1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach Iv 750 Original Unrestored No Reserve Vintage on 2040-motos

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I am re-listing my bike because of a non-paying buyer on previous auction. If this is your second time seeing all this, thanks for coming back. This time I'll try to do a better job of keeping the flakes out. This is a 1972 Kawasaki H2 Mach IV 750 in mostly original condition and a fine example of a survivor bike. I have owned it since 1988, however it has not been regularly street ridden since 1991. As you can see from the photos, the condition is generally good, with the exception that it has a transmission problem. After going for almost 20 years without riding this bike, I thought it would not shift into first but then was embarrassingly reminded that these bikes have neutral at the bottom, so I'm not sure exactly what the issue is. I can tell you that the last time I rode it on the street about 2 years ago it also seemed to have a gear whine in 5th and had previously made various odd noises from the transmission. Basically all I can say is it runs but needs some kind of transmission repair to be made. Unfortunately for physical reasons I am unable to ride it now, although I did manage to tool around the parking lot a little last month just to get a basic idea what shape it was in. Years ago I replaced some, probably all the pistons, so it has had at least one overbore. The engine itself runs just fine and everything works. Except for the transmission, sort of.

  Aside from the transmission needing work, there are no serious issues. There are no broken cooling fins.

  Here is the squawk list:

- The left front bolt holding the fender to the fork is broken. 

- There is a screw missing from the right engine cover. I didn't feel like pulling the kickstarter to see if I could get replace it.

- The tang is broken off the kickstand so that you have to reach under the muffler with the top of your shoe to swing it out. And the bolt holding the kickstand seems to be stripped or something because it didn't want to come out. I will provide a replacement kickstand with the bike. 

- The shocks are a little longer than stock so ground clearance is improved but it leans over a lot on the side stand so I usually put a piece of wood under it if I don't feel like hauling it up on the center stand. And lately I haven't felt like that much.

  - The chain guard was broken near the front and brazed back together rather crudely. 

- The battery is new but not exactly the correct model. 

- The original chain oiler and intake snorkel were tossed long ago, and I can't vouch for the condition of the air cleaner element itself, although the rubber manifold and canister are in good shape.

- If you look really closely there are small rust spots on many parts of the bike, so I can't say it really looks quite as good in person as it might in the pictures, but it's probably a better than average survivor. 

- There is one rust spot on the bottom of the gas tank approximately above the right spark plug which I figure is due to dings from tools over the years. It is not deep. The inside of the tank is very good but not perfectly pristine. 

- The taillight lens is cracked and a couple of the screws are missing. 

- The seat foam is disintegrating and spraying out yellow particles whenever you sit on it, which explains the masking tape on the bottom of the seat pan. The seat pan itself is in great condition. The seat cover is original and has at least one small crack along the side not visible in the photos. It saw its share of the blazing Midwest sun, so its days are probably numbered.

- It leaks a little oil at the header pipes/muffler junctions and those rubber pieces need replacing. 

- The age of the tires and chain can be stated in decades, but the shocks are Boges and although they are also from the '80's they are in good working order. The steering head bearings are aftermarket tapered rollers I installed in the '80s.

- There is a little road rash on the front brake master cylinder cap and lever pivot, and the usual scraping damage to the bottom of the exhaust, plus some miscellaneous scratches and acid damage to the mufflers.

- There is something weird about the rear spokes. Some of them are kind of rusty but also look like they may have been plated at some point, with exactly what I don't know.

This bike has a somewhat unusual provenance in that the frame is apparently a replacement frame. The frame serial number of H2200129 is not consistent with the frame numbering scheme for 1972 and there is no build sticker present.  I don't have an explanation for that but it is my assumption that the frame is not the original and was obtained as a replacement through a dealer, and for that reason was not serialized in the same fashion since it did not leave the factory in a complete motorcycle. Unfortunately although I have owned the bike since 1988 I am at least the third owner and the previous owner from whom I got the bike in 1988, a co-worker at the time, had no explanation either. The engine S/N is H2E01407 which of course is a normal engine S/N and proper for a 1972 model, in fact it is a rather low number. The bike was previously registered in Missouri but I got a new Washington State title in 2003.

The original headlamp sealed beam has been replaced by an Aris quartz iodine, a popular upgrade in the 1970s.

The paint on the gas tank, side panels, tail section, headlight bucket and headlight ears are original and look it. The front fender has been repainted. The top of the left side panel has a lot of deep scratches in the paint for some reason. The tail section has an ancient Kawasaki sticker on it that I was never brave enough to try to remove. Besides, it adds a little personality.

I can't lift or ride at this time so I won't be able to physically assist in delivering the motorcycle, but will of course assist from this end in any coordination to facilitate shipment. If you have any questions in that regard or any other please contact me, I don't return to work until after Labor Day and have plenty of time to answer questions.

Unfortunately due to the previous experience I will be forced to reject any bids from bidders without PayPal accounts.

This motorcycle is a total blast to ride and offers a completely different experience from a modern motorcycle, right from the kickstart to the unique sound (like a triceratops with a head cold) to the smell of two stroke oil and the all around simple and straightforward nature of the machine.

Thank you for your consideration.