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Kawasaki H1 Mach III – job lot for sale – lots de pièces en bloc

admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 06:51:12 +0000

Ma Mach III est fini et immatriculée. Je vends le surplus de pièces. Un chassis 38xxx coursifié avec papiers suisses. Plus de photos à venir.

My Mach III is done and on the road, selling my leftovers. There’s also a racerised Mach III frame (unnecessary tabs removed) with swiss papers. More photos to follow soon.

Leave me a comment below if you are interested or email me here.

Strange Tach on a 69 Mach III

admin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:32:14 +0000

Japanese market Bike? No, if you were in Europe and ordered a replacement tach in the 70′s, that’s what you got. A bit garish, but at least you knew you were going fast! It seems there was another version with only the numbers and marks in red, much more discreet.
The law in Japan requires that you know (or see) that you are travelling over 80 km/h. More modern bikes (like my KR1) have a warning light in the dash.

Kawasaki Samurai and Avenger Position Ring (half-moon)

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:29:41 +0000

More parts cross-ref…

If you don’t a position ring (the half moon that keeps crank bearing into place)… it’s OK, they get lost a lot, but they need to be there.

Just use a H1 ring, they’re the same.

Part # = 14013-1004
Part Description = POSITION RING
Model Count = 179
A1 N/A 250 SAMURAI DUAL PURPOSE
A1R N/A 250 A1R STREET
A1SS N/A 250 SAMURAI SS DUAL PURPOSE
A7 N/A 350 AVENGER DUAL PURPOSE
A7SS N/A 350 AVENGER SS DUAL PURPOSE
H1 N/A 500 H1 MACH III STREET
H1B 72 500 H1 MACH III STREET
H1C 72 500 H1 MACH III STREET
H1D 73 500 H1 MACH III STREET
H1E 74 500 H1 MACH III STREET
H1F 75 500 H1 MACH III STREET
KH500-A8 76 500 KH500 STREET

Kawasaki Samurai and Avenger crank bearing replacements

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:18:31 +0000

Info kindly supplied by Gerrit on the KTW board… This is priceless!

“NTN still list their EC bearings as available- these have two orange plastic rings in their outer races which took up any difference in expansion between bearing outer race and crankcase. Kawasaki used them for their road racers such as H1-R, H2-R and KR750. H1-R cranks used all-roller main bearings, and later apparently switched to cranks with small main roller bearings and large main ball bearings; I have seen one such crank brand-new in the original box.
For the H1, you would require three EC6205/C3, two EC6305/C3 and one EC6305N/C3.
For the H2, three EC6206/C3, two EC6306/C3 and one EC6306N/C3.
For S series, three or five (depending on whether you have a four-bearing or six-bearing crank) EC6305/C3 and one EC6305N/C3.
For the A1/A7, three EC6305/C3 and one EC6305N/C3.
ONLY NTN make these bearings, so be sure to specify NTN when ordering from your friendly bearing supplier.
EC, by the way, stands for “Expansion Compensation”.

The roller bearings for the H1-R are the NTN ECNJ205G1/C3 and ECNJ305G1/C3, and these may also be available, but these are FILTHY expensive………”

This solves my problem of finding good enough bearings for the A1R… now where to get them?

The original “widow-maker”

admin — Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:54:57 +0000

Here it is freshly arrived from the coast of Nyon.

3-in-1 pipes, chrome covers, there's some work involved to get it back to standard.

Got the pipe off, it is probably a Gt 750 one… very musical.