Painting of Frame and Plug the Side Cover's Hole

The left hand side cover had a hole by attack of spilled sulfuric acid. The frame around the left hand side cover was also corroded by the sulfuric acid. I thought it is troublesome to strip the frame so I cleaned off the rust with wet and dry emery paper. Then I applied a chemical which change a rust into a black stable surface. I painted the frame with black car splay after I put in a news paper behind the frame pipe (what a primitive work!). It is looks okay if I see it from far place. I was satisfied the result. The hole of left hand side cover was plugged with epoxy filler, flatten the surface then applied a free decal which Purple Haze Racing kindly send to me (thanks Ron!). If you click the photo, you can see my "reproduction" knob. This black knob is specially made with 8mm bolt.

Changing Small Parts

I was living in Nishi-akashi when I started the restoration. The KAWASAKI factory is also in Nishi-akashi and it takes 3 minutes from my flat by my motorcycle (it was a dreaming environment for me!). There is a KAWASAKI show room next to the factory and in the show room, I can check the parts price and order some parts sitting in a chair with a free coffee (also there are beautiful show room ladies....). My budget was limited so I ordered small parts on every Saturday. I really want to go back to Nishi-akashi! Sometimes restored W1 (650 twin) or H1 were displayed in the show room. One time, H1R was displayed. I took the photos of H1 and H1R after I took an approval.

Preparation for Car Inspection

In Japan, all of the big motorcycles, that have more than 251cc engine, have to pass Car Inspection by the Ministry of Transport. To pass the inspection, the H2 have to have all of the parts for safety. I got good used set of indicators from Purple Haze Racing and was work without any issues. The tire was totally "Bald" so I installed Dunlop TT100GP for the front and rear. When I rode on GS400 SUZUKI (20 years ago!), TT100GP was very expensive so I couldn't purchase them. Thus, I used (normal) TT100 at that time. However, TT100GP is one of the cheap tire now compared to the others. The tire shop didn't have a tire tube for 19 inch front wheel, so I'm now using a 30 years old tire tube! (I was totally forgotten the fact until I wrote this article. Very dangerous!)

Car Inspection by MC User

The cost of Car Inspection by a motorcycle shop is amazingly expensive so I decided to do it by myself. I made a reservation of Car Inspection by phone, took a part time resister plate and went to Car Inspection Center (the weather was rain!) to take my H2 to the inspection. Before the inspection, I went to car shop and asked to adjust the front light beam height. I was sent around from one window to another (this is a common in Japanese public office) but finally, I could stand in front of the inspection line. One funny thing was occurred in this inspection line but I think it is dangerous to write the story in this page. The inspection officer said "This bike has a too much smoke! Strictly said, this kind of bike doesn't pass the inspection even if this is classic bike (in local accent)" but H2 passed the inspection. This inspection is the first test for my H2 so the weight and the body size were measured in the different place. The officer was surprised to see the label on the frame head pipe and said "Amazing, the label is still remained!"

The weather on my way home was also rain, but I felt uptight.

Indicator Trouble

The indicator was working without any problems for a while but after the car inspection, one side of indicators were not getting turn on. I thought this caused by burnt out bulbs so I changed the bulbs each other but it still dead. Then I changed all of the bulbs to new one but it doesn't work too. I was thinking for it for a while, and I remember one thing! The rubber socket of pilot light in the rev counter had broken. I recognized that the rubber socket was broken but I thought it is okay if I pushed it into the clock. I thought it may have a short circuit at this region and I repair the socket with a friction tape. It worked! The indicator was working correctly. It was lucky because the indicator was worked during the car inspection!

Honestly said, I went to short trip to Kyoto with my H2 which had broken indicator.

Oh, I'm getting used to the crazy story!

Okay, I'll go back to the home!