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warlockpain
 Post subject: shop manual worth $50?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:07 pm 

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Would an original green H Series shop manual be worth $50? I'm seeing ridiculous prices on "the bay"….
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RODH2
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:17 pm 
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I may be wrong here, but the original H1/H2 KAWASAKI manual had a brown cover, (I got one in '72) and a fairly nice copy would be easy worth $50, IMHO.

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tripleinparadise
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:41 pm 

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FYI ...I have an original Green genuine shop manual . The green one also includes supplements for the late model H1/H2 differences ( Eg H1E ignition etc .) as well as all the early models
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warlockpain
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:57 pm 

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looks just like this one : http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-1974-KAWAS ... RTM2067267
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RODH2
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:10 am 
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$200.00 ..... :shock: Yeah, The green cover would be an update of the "original original" (brown cover) to cover the later models. But I was going to say I would be happy to pay a fair price for a good Kawasaki manual , till I saw that Flea-bay ad. For that price, all the info. is available on mraxl's resource site, here....hope he doesn't start charging us rent........! :shock: :lol:

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warlockpain
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:22 am 

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Amen… I bought the bike for $150 and can get the green manual for $50 more from the same guy. Looks like I'll have $200 in the manual…..but i got a free bike? :lol: (not the guy on ebay…)
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R.B.
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:10 am 
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The original manual WAS brown, then there were FIVE versions of the Green Manual :shock:

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H1FR
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:53 pm 

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So what do I have here??
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Have seversl tons of H1/H2/S parts for sale, http://www.triplestuff.net dhg1337@gmail.com
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R.B.
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:32 pm 
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You have the first version of a H1 manual, it doesn't cover the H2 There is a SM1 that covers earlier bikes and an SM2 that covers the H1 & A series Etc They are of no great value (I have maybe 10+ of them) I've never seen one sell for strong money on Ebay :(

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