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My 1972 H2 is a very early one....

There is only one tube that runs across the frame in the front.

Should there be another single bolt that runs across the frame (not within a tube) ?

Should there be 2 bolts that only hold the motor mount triangular plate to the frame on each side instead?


Ivan

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2 Smaller bolts to hold the triangular plate on the earlier frames - They had a problem with fractured brackets, so they went to the 2 tubular mounts.

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Is that what I have to look foward to if I run it hard?

Ivan

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Short answer, yes - I think I would weld a tube in there, like the later frames!

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Thanks Rod for the info.

The previous owner installed a single bolt through the frame and left it unsupported... it didn't make sense that it was installed like that..

Ivan

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+1 but if the bike is still or will be rebuild as original, better to let it with the single tube, that is what I will do on my H2F 002**

Is it possible that Kawasaki produced some early H2s with the long bolt, but no tube? That's the way mine has been since I bought it in '78, and I doubt that the 1st owner removed two short bolts and put in one long one.

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Tubes on both my frames, and I've ripped out one of them in the past, ob-longed the plates and had to fill and re-drilled, broke the rear ones too. Usually due to motor not shimmed right, gets loose, I pound the heck out of this bike. Always been able to fix and I'm a little more careful about making sure everything is tight now although I still loose bolts and such.

bb

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