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Dealers and gas mileage claims? Lew 07-02-2008
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Posted by S'mee on July 3, 2008, 11:13 pm
> totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> :Kawasaki used to claim, in the mid-1970s oil crisis, that you could get
> :something like 56mpg out of the old H2 at a steady 45 or something
> :ridiculous. Like anyone ever tried...
>
> Kawasaki was just as full of shit. My H2 plugs would foul if I
> didn't flog it regularly.

Should have got the T-500 or GT-750 they foul far less then those weak
H2's and RD's. ;^)
--
Keith

Posted by Steve T on July 3, 2008, 1:07 pm
totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:

:Kawasaki used to claim, in the mid-1970s oil crisis, that you could get
:something like 56mpg out of the old H2 at a steady 45 or something
:ridiculous. Like anyone ever tried...

It's been a long time, but didn't my H2 use a strange looking spark
plug? I seem to remember one with concentric rings like some
nitro-methane dragsters use.


---
Small town person clinging to guns out of bitterness

Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 3, 2008, 2:04 pm

> totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> :Kawasaki used to claim, in the mid-1970s oil crisis, that you could get
> :something like 56mpg out of the old H2 at a steady 45 or something
> :ridiculous. Like anyone ever tried...
>
> It's been a long time, but didn't my H2 use a strange looking spark
> plug? I seem to remember one with concentric rings like some
> nitro-methane dragsters use.
>
Dunno. I ran ordinary B7HS plugs on my H1, with a B8 in the (hotter)
central pot.


--
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chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

Posted by Bruce Richmond on July 3, 2008, 2:23 pm
> totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
> :Kawasaki used to claim, in the mid-1970s oil crisis, that you could get
> :something like 56mpg out of the old H2 at a steady 45 or something
> :ridiculous. Like anyone ever tried...
>
> It's been a long time, but didn't my H2 use a strange looking spark
> plug? I seem to remember one with concentric rings like some
> nitro-methane dragsters use.
>
> ---
> Small town person clinging to guns out of bitterness

My 1971 H1 used surface gap plugs like you describe. It had a high
voltage CDI with one coil and a distributor. My 1974 H2 has a CDI
with three coils and uses regular style plugs. Neither one has ever
had a problem with fouled plugs. They also never got particularly
good mileage. My 1977 KZ 1000 averages 35 to 40 mpg while my 1981 GPZ
550 averages 50 to 55 mpg.

Bruce


Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 3, 2008, 2:39 pm

> They also never got particularly
> good mileage.

Great understatements of our time :-))

I've never owned an H2. I've had a few 250s, a couple of 400s, and the
H1.


--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F MZ TS250/1
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

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