PRISTINE 1970 Kawasaki A7 Avenger ORIGINAL SURVIVOR

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[@twomuchskll]

I love how billy points out the flaws , thanks bill for being a stand up guy !!!

[@sonnyseabury4051]

Billy is a super cool guy. I've talked to him over the phone before. Real nice and knowledgeable guy. I would never forget about a bike like that. Blows my mind that somebody could forget about it.

[@fiegi]

Ich hatte genau diese Kawa und die war wahnsinnig schnell. leider war sie auch anfällig bezüglich Kerzen, Kerzenstecker. Tolles, seeehr unterschätztes Aussehen, an nächster Ampel gab es dann staunende Blicke wie schnell die war. Schöne Erinnerung!!!

[@KaplanCycles]

A+++, Professor you did a beautiful job!!! Fantastic rare 52 year old original paint survivor!!! ML&R

[@Sender76]

pristine

[@donaldpate1863]

I was digging the eye candy, but the orchestral accompaniment set it off! Thanks again! Hell it was time to kick back anyway.

[@FielderTerry]

I bought an Avenger A7 new in 1968. It was fun and fast and I LOVE hearing that sound again. Lots of stories but a love affair with that bike stayed with me. I tried to find another one without luck so I bought a new Royal Enfield Classic 500 in the fall of 2019. My kids think I am too old but I love getting bugs in my teeth again as I smile at the sound and feel again. Thanks for bringing it back. I never drove it quite quickly up to but not over 70. A friend of mine did once. I sat on his bike when he went past me at 115 and he said it still had more but he ran out of road. Dunlop Gold Seal K70 we’re the stock tires. I remember them well because I painted the raised lettering white several times. Love the memories you brought back! Thanks again for your craft!

[@jimmy_dirtbike]

I've talked to Billy on the phone once or twice when the CR500 contest was going on looking for a Kaplan Cycles T-Shirt. Great dude, will talk bikes with anyone and everyone! Even a random dude from Washington State looking for a T-Shirt! Hi Bill!

[@richardmorris7063]

I'm very familiar with the Kawasaki triples but never heard of these.Unique setup & good looking motorcycle.

[@oliverstroup3700]

wow, the fact that it is so clean after all those years. someone could have crashed it the first day on 1970, but nope! still here to this day. love it!

[@RDEnduro]

It looks well cared for. Interesting rotary valve cool

[@darrenjaworski7874]

FRICIN AWSOME shape ‼️💯 bike is so clean and original well preserved , cool back story , this is the bike that the early 70's h1 and h2 350 two stroke rockets were designed after , and a lot of other bikes tried to copy the Kawasaki two stroke street bikes 👍👍

[@chrisbrowne8997]

Billy she's stunning ...I had my headphones on listening when you started it... what a glorious sound

[@barrymackenzie2547]

Great looking 350A7. I had a 1971 model. My 1st bike brought it in 1978. Would redline showing 108mph.

[@philthome1303]

“Many years of fun left in it”. Love that 👍 Funny how when I see these kinds of bikes now, I can really appreciate them. But back when they were new, I never even heard of them. 🤔 🏍🏁

[@donniebaker5984]

Yes Billy needs a small bonus... Billy you got your ears on you're my kind of biker let's keep doing it until the day we die

[@glenminnick3724]

Those old 2 stroke street bikes were cool, affordable and were fast in those days. I had a yd 250 in 1969, fun shit . The Kawasakis were fast as hell!

[@nyttag7830]

Just awesome, looks like my old kawa 90 i had as a kid, now this one just with 2 cylinders, never seen this a7 before, but i love it 😆

[@elmerfudd1086]

The RD350 was considered a giant killer in its day with its 39 hp 350 twin but this machine made 41 hp from a 350 twin. It must have been a real wheelie machine.

[@darrenjaworski7874]

I never had the pleasure of riding the old avenger , I've only seen one , iconic gas tank graphics , hung around a long while , I had two Suzuki "s T500 twin 2stroke and a Suzuki GT 550 3 cylinder two stroke ram air somewhere around 76' or so , I was only 16 years old , them FRICIN bikes was like riding a rocket with a heavy ass frame , I would get of them bikes and be shaking , not from being scared but fatigued from holding on to them blistering fast bikes , god luv em ‼️💯👍

[@clarkpitts5393]

Excellent Video! Great job, Billy & J.R.

