tuned the 73’s (smaller carbs heavier flywheel. 72 was the year to own! Like having a 70 Hemi-Cuda

    • @hekterr6677
      @hekterr6677 Рік тому

      Blue 72 was the fastest…

    • @cycledrag
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  • @superplumber5
    @superplumber5 Рік тому

    OMG , I had the purple one 10 years ago , I sold it for a $1,000 . Had I known this I would've kept it. Great content as always, thanks jack

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  • @JamminJere
    @JamminJere Рік тому +3

    That’s front disc..rear drum on those bikes

    • @cycledrag
      @cycledrag  Рік тому

      Good catch, you got me. Fat finger on the graphics. Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

  • @bobninemire6859
    @bobninemire6859 10 місяців тому +1

    Had the 400 S3 and even it went fast. Front wheel was easy to pull up

    • @craigullman6129
      @craigullman6129 3 місяці тому

      Those kh 400's were Kool looking with those squared up cylinder heads but they were no math for the S2 350!
      The stroke is shorter on the 350',s and had bigger intake and carbs.
      My My it was so much fun to pass those KH 400's with my ,350 2:03

  • @duane3516
    @duane3516 Рік тому

    In 1972 I was new discharged from Navy and had dicharge money to throw at a 69 Norton P11 A.....it wasnt stock it had better compression and a harmon collins tigre power cam, it was a badass and I was beating everything in south Fla. 2wheel or 4 wheel...I ran across a 500 tripple that didnt exactly embaress me (stoplight/stoplight) but he ended my evening very early

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  • @noel3422
    @noel3422 Рік тому +4

    The 1969 mach lll 500 was the only year with the hot timing, detuning was implemented in 1970 on through the kh series. A second rebuild with decent porting and polish on the 1969 500 model would pull away from a stock 750 triple. In my mind, the true widow maker was the 500cc 1969 mach lll. I owned a 1970, 1971, 1972 and a 1973 mach lll, all of which were 500cc, none of those bikes had the insane power band of the 1969, even though all the info back then stated that detuning did not start untill the 1974 kh series was launched, I don't think this true.

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    • @pl7868
      @pl7868 9 місяців тому

      yep i had a 69 bought it used in 72 i think for 150 bucks an rode it to high school , it would mosey along til forget what rpm maybe 5000 or so then scream an pull a wheelie in any gear , had no brakes to speak of , road into a few lawns hoping it stopped before it hit the house or the back of a car , used to time when i left for school so i could pass the school bus on a wheelie , grew up an got a 750 an still have it road it year round for years , it's same as that purple one , only thing with those is 15 mpg if your lucky an if you bore it an up the compression it av gas or racing fuel so pricey to ride nowadays

  • @timparrott8090
    @timparrott8090 Рік тому

    Road one In 82 in Portland was amazing couldn't get enough

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  • @y4s563
    @y4s563 Рік тому

    I just acquired 5 - 500 original Triple's ... 3 - 72 500's , 2 - HE1's ...... Canadian vintage .

  • @pl7868
    @pl7868 9 місяців тому

    Have the purple one , geesh had to count my fingers , hum 46 years , it sat in the showroom for a year or so forget now getting old 🙂

  • @goblin103187
    @goblin103187 Рік тому

    Had a 74 balanced and blueprinted. Bike would screammm. A lot of pissed off guys on their 1000's couldn't believe when I dusted them. Wasn't a good handling bike but in a straight line it hauled ass.

  • @frankcastle5294
    @frankcastle5294 6 місяців тому

    Glad I kept the 5 that I own for all these decades.

  • @antonhoward9027
    @antonhoward9027 Рік тому +3

    I seriously think that colours are very important on these bikes.

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  • @ronniemullis8717
    @ronniemullis8717 Рік тому +1

    Two days ago on Bring a Trailer auction a 72 blue 750 just like the one I bought brand new for around eleven hundred dollars sold for $25,500. The same thing this one went for.

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  • @filitsa60korba29
    @filitsa60korba29 Рік тому +2

    So beautiful

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  • @romaneble9057
    @romaneble9057 Рік тому

    I had a 1974 green one and it did screen popped a few willies on this

  • @colinwhite2401
    @colinwhite2401 8 місяців тому +1

    I have a1973 H2 750 sitting in my barn I would like to rebuild.

  • @colinwhite2401
    @colinwhite2401 8 місяців тому

    Good video. Where can a guy get parts for these now.

  • @robertpenfold9167
    @robertpenfold9167 7 місяців тому

    Had H2 with werges big bore kit and chambers was really quick

  • @calvincooley1074
    @calvincooley1074 Рік тому +1

    I rode a 500 when I was 16 back in 1985

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  • @ugenescott111
    @ugenescott111 2 місяці тому

    Love them bikes 👏👍

  • @1950Bonanza
    @1950Bonanza 10 місяців тому

    Start looking for the 500CC 80's two strokes, going for crazy money. RZ500, RG500, NSR400...

  • @robertsexton3055
    @robertsexton3055 Рік тому

    Man I wish I still had mine it was blue and it was the fastest bike I’ve ever owned , I sold it dirt cheap back in the 80’s . FML

  • @waynemullally6423
    @waynemullally6423 Рік тому

    I have a 75 250 triple. A few in Canada. More in the States, but most are in the UK and Europe. I've never seen one at Mecum

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  • @mikehurley5052
    @mikehurley5052 Рік тому

    Nearest i got was a 76 Suzuki GT 750

  • @txrick4879
    @txrick4879 Рік тому

    I had one exactly like the Thumb nail pic . Developed a bad bearing in the crank and just rusted out in my backyard . Wish I would have saved it .

