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My Kawasaki Triple H2.
Ported according to Denco Specs.
With Denco expansion chambers and Mikuni TMX 38 Flat Side carburators
120 wild Hores power in that frame.....
Smiles and heart attacks....
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Originally Posted by Erik_G
My Kawasaki Triple H2.
Ported according to Denco Specs.
With Denco expansion chambers and Mikuni TMX 38 Flat Side carburators
120 wild Hores power in that frame.....
Smiles and heart attacks....
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nice one ! 
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Two smokes - always put a smile on my face  Even if they are crude, awkward and antisocial devices. Mine can't quite match Erik's Denco H2 but here's my entry into the blotting out the local roads on a Sunday morning competition:
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A motorcycle I owned that brought a smile to my face:-
My '71 Kawasaki H1 500cc triple. Candy Blue, drum braked, a ton of two stroke power. Not a great handling bike as it had a light frame.
I never rode it anywhere near its potential. Bought it at a very good price and kept it for quite a few years.
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I never rode it anywhere near its potential.
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That made me smile, so what did you do and what was its potential?
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That made me smile, so what did you do and what was its potential?
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The bike (H1) had the potential to be exceedingly fast. It could easily lift the front wheel with a simple twist of the wrist. I experienced this and the speed a few times. Great potential for speed but brakes did not have the potential to stop the bike. A very light frame flexed under cornering load. Both caused me to ride within a safety envelope. Still loved the bike - the design and the two stroke sound and power.
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A motorcycle I owned that brought a smile to my face:-
My '71 Kawasaki H1 500cc triple. Candy Blue, drum braked, a ton of two stroke power. Not a great handling bike as it had a light frame.
I never rode it anywhere near its potential. Bought it at a very good price and kept it for quite a few years.
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Allways ride within your limit ! ( and the bike ! )
They were a great bike , but if i remember the middle pot used to overheat ?
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