[@sonnyseabury4051]

Billy kept that bike, super clean!

[@Extremegaz25]

Lovely quack guys and great story, also thanks for mentioning the island again . Cheers!

[@joakey77]

Looks and sounds incredible

[@kingdavidcoffee]

I had a 1974 ks125 with rotary induction followed by the kh400 triple.

[@darrenjaworski7874]

Yeah the 400 was 350 cc for a long time the old h2 , they finally pumped it up to the 400👍‼️✌️

[@earlw9172]

Absolutely gorgeous , beautiful bike .

[@WhiteTriForce]

I disagree ! 😮 You got to replace those rubber booties on the shocks ! 👈😉 That's a must ! ☝️🤠

[@andy5786]

Wow what a brilliant old bike in tip top condition Kawasaki A1 lovely guys awesome ❤️🤟

[@justdean5871]

That's a peice of art absolutely lovely

[@yiannishayabusaofficial]

AWESOME AMAZINE BIKE I LOVE IT IS FANTASTIC

[@CAJONJP]

God Bless America. Such a gem.

[@movingforward.]

I bought a Suzuki T 250 for $300, put it together and road it all summer. I have much faster bikes but in a long stretch speedo indicate 100 mph .just kept climbing. More fun than my fz09.

[@donniebaker5984]

All two stroke engines are self supercharging.... That's something that nobody seems to understand these days as it was explained to me in Honda School.. our instructors name was pops Yoshimura who designed and built and raced the CR 125 ... When the Piston is on the downstroke the rotary valve closes and compresses the mixture in the crankcase first before the transfer ports open and allows the compressed mixture to enter the combustion chamber where it is compressed the second time as the Piston travels up just before it fires supercharging the engine

[@charlesa8136]

Love this channel. Do you ever come across 1976 Yamaha 125X? I believe they were only produced for six months. I would make an offer on one of these beauties. God Bless and keep up the good work.

[@michaelengland9410]

Kawasaki did make a prototype 500 rotary, however, they went with the triple design to make more of an impact in the US market. Kawasaki produced the KR 250and 350 in line rotary twins, won the world championship on them in late 70s.

[@angelvacilon4117]

I never see that's machine before, a real survivor.

[@jethrox827]

Beautiful bike, I remember in those days people used to pull their bikes down and didn't know how to put them back together so there'd always be a bargain to be found

[@TopRevs]

Beautiful

[@carlmisuraca2415]

Nice job guys!

[@tomcampbell6384]

my neighbor bought a 500 triple when they first came out...bright orange...scary fast

[@johngoose1497]

Wow, I wonder how many are running. In England you would get 3 times more than your sale price for a lot of the old Kawasaki two strokes.

[@johnsheetz6639]

The ku100 had the same rotary valve disc you cut a few degrees out of there you got a little more power

[@electriceye683]

Sweet!

[@sadik5945]

are parting the cr60r out or selling it on your auction please reply

[@terryroberts4589]

If you come to the UK bring it with you please 🥴😎

[@ianmangham4570]

What a bike, faster than folk think/lightweight

[@donniebaker5984]

There used to be different cutaways you could get for the rotary valve and the more cutaway the pipper they got... I would turn this thing into a beast with a set of tuned expansion Chambers is what they need with only about 1/3 of the valve the rest cut out so they scream about 10 grand but that's me this thing is perfect the way it is.... Yamaha accessories had different cutaways on their rotating valves also back in the day... The beauty of the roadie valve is it's easy to change out so you can have the same ports that you got now and all you have to do is change the rotary valve to make it horsepower on the top end or mid range or just putting around in the trails on the trail bikes that had rotary valves.... Of course I'm singing to the choir here cuz you've all seen the can ams with their rotary valves cuz they had different cutaways for the valves for those also you put a valve in for trail riding a different valve for hair scrambles and another different valve to make it scream on top end for Motocross

[@Paisteconvert]