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    • @txrick4879
      @txrick4879 Рік тому

      @@cycledrag I am subscribed and the collector marker will only get worse because these bikes are becoming hard to get so collectors will buy them out .

  • @nikkiedominy4720
    @nikkiedominy4720 Рік тому +2

    I've got the 500 needs cosmetic restoration. I'm in NY state wonder what I can get for it lmk if someone is interested

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    • @nikkiedominy4720
      @nikkiedominy4720 Рік тому

      Its never gonna drop

  • @joneller9381
    @joneller9381 2 місяці тому

    I just got my dads 1974 750 Mach 4

  • @john7414
    @john7414 Рік тому +1

    I had all 3 a350,a 500 and the 750.

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  • @jamesbottger5894
    @jamesbottger5894 4 місяці тому

    I can't understand why the later year model H2s are selling for so much money. I can see big bucks for the '72, and maybe the '73 models, but the later year models were choked down so bad by the EPA, they were just a shell of the earlier models...

  • @edstig
    @edstig Рік тому +2

    Also had a kz 1000

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  • @RDEnduro
    @RDEnduro Рік тому

    You think this will slightly bring up RD and Suzuki GT model prices?

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  • @talldrummer1
    @talldrummer1 24 дні тому

    The baffles were out of the 74's pipes..

  • @Sam-bz4hf
    @Sam-bz4hf 2 місяці тому

    I'd love one of these from Sam Oates and demi bideford

  • @PhilSullivanNZ
    @PhilSullivanNZ Рік тому

    I can't believe the prices now, back in the day they were just a fun disposable bike, a little under powered but you could fix that

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  • @roguewarr4662
    @roguewarr4662 8 місяців тому

    I am glad these 750 H2 are not around today , because the young riders of today would kill them self's on it . And the only reason the prices are going way to high is the auction houses driving the price up so the can make more cash .12-16k is a respectable price to pay for one that is in original shape . Own two H2, 1- Z1B 900 2-KZ1000 .

  • @toecutter1547
    @toecutter1547 Рік тому

    My dad bought a brand new brown h2 750 in 1974 and laid it down (NOOB) rider and sold. In 1993 i found a low mile good cond. 1974 brown 750 h2 750 with a parts bike for $ 800 .. Rode it for 2 years and then traded it for a stupid 600 $ mtd mower and 200 $ cash. Im feeling really bad right now.

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  • @einarendregaard1891
    @einarendregaard1891 5 місяців тому +1

    Had the original H2. Now ride the 2nd gen H2 SX SE. Brock modded lol

  • @chrisbraid2907
    @chrisbraid2907 Рік тому

    The 500 was the widow-maker, Two of my friends had the 750’s , tamer long wheel base. I’d love an early RG500 Suzuki, much better on the track. I’m now the proud owner of a 1981 GSX1100 , if someone has a mint RG500 in Western Australia and interested to trade, get back to me …

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      Google that. But I agree they all can be considered widowmakers lol. Thanks for watching. Where do you see the collector market going and why?

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  • @michaelrossi9288
    @michaelrossi9288 7 місяців тому

    Got my first - 72 H1. Then I just had to have the 72 H2. Looks like I sold them way too cheap.

  • @edstig
    @edstig Рік тому +1

    I have 2 of them in the day

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  • @-bollox
    @-bollox Місяць тому

    Why is your given price $1000 less than the auctioneers announced price ? Also John Kraman called them an H1 ? Maybe the '74 isn't in as good condition as the others, not because of the year.

  • @Bobby-fj8mk
    @Bobby-fj8mk Рік тому +1

    Thanks Jack.
    What the hell is the auctioneer saying? - I can't understand a word.

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      @cycledrag  Рік тому

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    • @Bobby-fj8mk
      @Bobby-fj8mk Рік тому

      @@cycledrag - what's the point of an auctioneer that no one can understand?
      I see the market going higher still.

  • @user-pf3xh2yj7l
    @user-pf3xh2yj7l Рік тому +1

    Красивый мотоцикл 🏍 👍

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  • @davidwagner8776
    @davidwagner8776 20 днів тому

    25 k is small money for a wealthy person who really wants to take it home.

  • @jacknelson9839
    @jacknelson9839 3 місяці тому

    My brother in law had the 750, I drove that bike and let me tell you that from a complete stop, once the light turned green it was like a sling shot. Brakes sucked.

  • @rahan9886
    @rahan9886 3 дні тому

    Jay Leno has bought them all.

  • @JohnHartley-lo4jq
    @JohnHartley-lo4jq Місяць тому

    Buddy had one. He would ride off into the sunset on back wheel. Insane power terrible handling.

  • @donny7072
    @donny7072 Рік тому

    1979 my big brother had one ..he said fast bike ...

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  • @frankcastle5294
    @frankcastle5294 6 місяців тому

    The purple 75 is the rarest of all H2's. The cycledrag commentator on these vids is so incredibly annoying he ruins what is otherwise, good content.

  • @bunchofchevys3126
    @bunchofchevys3126 5 місяців тому

    The color is what killed the 74. The green 74 doesn't show as well as the other three

  • @lasmiley3793
    @lasmiley3793 Рік тому

    Got my Kd 100

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  • @michaelcarmean4906
    @michaelcarmean4906 Рік тому +1

    Front Drum Rear Disc… ? Rare One Off

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  • @WoBlink1961
    @WoBlink1961 10 місяців тому

    The green 1974 model was in fairly poor condition next to the other three - that's why it was so much cheaper!!! Seems obvious to me.............