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Kawasaki H2 750 – Buyers Guide – Jan 2014
When word got out in late 1971 that Kawasaki was about to unleash the H2 750, several insurance companies dropped the portcullis, raised the drawbridge, put their corporate fingers in their corporate ears and sang – lah, lah, lah can’t hear you.
The original 1968 bad boy H1 500 had rightly caused insurers to wince and hastily adjust their premiums with extreme prejudice. Its frankly loony engine for the period dropped into a chassis with poor weight distribution was a recipe for at fault claims par excellence. Therefore it was only right and proper to assume that the 750 triple would be more of the same but even worse. In actuality, although Kawasaki’s H2 did have its berserk side it was never the out-and-out animal unlike its half litre sibling. When the H1 broke cover initially no one really knew what the chances of its success were likely to be yet it was an extremely bold venture that would latterly spawn the 750: if the subsequent bike was effectively a me-too product that traded on the 500s reputation then
so what?
Kawasaki H2 750
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