1973 Kawasaki H2 750

I had one In 74 lime green,I had 16 inch apes on mine which made it an awesome cruiser, that’s the only thing I don’t like is the bars otherwise it’s a great bike. 🤘

There's a Top 1973 Kawasaki Z1 900 just gone at auction for 55.000 $
I bet the H2's will go up in Preis as well

I love that track from Van Halen 🤘🏻🤟🏻

What a beautiful bike! Has anyone mentioned the chain guard? Is it original? Would look much better in chrome. Apart from that I would love to own this bike.

Pop a Wheelie....If you dare!😅

Wow! what a treat to see this incredible beast, I started out on the street, riding a 74 RD 350, then made the leap to a 70 H-1 500 and then up to my 72 H2 750, I've ridden alot of modern bikes, but the riding experience is like nothing else on a two stroke, I live in Washington state and for two years my H-2 was my only form of transportation, riding it through two winters in the 80's in torrential rain storms, high wind, hail etc. those are years I will never ever forget, I truly feel blessed to have had those memories, I could go on and on about stories of some of the most harrowing rides on it, I'm so jealous of the guy that gets this spectacular beast, I totally understand someone who would buy this for their collection, I just hope they take it on a lengthy ride to experience this incredible motorcycle before putting it out on display for the rest of the world to see and drool over, especially other collectors that don't have one of these mythical fire-breathing time machines, and knowing they may never find one in cherry mint condition like this one, thanks so much for posting this vid, it was such a joy to see it and it really touched a nerve in my memories and got me thinking back of my beautiful H2 and some of the funnest and most terrifying moments of my life were on it..
Thanks Again, be safe.

Riding this particular without a helmet is out of my wheel house and I rode a 260 rwhp Rocket 3 on a wet slimy salt at Bonneville Speed Week this year. I'm glad his test ride went better than mine did.😁😁

I owned one 40 years ago. It was a blast to ride. Not good for long trips though, I remember the insides of my thighs getting numb.

☮️🇺🇸Don’t know why so many people don’t put up a price when they’re trying to sell, I’m definitely not more likely to be interested enough to buy something if I have to call someone to get a price. Why not just be up front with everything ? 🤷‍♂️☮️🇺🇸🤷‍♂️☮️🇺🇸

You should be in full leathers helmet and boots. The power band is deadly.
I know you’re doing a video and know that.
Love the H2 but it has taken out people I rode with.

What a bike, what a colour…however the beard steals the show…awesome 😃👍

A😊super, bike, great, power 🔋 excellent

I installed crotch rocket-style clip on bars & a bubble fairing, ported my heads on my '75 (might be a '76, actually) 750 2 stroke triple and now I'm running deep into 10 seconds at the strip every time.

Boy do I miss that sound!!!!

2 strokesmade their own smoke screen to hide tag from cops trying to ticket them

In the day they roamed the boulevards and streets lokking for victims luke acserial killer. In its day that was known as the widow maker. But in that ers was the fsstest quickest thing on wheels. Brother had one, by the grace of god he lived lol

Caution it sucks you in with its beauty then will go postal trying to kill you. You have been warned. 😅

Had a H1 when I was 16. The stock pipes would scrape the ground on a sharp left turn. My buddie Dean had a H2 and had 1 oil seal leak, he would sprint out in front of me and completly coat me with 2 stroke oil. Faceshield was junked.

Beautiful Bike

Anybody know what brand pipes are on this bike?

pleace no music - only the sound of this GT 750!

My neighbor John had a blue one like this. The bike shown here has the major wow factor needle pegged on the gauge!

Beautiful bike, LOVE THAT SOUND!! I had a triple 750 on loan for 5 months back in '75.. Bike was ported by a highly respected craftsman in Hialeah Florida... WOW DID I HAVE FUN.. Sunrise rides and then late afternoon ride... wow!!!

The five hundred h one actually snapped off the line a little faster than the seven fifty. If the virtually the same in the quarter mile twelve seconds. But what fun it was as long as you maintain control.

That was crotcth rocket that could disturb everyone. Smoke smoke and noise noise noise. Not original exhaust. Snaps the ears.

Guy let me ride his 72 h2 750 in the 80s. Went to put it in a right turn but the bike didn't want to cooperate, wanted to go straight? Better result with the RD...

