Went to a "First Thursday" bike night here in Minneapolis last night. HUGE turnout and the red paint seemed to draw people like flies even though the bike was hidden in a corner of the parking lot under the shade of some big Ash trees.
I heard 2 stories of "buddies getting killed" and its always fun sitting back and listening in on conversations of "experts" talking about 5th gear wheelies and how the H1 is faster than a GSXR1000..
There were a couple other bikes that had some Denco parts... This CBX rolled in.
Man these things sound just NASTY with the 6 into 6 exhaust. Talked to the owner a bit and it turns out he is in the process of building a '75 H1.
On the way home, the bike passed the 200 mile threshold and is running well. Before I left, I had retarded the timing a bit to see if that would help kill the WOT pinging.....It did.
Lost a bit of low end grunt in the process, but its manageable. Ive got to say this is a SMOOOOOOOOTH riding bike. Cudos to Dave Singleton for the crank work and my machinist, Wally for machine work. And kudos to me for using rubbermounted cases!
The last 15 mile stretch I held it at 80mph and the engine loved it. My H2 also runs best between 80-90mph. Too bad the speedlimit is what it is.
I was hoping to dragrace a stock H2 last night (Mark in Ogilvie) to see how this H1 stacks up, but had to leave before we got the chance. The bike doesn't feel super "quick", but it may just be cause Im used to riding the H2?
A bit of maintenence is in order.... A bit of a weep on the center headgasket and the chain needs tightening. Other than that, Im pretty happy with how this thing turned out.
and yes, I crossed about 15 sets of railroad tracks with it to and from mpls..
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