My first Lap at SPA on a H2 750 Kawasaki Triple

A cautious but fun first lap of Spa, new engine, new carb jets, never been on a track before . . .

[johnnyappleseed]

Say what you want boys, I have one today and it still puts a decent grin on my face. It's like a fine scotch, intended for special but brief occasions, times appreciated by those with a classic taste.

[cavscout]

Sweet sound of my youth. I rode Kawasaki Triples and it was really amazing what a good sticky set of tires would do for the handling. They were “flexible flyers” however so were many other Bikes back then. I was fortunate to start riding at age 4 and came to understand that on a lot of these Bikes the trick was to blast down the straights and ease through the corners. It’s a shame people allowed Scumbag politicians to deprive us of 2 stroke street Bikes, just when they were really getting good.

[johnkeil-yolq]

Absolutely love 2 strokes.Hear that motor sing when its in the power band.

[deweycheatemandhowe]

The trick with H1/H2 is to make sure you are pointed in the direction of a hospital!

[Spudchucker]

My Mum told me a story about this very bike earlier. My dad tried riding his mate's H2 once back in the day...he was on it for about 5 minutes before he crashed and wrote it off. He swore blind it was the bikes fault, that it had a problem. 😂 He was just shit with bikes.

Thanks for posting this, my Mum loves bikes and used to ride a H2 as a passenger many times back in the 70s, this brought back happy memories for her when she watched this.

[ekts]

My buddy had an H2 and loaned it to me. I got 3 tickets in one hours time.. I took it back to him asap. Ballistic acceleration.

[paulbourgeois]

The acceleration through the powerband on that two stroke monster was just SICK!!! In 1984, I bought and rode, a Kawasaki h1 500 for about a year, and then something else came along, which caught my fancy, as I was buying motorcycles and muscle cars faster than I was changing socks back then...

Sadly, a friend of mine died, in the early 80's, while racing on the street, with an H 2 750 triple. It had wicked sounding chambers, was Kawi Green and black.... He always said he felt like Eddie Lawson whenever he rode that bike... The cops said he was doing better than a hundred miles an hour, at the lakefront, when a lady in a Chevrolet Nova, opened her Detroit Steel door in front of him. First time a friend of mine had died like that. Long time ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. He went out on a motorcycle that he truly loved though, so I guess there is some comfort in that. Bad day.

[Carlosforgiven]

I had a 74 H2 back in teh 1970s and rode in on the streets. I had to go home and relax after riding it. It had two throttle positions, cranked and  off. Boy was that thing fast. Alot of people got hurt with them as they handled badly. Or at least I was not a proficient enough rider to ever feel really comfortable laying one over very far. However, I knew that and lived to eventually sell it.  The sound of it always reminded me of a swarm of very angry bees. With the baffles   out it sounded like a B25 mitchel bomber.I still miss it but my 1974 Yamaha enduro 2 stroke is more my speed at this stage in my life.

[thiagorodrigues]

Congrats!!
Beautiful Machine, Great Sound and Excelent Power.. Two Stroke Never Die!!

[Felix]

Dude, ride it like you own it :). I owned a 1973 H2 that was purple in color. Kawasaki designed that motorcycle to do one thing and one thing only, go fast in a straight line. And yes I was one of the people that never crashed on it. So close so many times, but not a scratch.

[idpfilm]

Hell that brings back memories - Brilliant bike

[Fsone]

I love how the tach just doesnt even bother in the powerband.

[tedm]

I owned one of these beauties. A 1972. It was a pleasure to ride!

[bacchieboy]

I had a 75 H1 500 Blue with Denco expansion chambers and velocity stacks double disks up front. It was a blast wish I still had it

[sanfranciscobay]

Just what I wanted to hear. The sounds of the H2 going up and down through the gears. Excellent.

[cramersclassics]

You can see the "ripple" begin around 100. Great video Rick! Cheers -Kirb

[monotheis]

At 14, I had a 2-stroke, 250 twin Yamaha with a 6-speed. I remember the acceleration of a two stroke 40+ years later.

[WarFivevyone]

sounds Amazing what a Masterpiece those engines are

[SirNC]

I have love motorcycles all of my life and mt dad had a triple 750 Kaw, he told me about it's RPMs, power bands and all around prowess. I have seen 3 in my lifetime and would love to ride one.

[fullboostturbo]

Thanks Rick, I wish I could get a chance to ride a 750 triple, dam they must pull like a Fighter Jet.
Your one lucky person, I can only dream of owning a 750 triple..
I had a Yamaha RZ350 many years ago, and that used to very hard, used to blow away all the big 750/1, 000cc bikes on take off till around the 160km mark, then they would overtake me pretty easily, but from a stand still it was quick as amazed me at the time, I can only imagine the power of a 750 triple...