I raced H-2's for many years. had a few street machines as well.
one of my favorite stories to tell:
i was riding along rt29 in maryland on my bone stock 72 H2 when a german shepard ran off his yard to bite me, he was along the right side and nearly got me when i sped up a little, i reached down and yanked the injector cable and punched it, pulled over in front of him about the time smoke started to pour out the back
i was in high gear so it didnt really take off....i finally lost him in the cloud and slowed down. i was laughing so hard i nearly lost it turning around. i passed by as he was hackin up a lung on the sidewalk. i turned again and passed his house, he looked pissed but didnt chase me ever again.
I bought up all the old H2's around and soon the dealerships were referring work to me. all told i wound up with about 12 of them. made a dragbike out of the best one. eventually got a 140 hp kits from Paul Gast near the end, the bike went 9.70 @140 i would convert it to run the dirt drags on certain weekends. H2's have 748 cc cast on the outer cylinders. so i ran in the 651-750 class. only others in class were triumps and bsa. i dont have to tell why track champion for 3 years.
winning got me a ride on a twin engine top fuel bike. and a sponsorship from the local HD dealer to race the new XR1000. I set the national record on the hd but nothing is the same as an H2 some of you know my nickname is 2stroke. this is part of that story. sorry for the long rant, but u struck a nerve.
one of my favorite stories to tell:
i was riding along rt29 in maryland on my bone stock 72 H2 when a german shepard ran off his yard to bite me, he was along the right side and nearly got me when i sped up a little, i reached down and yanked the injector cable and punched it, pulled over in front of him about the time smoke started to pour out the back
i was in high gear so it didnt really take off....i finally lost him in the cloud and slowed down. i was laughing so hard i nearly lost it turning around. i passed by as he was hackin up a lung on the sidewalk. i turned again and passed his house, he looked pissed but didnt chase me ever again.I bought up all the old H2's around and soon the dealerships were referring work to me. all told i wound up with about 12 of them. made a dragbike out of the best one. eventually got a 140 hp kits from Paul Gast near the end, the bike went 9.70 @140 i would convert it to run the dirt drags on certain weekends. H2's have 748 cc cast on the outer cylinders. so i ran in the 651-750 class. only others in class were triumps and bsa. i dont have to tell why track champion for 3 years.
winning got me a ride on a twin engine top fuel bike. and a sponsorship from the local HD dealer to race the new XR1000. I set the national record on the hd but nothing is the same as an H2 some of you know my nickname is 2stroke. this is part of that story. sorry for the long rant, but u struck a nerve.
That WAS a nice color.
I wanted one in the worst way, but they were all sold out. I ended up buying a (Don't Laugh) 73 Orange CB 350 twin. It was the best bike I ever owned. After two years and some 20,000 miles I finally got my 750 Honda. It was a Blue K-5. Wow what a difference, having four cylinders. I thought it was fast, until an RD-350 Yamaha showed me what fast really was.
Then again maybe that's not a good idea.
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