Beautiful blue 1971 Kawasaki H1 Professionaly Restored.

Beautiful blue 1971 Kawasaki H1 professionally restored.
This is a vintage magazine cover bike has also appeared in a motorcycle calendar. Because of the hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars spent, this H1 has been described repeatedly as the "Nicest 1971 H1" folks have seen. 6,000 miles when purchased … BUT only 68 miles on the bike since the complete crank rebuild and since all the below upgrades were completed -

Purchased from an Ebay seller 4 years ago for $5,000 + $300 for pickup and delivery.

When the bike was picked up at the seller’s location, e explained that the beautiful blue paint job with NOS decals was “Painted by the best Kawasaki painter in the US, ohn Townsend, ho paints Smith Brothers Harley Davidson’s paint work.”

The current owner/seller is 65 years old and this H1 has been stored in a tiled floor, eated and air conditioned shop, aving its own cover with a Battery Tender attached. Only marine grade Ethanol free gas, ith Sea Foam added and Bel Ray lubricants, ave been used since we bought the bike. In the past few years we have replaced or upgraded, ITH RECEIPTS AVAILABLE, or the following parts and services . Bike has only been ridden 68 miles since our purchase.

1) Browns Plating Paducah, nbsp;KY (Ronnie Brown) - Stripped and re-chromed all three pipes, heir headers, he rear grab bar, oth wheels, ead light bowl, oth fork leg bottoms and various hardware - $1,540. Browns chrome was simply the best.

2) Mid Atlantic Kawasaki (John Lutz) – New wiring harness, lectrics, heel bearings, ront fork seals $500

3) Triple Crank Specialties (Charlie Smith) - $779.00 Only 68 miles on bike since the professional crank with new bearings and seals were installed.

4) HVC Cycle Kawasaki - $400 Parts

5) Johnny’s Kawasaki - $350 New Chain, prockets, rake pads

6) Magic Motorsport - New Tires $120

7) Plymouth Plating - (Don - Zinc/Cad stripping and re-plating spokes and nuts) - $85

8) Bucks Instrument Repair - (David Buck, n California) disassembled, leaned, olished both lens, ubricate the mechanisms to factory specs and re-calibrate both speedo and tach - $450

$4,100+ WITH RECEIPTS ….. Not including all the labor required to pull/install the engine for crank re-build labor completed by a 35 year veteran licensed Kawasaki/Honda/Suzuki mechanic. Mechanic was reimbursed $600 cash for 35 hours labor.

$4,800 in new parts and the Triple Crank Specialties professional crank rebuild.

Two kick starting, mooth power, ust gone through for 6 hours by a Kawasaki expert who traveled from his home two states away from our location. He currently owns 35 triples himself and has worked, wned and sold them for 35 years.

Sale also includes for this bike - NOS H1 Kawasaki Riders Handbook, actory Shop Manual and factory Parts Book along with original dealer brochures for the 1971 H1. These manuals are listed on Ebay today, /22/2015, nbsp;for $249 +. This literature group is included in the sale.

On Aug-23-15 at 04:10:20 PDT, eller added the following information:

CORRECTION -
I made a mistake in the description of my H1.
We had restored two H1's earlier and Browns re-chromed pipes for those bikes.
The pipes from this bike had small dents in them that Brown's said they could not
make disappear. They could re-chrome over them but they would be more
evident than before.
So I contacted Mid Atlantic Kawasaki and we decided to pay the
$1,620 plus shipping for a new set from them. They are reproduced in Japan
for Mid Atlantic and are beautiful.
I apologize for my mistake and of course ..... any bid can be retracted because
of this mistake on my part. We just wanted the bike to be beautiful and didn't
want to re-chrome over dents.

On Aug-23-15 at 04:57:13 PDT, eller added the following information:

I want to thank everyone for their interest in our H1.
Some folks have asked about oil leaks or if the bike has
been "down".
No, he bike has not been down or crashed. I have
noticed a quarter size oil spot on the ground, nder the
engine, fter it has been sitting. Also, fter the mechanics
road tested the bike, here was a dark oil spot from one of
the exhaust pipes to its rubber header connection under the engine.

On Aug-24-15 at 07:31:45 PDT, eller added the following information:

To answer a couple of questions that were sent to us -
1) Yes the bike has a new clutch.
2) We did not bore the bike out. The mechanic felt
the cylinders were with in spec so we were going
to install new pistons during this upcoming Michigan
winter. The piston kits are readily available and many
are listed on Ebay today from $129 - $279 with special
piston coatings for less wear.
3) The 71 H1 was the first bike I purchased when I came
home from serving in the Viet Nam era US Army so it
was special to me. So we purchased this one and invested
lots into it!
4) Our H1 is being sold because I am experiencing both eye
difficulty. I had one surgery a month ago and it was found
that I need yet another one in early October. Getting old
isn't much fun.
Lastly, ransport for the bike from SE Michigan to your location
is pretty easy right now. Daily Direct/Haul Bikes, isted on the internet,
has a Summer Sale for $499 complete any bike anywhere
in the US. That includes their insurance. We have used their
delivery service 3 times, n the past 15 years, ith great success.
Thanks again everybody.

On Aug-28-15 at 04:01:15 PDT, eller added the following information:

August 28, 015 - 7 am
The bikes frame number correctly matches the clear Michigan title.
Matching frame and engine numbers are rare for this model.
The Kawasaki Triple Owners Group (on the internet) talks about this at length if you are interested.
And yes, e have two sets of original Kawasaki keys - two for the ignition and two for the steering head lock.

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