Post by pipe welder on Nov 17, 2013 18:50:31 GMT -5
Well as some of you know I started an H2r replica project some time ago and decided to finally start a Project Thread for this build.
I didn't want to post anything till I got in deep enough to decide if it was going to go ahead or die.
Well it now looks like it's finally getting some where.
THE STORY:
Back around 2009 or 10 a friend call to to say there was an H2r fairing for sale on line and he knew I always talked about making a replica or "look alike" H2r. I called and went to see it and ended up with the fairing. Later I bought the H2C race bike that the owner of the fairing had and that gave me the boost to dive into the research as to what it would take to build something like an H2r.
I worked for the Kawasaki distributor for Canada in the 70's called F. Manley and Son's or Manley's for short. This was after the race team was disbanded but I always had favor with the early 1972 model H2r's that Yvon Duhamel (#17) and Chris Manley (#11) raced here in Canada. This was the version with spoke wheels, rear drum brake, and the classic Borrani/Akront style flanged alloy rims and the early H2r frame design.
Duhamel when he raced for Manley's
Chris Manley on the Manley's #11 H2r. (photo by Bill Petro)
Well I had the Borrani/Akront rims, an H2 engine that was race proven, 38mm carbs and the vintage style 1/4 turn throttle, a steel square swing arm and a H2r fairing. So I scored a wind screen for the fairing and a H2r tail piece and all that was required was the design plan to make a bike that looked like an H2r.
This is what I had to start with:
So how do I make it look like this?
Here's a picture of one of the early model H2r's
I didn't want to post anything till I got in deep enough to decide if it was going to go ahead or die.
Well it now looks like it's finally getting some where.
THE STORY:
Back around 2009 or 10 a friend call to to say there was an H2r fairing for sale on line and he knew I always talked about making a replica or "look alike" H2r. I called and went to see it and ended up with the fairing. Later I bought the H2C race bike that the owner of the fairing had and that gave me the boost to dive into the research as to what it would take to build something like an H2r.
I worked for the Kawasaki distributor for Canada in the 70's called F. Manley and Son's or Manley's for short. This was after the race team was disbanded but I always had favor with the early 1972 model H2r's that Yvon Duhamel (#17) and Chris Manley (#11) raced here in Canada. This was the version with spoke wheels, rear drum brake, and the classic Borrani/Akront style flanged alloy rims and the early H2r frame design.
Duhamel when he raced for Manley's
Chris Manley on the Manley's #11 H2r. (photo by Bill Petro)
Well I had the Borrani/Akront rims, an H2 engine that was race proven, 38mm carbs and the vintage style 1/4 turn throttle, a steel square swing arm and a H2r fairing. So I scored a wind screen for the fairing and a H2r tail piece and all that was required was the design plan to make a bike that looked like an H2r.
This is what I had to start with:
So how do I make it look like this?
Here's a picture of one of the early model H2r's