The legendary h2 scariest bike ever built

Had the same bike in the day bassani chambered jetted perfect there is a reason they called them the widow maker more dangerous than my 86 cr 500 bot loved every minute of it on both no pain no gain D.h

Fyi, the '72 (Blue) H2 had such a bad reputation and the insurance statistics to back it up, Kawi lengthened the swing arm in '73 and '74 and rejetted it to make it less wheelie prone. If you want one, you want a '72 (a guy who bought a like new '72 H2 in '74...I added clip ons, expansion chambers, 34mm Mikunis, conical air filters, and a port job and tune by my Motocross mechanic (My Dad the Rocket Engineer)

Better keep Larry off that thing

I restored that same bike. Same color. Sold on eBay for $17.5k this last summer. Cool to see another one.

Yeah.... I Remember the Older guys in the neighborhood had H2's & Suzuki 2 Stroke Triples. Sounded like a SWARM of Metallic! Angry Bees! With that greenish Wonderfull! Smoke!! Great Memories! Gravesend Bklyn's BADDEST ASSES! Was a Wonderfull time ! God Bless...

Amazing bike. 1973!! Stunning. One look at this bike and you realise why our British bike manufacturers were doomed.

That tank sealer stuff is garbage ive seen so many people have problems because of that stuff. Really cool that ken doesn’t use that stuff! The difference between buying a bike from ken and some random person is the attention to detail like even replacing the gas tank cap seal it’s all of them little things that make a bike truly mint and problem free. If you buy a restored bike from some random person they are gonna use tank sealer, they might get the engine running good but usually not 100%. So many times I’ve seen people rebuild 2 stroke top ends and they end up not lasting because they didn’t fix the problem of why the engine blew up for instance snowmobiles all the time guys will melt a piston so they put a new top end in it then melt another piston again, they “clean” the carburetors then melt another piston and most of the time is because the carbs need to be ultra sonic cleaned just the bit of varnish in the carbs circuits lean it out just enough so if ur running wide open she’s too lean but ur average person doesn’t think well a piston doesn’t just melt there has to be a reason why and if we don’t fix that it will happen again. Crank seals are also a big problem too but with sleds when the crank seals are bad usually the fuel pump won’t work because it’s ran off crank pressure. I learned from a guy years ago that raced sleds that the cylinder on a sled closest to the clutch usually runs hotter so he always put one size richer main jet on the clutch side and I know I’m talking about sleds now but when you have pros like ken does they know all these little tricks that make these 2 strokes run great and for a long time. When I was a kid my friends and myself loved 2 strokes but hated how the top ends didn’t last as many people say the same things but it’s because a professional wasn’t doing the work and we didn’t know enough. IMO 2 strokes have a bad name as unreliable because people don’t understand them they can last a very long time with proper care and when you buy something starting out in 100% condition like kens bikes you will have a much better experience.

When more people died on this one brand and cc size.....they not only get banned from being imported, but insurance companies stop covering them and banks stop loaning money on them. That's what happened to these 750's.

They were a thrill to drive, but dangerous and proved deadly (especially when they'd do a wheel stand at 60 mph when downshifting from 5th to 4th unexpectedly). BTW: Those "expansion chambers" (tail pipes) are obviously not factory, and doubt they're really needed when high eleven's through the 1/4 mile were common with stock exhaust. Just saying.

Is the steering damper on the left hand side original?

When and what did that beauty sell for, Sir?

デンコーめっちゃいい音！

2 tak legend

I love wheelies, and I'm proud to say I got pretty good at it. Riding a wheelie on an H2 is probably the most difficult you can do. As soon as you get it up it will come on the pipe and you either have to be riding the rear brake or you would flip backwards. That's just the way the engine makes power. You can get it up but riding it any distance on the back wheel no way!

Motocross experiences was a plus.

Piece of two stroke art.!

2022 and it still looks great!

Love that sound and looks beautiful too

Gotta love a Kawk triple in purple haven’t you? Beeeeuuuutiiiiifulllllll ❤️

My first street bike. I loved to pull the baffles out of the mufflers. When 3 of us were riding together you could hear the warbling sound all over town. Those huge Mikuni carbs were nice but it was 160 miles from home to college, it was sucking fumes and sometimes didnt make it. Pretty hard to keep a rear tire on it.

I had this exact bike when I was 17. Bought it at Arlington Motorsports in Arlington, MA for $1500. My first bike was a 1970 charcoal black H1 500 which I totaled. The H2 got stolen before I could kill myself on it. It was a great bike and I still miss it. I got a KZ 900 in '76 and totaled that too. Lucky to be alive. I have a convertible these days. I still have PTSD from those bikes

She is so beautiful, and Sexy that I swear She made me cry!!!
The best MAN bike ever made.....

NO PUSSIES ALLOWED!

Kick ass music too by Van Halen...The name of the song is Black and Blue. This bike definitely commands respect, and unless you're a damn good rider, this bike will most certainly humble somebody, and make them black and blue, when their ass hits the pavement. I pray that I have an opportunity to ride one someday.