Great example of the breed and, reportedly, as fast or faster than a Yamaha RD350. Reportedly, Kawasaki built a prototype 500cc rotary valve twin based on the A-7, as well as the 3-cylinder piston-port engine that we came to know as the H-1 Mach III. According to some sources, while the rotary-valve twin made competitive power (as compared to the triple), Kawasaki believed, correctly, that the 3-cylinder would be a "sexier" and better selling proposition. There have been attempts to have a three-cylinder, rotary-valved, two stroke bike engines using a spiral-geared shaft off the crankshaft to drive a rotary valve mounted behind the center cylinder (seen them on the Internet), but none ever made it to production. Rotary valve-equipped two-strokes tended to have wider power bands than the piston-port variety, because the intake timing could be independent of the rising and falling of the piston, and more power back-in-the-day because of an additional boost port on the back of the cylinder. Can-Am/Bombardier also made prototype 500cc rotary-valved, liquid-cooled twins (two of which reportedly survive) back in the mid-1970s. www.canned-ham.com/road-bike/

[@a1hamer]

A rotary inlet valve is the best in the high rev range

[@huntarama9375]

LOL they did about 32-36 miles to the gallon and the fuel tank held I think about a 1 and 1/2 gallon . i rode it one day with out a helmet and have been bald every since. the bike was defiantly not easy to ride especially if you gave it full noise in the first couple of gears . for somone who has never taken it out of the parking lot seems to know a lot about it.

[@michaelengland9410]

Tank was 3.5 us gallons. On a steady run should do 45mpg. I do not seem to be getting as much with E10.

[@ianmangham4570]

Same tank as my kc 💯 back in the 80s

[@ianmangham4570]

Wow,😍 beautiful

[@CDPhaneuf]

The 1979 was not the last year for this motor, the 1971 A7 350 had the exact same engine

[@sportsterbill]

Did this bike sell? If so how much did it go for?

[@garyshaw3112]

Omg that is so cool wow

[@ryanhouseman2310]

Hi, I have my late Dads Kawasaki A1 250cc rotary valve 1970. My question is, whats the diffrence between A1 that I have and A7? As it all looks exactly the same....

[@michaelengland9410]

A7 has a more advanced oiling system plus a meatier clutch. Speedo and different appearance on originall model.

[@brianhardy5926]

A7 is 350cc.

[@theboving5516]

Had one from 1972 Europa. Mine could go 180 kph 111 miles prh. The probleem is if you drive hard it cost piston. Also the frontbrake is sensitive to brakee the inner iron ring inside the wheel.

[@jonty4664]

Shiny 👊🏻✊🏻👍🏻

[@KowboyUSA]

Survived by hiding in boxes

[@empiresrikesfat]

Kawa powa!

[@54macdog]

Wow! How many of these are left?

[@KaplanCycles]

1

[@michaelengland9410]

They sold 31000 world wide mostly inthe US. A lot sold in far east Aus NZ. A lot in Europe but not many in the UK possibly just 140 of all models.

[@2-strokeking539]

Heyy

[@gaborjanosi7022]

GRATULATION :-)

[@ryanhouseman2310]

Im looking for many small items for my restoration/ Carbs/Cables/ and small items... Who could help me to source parts? If anyone can point me in the right direction!? Please Please...

[@scottmaz4063]

What cc is it

[@bluoval3481]

I believe it's a 350cc

[@richardmorris7063]

I thought he said 500?

[@bluoval3481]

@@richardmorris7063 You're correct at the 4:11 mark he mentions it's a 500 thanks

[@MrPghs2kid]

It’s a 350

[@michaelengland9410]

Correctly it is a 338cc.

[@backyardrestorations]

I was looking at a h2 to restore

[@richardmorris7063]

Cult classic!

[@sergiososa5855]

🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀👌👌👌🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@rcnelson]

All those Kawasaki two-strokes were rockets.

[@todd8109]

Hell yeah!!

[@bradhanson4803]

What do you want me to do with that death trap cr500 much safer

[@rockthesix1679]

No mirrors. Nice bike but ya know..

[@wastingmymoneyonmotorcycles]

Guys, I love Kaplan Cycles and support you. But you are absolutely NUTS driving bikes that fast indoors between rows of bikes. Eventually someone WILL wipeout and damage more than one bike...! Winter will be over soon enough.

[@thomasmaguire5897]

It looks like a copy of tge Brigestohe350

[@michaelengland9410]

The 250 A1 version was sold from 1966 the Bridgestone arrived in 67/68.