Ah the nostalgia. I’m the right age to appreciate this little beast. At the time this came about I was to young to drive or afford such a bike. However when hit 18 and had steady income I bought a second hand 75’ Z1b. Still have that bike; I don’t think I’ll ever sell it. Well maybe when I hit 85 yrs of age. 😎
Awesome bike. I was at the Daytona 200 in the infield. I guy with an H2 was showing off and cracked open the throttle. I had never seen someone so close to looping a bike over before. I've seen people flip one over. Luckily he didn't whiskey throttle it but the front end slammed down and had a little tank slapper. Then he slowly cruised through the exit tunnel. Probably didn't want to squish the 💩 in his pants.
The mystique and legend surrounding the H1 and H2 are still winding its way into the hearts of people all over the world. I had a S-3, H1, and H2. Hearing one idle gives me goosebumps.
I owned a 1972, 74 & 75 H2. Factory specs we're 74 HP and 12.0 for 1/4 mile ET. Quickest production bike made at that time. Sadly, the H2 was discontinued after 75.
I owned one. Mach IV 1975. Tuned by FBG ( fast by Gast). About 140 bhp. I sold it in 1992 for about €1500, today's money. After just three months. This machine scared the hell out of me. Pitty I don't have it anymore. Greetings from the Netherlands!
This bike, and the RD 400, "if" I was a collector. I don't have that kind of "cheese", and storage space to collect motorcycles. But it would be nice to have one or two "mint" condition 2-stroke machines to ride every now & then. They're so sexxy! 👌🏾
Great video! I've put a chrome set on my H2 and absolutely love them! I had the privilege to talk to Tony about the pipes and make a short history video on their development. Hopefully you guys are able to keep production going in the future!
In early 70`s I owned the drag strip in Petaluma California for years on my custom CB750 bored to 836. Same strip we did the drag scenes for American Graffiti. Then a triple 500 H1 showed up and I could only BARELY beat him. Then shit not long after an H2 750 came along from Santa Rosa and it was game over. I was 17 in 72 and I actually filmed in the movie all summer long every single night. On search for clean original H2 now....
Had one myself. Can't imagine what it must be like with chambers. Didn't handle well when it was stock. Bought a new 1976 900 after the 750. Loved them both but the 900 was my favorite.
@@markrambo3 ha, I was MSJ, 1981! Used to go to the drag strip sometimes with a friend who was running a Mazda Rx2 with a ported engine and straight pipes, loud as hell. May not have been quick, but put on a light show!
@@markrambo3 Lol, my older brother and his friends used to score speed, pot and LSD at MSJ in the early 70's, too! I live in reno now, and work for someone who graduated from MSJ in 71, he used to deal acid, I had to laugh when we were talking about that. I was a kid in the 70's, and feel like i kind of missed the real fun, but the 80's were pretty awesome too.
I was 13 years old living in California. There was kid in 9th grade I was in 7 my dad bought me new mx bike loved it up When I came out someone stole my goose neck handlebars. Few days later I see a bike with my bars.Went to the principal he got my bars back let me go home before everyone else. So I wouldn't get hasseled.The kid was leather wearing bigger than me I stayed away from him. He went to high school. He bought 69 Mach III had jr Chambers on it. It was summer. Out in the front yard. He's driving by runs out of gas. Sees me asked if I had any.. We didn't. But across the street neighbor daughter had 66 mustang she wrecked been sitting in the driveway months.. I said hold on grabbed a can hose.filled his tank.Wow thanks you want ride it? It's missing 3 gear. I drove it around the block in 2 gear.I was hooked.owned 3 500 1 s 3 400 half dozen Rd one gt 550. I'm glad that ndude stole my bars.
I had a 69 500 in the '70's. A California bike with Gary Shumach specialist 2 pipes. Pearl white with black chambers. Those definitely were fun days. Perfectly balanced for smooth wheelies.
Sweet ! Sounds like it's running perfectly... I'm not bragging but back in the day I had the H2, H1 and the S3... Also had an RD350 and RD400... Okay I guess I am Bragging ( : haha
I raced my Spec II Stage 4 RZ350 back in the day (still have it now in semi street trim/tune), had an RD400 as my first bike in College...when everybody else had modern 80's super bikes. I embarrassed more than one TopGun Maverick wannabe with that little red smoker. Raced a clapped out KH400 before the RZ. I just purchased a true barn find 72 H2 Candy blue, with three engines, in pieces, basket case, but she'll smoke again in a few years.
@@danmyers9372 You had to learn to use them . If you were used to 4 stroke power it took awhile to get it right or you could stall it on take off . Rev slip the clutch a little and go don't shift too soon . You learn to ride 2 stroke style . I loved it . Power was massive when on the pipe . It's just a different type of power .
What he was doing was equivalent to gliding down a shallow descent in Top Gear, not a big deal. I aggressivly compression brake with my 2-stroke road bikes all the time and they're perfectly fine because they are jetted and oiled properly with proper tolerances.
a 2 stroke on a dyno .. never let the throttle idle on the run down while its still in gear ... thats asking for a seize , pull the clutch in and blip the throttle to feed oil to the engine or put it in neutral
@@patthewoodboy The stroke of the pump is usually altered by the throttle setting so you are correct there is less oil going into the motor on the overrun with a closed throttle. I have a Suzuki GT500 and the oil flow on idle is massively less, than with the throttle open. I was getting air bubbles out of the feed lines and then found that with the engine idling, if I held the pump lever over as if at full throttle the oil surged through the pipes immediately, whereas at idle the bubbles wouldn't clear. Certainly this is a consideration, whether there is enough oil already in the motor is something to debate. It seems like even on the road descending a mountain etc. regular application of throttle on long descents makes sense. The only redeeming factor I see is that on closed throttle there is less fuel coming in to dilute the oil off the bores and a less "vigorous" combustion taking place to burn it up. Ultimately, perhaps we get away with various practices because there always seems to be a lot of spare oil floating around in a 2 stroke engine.
@@fiveowaf454 your check valves could have been partially gummed or worn, or air leak in lines.......there should never be air bubbles no matter what circumstances.
Only 72 hp stock standard but anything up to 180 hp or more when heavily modified. See here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kpE0pNFGHWw.html He gets 7.99 in the 1/4 mile. www.cycledrag.com/two-cycle-dream-becomes-reality
