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Steve Searles
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 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:59 am Post subject: Shift Pattern 1973 Kaw S2 350 |
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| Winner gets a free ride on a 1973 Kawasaki S2 350cc triple two stroke. What is the correct shift pattern for this machine????? No clues, don't want to sway the answers. Thanks. |
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sr71cbx
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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5 up.
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Blackmaxx
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Gonna guess on this, 1 down, 4 up |
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KirkN
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm.....
I want two guesses - either 5 up, or
round and round and round - no actual stop the the top or bottom - 1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3 etc.
I remember reading about such a bike somewhere - if you were in 5th and grabbed another gear, you found yourself in big trouble. Can't belive it was ever true, and I can't remember where I read it. One of the many motorcycle magazines I get over the years.
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KirkN
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D'oh, double post. Hate it when that happens...
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Bentwheel
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I had an S2 back in '72 but darn I can't recall the shift pattern. I am going to say 5 up. I wouldn't mind riding that old triple again. |
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Steve Searles
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| Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| sr71cbx is very knowledgable about many bikes and Kaw triples are one of them. Nuetral is all the way at the bottom! Thanks Mark! |
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Steve Searles
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| Hey Mark. Guess what. I am goin gto bring my 72 Kaw H2 750 triple into the shop from cabin up north and begin the restoration. this will take many years but I want to get it into the shop. Heated storage (oh that's right , you don't have to worry about that in sunny Cali/Ariz. cu |
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sr71cbx
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Cool! It shouldn't need a whole lot of work if it was running previously. My H2 lives happily on a diet of AmsOil Dominator 2-cycle racing oil and 112 octane VP C-12(available from the pump there in Havasu) and runs great.
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And it was loud,
Like a trashcan cherry bomb,
Like a storm before the calm,
.....it was loud!
-"LOUD" by Sammy Hagar
2009
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650hardtail
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on the 350's 1 down 4 up..at least if you have the linkage on correctly..
(it is on both mine ) the h2's are 5 up..reportedly for racing |
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jayel
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| KirkN wrote: |
round and round and round - no actual stop the the top or bottom - 1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3 etc.
I remember reading about such a bike somewhere - if you were in 5th and grabbed another gear, you found yourself in big trouble. Can't belive it was ever true, and I can't remember where I read it. One of the many motorcycle magazines I get over the years.
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90cc and 100cc Bridgestones used rotary gear shift and yes you only wanted to do it once, if it didn't blow the gears and cases it sure sounded like it wasn't for lack of trying |
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