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1972 Kawasaki S1 250 Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2014-06-16 11:09 |
![[Image: -00_20_31-2014-06-13-15h00m11s188.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/3890/-00_20_31-2014-06-13-15h00m11s188.jpg) |
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◊ 2014-06-16 11:10 |
It's a two-stroke three cylindre Kawasaki. |
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◊ 2014-06-16 15:10 |
1972 Kawasaki S1 or S2 I believe this motorcycle to be either a 1972 Kawasaki S1 (250) OR a 1972 S2 (350), They look identical and each came in "Pearl Whie" in model year 1972 only (assuming the subject bike is white; it looks kinda gray!). The two pictures above don't show the side covers so it's impossible to say which one it is (at least for me!). https://www.flickr.com/photos/33240904@N03/6161950511/ http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/kawasaki/kawasaki_s2_350.htm It can't be a 500H1 because when that bike got a plastic "hard tail" (it had a chrome fender before that), it also got a front disc brake which this bike doesn't have (no brake master cylinder on the handlebar). It can't be an H2 (750) either because that model always had a front disc brake. -- Last edit: 2014-06-17 18:16:34 |
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◊ 2014-06-16 22:59 |
brilliant annalyse  |
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◊ 2014-06-17 00:25 |
Merci, trop gentil... -- Last edit: 2014-06-17 02:30:14 |
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◊ 2014-06-17 07:52 |
Which engine (250 / 350) was more popular in France, or made more sense because of insurance and taxes? Same question for the Honda /vehicle_713853-Honda.html |
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◊ 2014-06-17 19:45 |
Alessandro58, That's an excellent question. I understand that in France, and Europe generally, taxes and insurance had a direct impact on which models were offered. In the US and Canada, at the time, there were very few regulations governing motorcycles. In my part of Canada (province of Quebec ), a 17 year old kid with enough cash and a car driver's permit, not even a motorcyle permit (both ridiculously easy to get!), could go to any dealership and ride out, just as easily, with either a CB125 or a CB750 (or, for the suicidal, a Kawasaki H1). There would be no "tax" other that the universal sales tax. I think it was a flat 6% at the time. It applied not only to TV sets and refrigerators but also to motorcycles, regardless of displacement. Registration and insurance were cheap and only marginally higher for big bikes. And where I lived, I'm pretty sure that, legally, you didn't really HAVE to get insurance - if you caused an accident, and you'd been stupid enough not to have gotten insurance, you (or your loving parents!) would get sued by the other party or their insurance company! That's why, in Canada and the US, manufacturers just didn't import, sell or push, CB250's, Suzuki T250's or Kawasaki 250's. For just a few dollars more and without motor size issues, you could get a CB350, a T350 or a Kawa 350. The smaller versions of the same bike just wouldn't sell! You had no fiscal or governmental incentive to buy them! I understand that the situation was different in Europe. There were CB250's or Yamaha RD250's because of all the regulations that existed. Buying the larger versions probably cost you dearly. I believe the same thing applied to cars, maybe even more so. -- Last edit: 2014-06-19 01:11:30 |
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◊ 2014-06-18 07:50 |
In Switzerland then for example, the insurance for all bikes above 250ccm was very expensive and even too expensive for a lot of people. Therefore, to buy a 350ccm bike didn't make sense here. -- Last edit: 2014-06-18 07:50:59 |
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◊ 2014-06-18 09:57 |
Dans le cas de ces Kawasaki, c'est difficile à dire: les deux versions se sont vendues chez nous. Le dosseret de selle me rappellerait plus la "Deux et demie", mais sans autres indices... |
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◊ 2014-06-18 09:58 |
Quant à l'historique des cylindrées, il y a: une question de mode, et aussi une TVA (à l'époque) qui plombait fort les plus de 240 cm3. |
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