Kawasaki H2

[Arnie]

here on ebay at the moment.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331311773114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Tempting, but not tempting enough :-)
I had mine for 18 good years.
Amazingly, I can't remember ever getting a ticket on it.

[ken65]

these RG's are going for big bucks now, amazing you never got a ticket, you must have shown a lot of control,

[Arnie]

these RG's are going for big bucks now, amazing you never got a ticket, you must have shown a lot of control,

Yes, these are extraordinarily expensive.  I sold mine for more than I had bought it for, but not enough to retire on :-)
I don't know how much control (restraint) I showed, more a combination of luck and choosing where to go fast.  The RG500 was OK just pottering around, but you always knew it wanted to be going FAST.  It was hard to resist the siren song of all 4 pipes on full scream, and I frequently didn't. :-)

The FJ is more comfortable, gets almost twice the fuel mileage, has much greater carrying capacity, better weather protection, and can drone along all day at whatever speed you choose.  
I had owned both the RG and FJ for about 12 years when I decided to sell the RG.  I still own the FJ.

[ken65]

i cant argue with you about the fj, in my head i know it will be my everyday ride for as long as im able to,, only 26000k's on it, just did a major service on it and its running smoother than ever.  i currently have a few bikes and its the best, easiest ride of the lot,  by a mile.

[Flynt]

And mine...  these things are a blast...



Frank

[ken65]

I was that close to getting a daytona special about 5 or 6 months ago its not funny.  A mate down the road had 3 over the last 2 years and sold the 2 US import ones and now has a rare aust delivered one.
They're one hell of a bike. Yours looks very nice, did you restore it?  I reckon there going up in value.  Those pipes should make a difference i'd think.

[Bones]

And mine...  these things are a blast...






Frank

Well seeing we're throwing pics of our little strokers around, here's mine.



The x7's apparently were the first 250 to be officially clocked at 100mph. I've had mine up to 90mph but the most fun is screwing it on through the gears. Nothing beats the sound, smell, and powerband of a 2 stroke.

[ken65]

good one bones, top bike, i thought you were in tiapan.

[charleygofast]

Dam, I miss that Daytona, mine ate its crank and got parted out in 1990. The wheels ended up on my 74 Norton! Now were gonna build a killer 75 RD350...Rock on!    Oh,and yes Hooligan, my 75 H2 got shitty mileage no matter how you rode, but I didn't care much back in 77 I was havin fun, never got a ticket I did get stopped doing high speed wheelies over some hills once so I probably should have!                                                                                                                                                Cheers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Charley.

[Bones]

good one bones, top bike, i thought you were in tiapan.

Thailand Ken, come home Friday. Seen no FJ's here but the amount of bikes on the roads is unbelievable.

[Burns]

here on ebay at the moment.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331311773114?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Those are RG's - serious collector item.

They are real race bikes the H's are more like rocket powered uni-cycles.

[Arnie]

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Those are RG's - serious collector item.

They are real race bikes the H's are more like rocket powered uni-cycles.

They're NOT "real race bikes".  The "rrb's" were the RG500B.  Suzuki in an attempt to have their cake and eat it too, undersized the tranny gears and the carb size, put some screening into the exhaust chambers, and a few other mods so that the street bike would not hurt the sales of their "Real Race Bike" RG500B which was twice the price. 
Suzuki was also a bit bi-polar in the promotion of these RG500Γ (gamma) vs the also just released GSXR-750 which was able to be imported to US. 

[Burns]

Ok, not so "real" but certainly "racy"
How about the "rocket-powered uni-cycle" ?

Has my artistic license got  too many points on it  (gonna get revoked)?

[Arnie]

Ok, not so "real" but certainly "racy"
How about the "rocket-powered uni-cycle" ?

Has my artistic license got  too many points on it  (gonna get revoked)?

tee hee :-) , "racy" it certainly is/was. 
Closest bike to a 500cc GP bike ever released to the public for road use.

"rocket-powered unicycle" for the H2 ? 
Fits my impression of them, but I've never had the experience.

No points assessed here, keep writing

[Sir Denis Eton-Hogg]

I have a 500 Gamma, it's a very interesting ride. Bears little resemblance to a GP bike tho, apart from the fact it is a 4 cylinder 2 stroke.