Up for sale is my 1975 Kawasaki 500H1F. Some of you may remember a thread in the pub about it following me home in the spring of this year. I did not purchase this to resell, but to keep in my collection. However, necessity is a bitch, and I've decided to move my non-Honda equipment first.
Link to that thread from March 2008
There's a picture in that link, and for reasons of brevity/time, I'll not be going into great detail in this ad. As a collectable machine, I'll need to go over it in detail with a potential buyer. Its not a learner bike for a friend or family member, a backup bike, or a cheap commuter. For those of you who didn't grow up with these bikes, its a three cylinder two-stroke that could turn 13 second 100mph quarter miles in the hands of a dragstrip god...an incredible level of performance for its time.
This is a one owner bike....I've never changed the title over, and have driven it less than 2 miles, only to make sure that it all works, which it does. There's less than 10,000 miles. It has the original tires. Never restored, driven every year until last summer (2007) when it went up and down the block and was put away in the garage. The gentleman that owned it for the last 32 years felt he was getting too old to be kickstarting it.
This item is priced at $2000. I feel there's significant value in the knowledge that it had a single owner for its entire life and that it was operated regularly. Its intact the way it was originally purchased...no aftermarket turnsignals, rewiring, etc. The bike is not cobbled or beat up. It shows the patina and fading of a bike that's been used for 30 years...not abused. There's also value in that I'm selling the bike...I've examined the bike, run it, and have a somewhat mechanical mind. Its a reasonably known quantity without a veiled description such as you'll find on eBay or Craigslist (such as "didn't start it, so no idea if it runs or not"). Other board members have seen it run, and believe as I do that the motor is as good as you'll ever find.
So that's the story in brief. There's much more to tell about it, I just don't feel like typing it all out here. Starts, runs, goes down the road, and while its completely functional as it is, I couldn't imagine a better candidate for a super restoration. There's no broken fins, or large missing parts for you to spend weeks searching the globe for. This is a collector bike, and I'm sure if you're not interested, one of your friends might be. Please let them know.
The bike is located in northern Pennsylvania. I'll do whatever I can within reason to assist with transport to a new owner. $2000
Contact me here or in an email to ixxion97@yahoo.com
If anyone here has a hankering for anything else they've seen in my garage, please get in touch. I'm motivated to moving stock...but I'm not giving it away. I think I'm pretty fair with my prices, but I need the money, not the room at this point. Thanks.
Skull....don't bother. I'm not above deleting your posts.
