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Jim
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:50 am 
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That one on the left is an anti-tamper Torx. :lol:

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Red Label Moto
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:21 pm 
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Torx and torx-less. The knurled section of the "torx" bolt has more "bite" to it and that section goes all the way to the base. The "non-torx" knurled section stops just short of the base.

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R.B.
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:10 pm 
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Red Label Moto wrote:
Torx and torx-less. The knurled section of the "torx" bolt has more "bite" to it and that section goes all the way to the base. The "non-torx" knurled section stops just short of the base.


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That is funny! Whilst I like to give a little bit of info in my posts, I rarely reveal everything . . . You just did! :lol: You just just ended the history of : "The front caliper bolts on a H2 Kawasaki" :thumbup: . . . If ever i get to write a book on the subject, most people may fall asleep by the third page! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Ja-Moo
PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:03 pm 
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I'm betting they just changes their bolt source...

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Leon
PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:52 am 
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or they found a way of producing for les Yen's :mrgreen:
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Red Label Moto
PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:15 pm 
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Is my headlight some kind of period H4 upgrade? For certain it is not the original Stanley unit. Riding home from the bike meet last nite I could actually see which caught me by surprise :lol:

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scrambler73
PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:34 pm 
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not original headlamp....

is the headlamp bucket made of steel or plastic?
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Red Label Moto
PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:54 pm 
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scrambler73 wrote:
not original headlamp....

is the headlamp bucket made of steel or plastic?



Yah, got that part, not original headlight. I'm wondering if the headlight it does have is something from the 70's or some newer, readily available H4 unit.

The nacelle/bucket on my bike is steel. I read somewhere that a really early H2 would of had a plastic one.

This dead Ebay auction makes the claim:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KAWASAKI ... _500wt_653

"...Up for sale is an early vin 1972 Kawasaki H2 750 triple. This is one of the early "prototype" bikes manufactured in 1971 with the plastic headlight bucket and different cylinders. This is a matching number bike, frame is H2F02346 and engine is H2E02386. These early vin H2's are the Holy Grail of 1970's muscle bikes and do not come up for sale often so bid to win..."
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AER005
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love the stripes :lol: , I did know thats where they fit :wtf:
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husson73
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plastic headlamp bucket until H2F 02685
http://3cyl.com/mraxl/microf-h2/F9-H2.jpg
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