Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Arty farty…

Well progress is being made and if it’s not necessarily by me then it’s by my mate Ian Bird, who has been cracking on at a right old pace.

The 500cc H1 engine is now housed within the confines of the 250cc KH250 chassis and if you didn’t know better you’d have to say it actually looks right. And when Ian then dropped in the H1’s air-box and carburettor rubbers, two things were really obvious. Firstly, there’s really not that much difference in terms of inches or centimetres between the 250 and

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