In this edition of Show Us Yours, take a look at Steve Conneely’s Kawasaki H2B 750. Want to see your pride and joy in our magazine, on our website and on our social media pages, fill in the form here>>
Here are a couple of photos of my H2 750B rebuild. It was in a bit of a state when I bought it last year. The left barrel and head were missing and water had got into the cases but I salvaged them. I saved as much as I could including the frame, engine cases, gearbox, wiring loom, wheel centres, discs, tail-section, grabrail, triple clamps, clutch, oil-tank and some other parts I sourced mostly second-hand parts from various places including the USA. I hope this is good enough to go in the magazine and I think it shows that they all can be saved if you really want it or if you are barking mad like me
As a child Bertie (well, Robert back then… blame his sister for the nickname) was exposed to motorcycles thanks to his uncles. They would show up at his house with a lovely lady as pillion throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
After a naughty time on field bikes (it’s what we did back then) Bertie passed his test in the early 1990s and became a reporter for MCN in 1995, moving to the sports desk and covering World Superbikes in 1996.
With a change to Bike Magazine in 1997, he stayed until 2000 as news, features and road test editor. Moving into PR with Cosworth, Bert was bored with cars and returned to bikes in 2001 with Two Wheels Only, becoming editor in 2002 and leaving to be freelance at the end of 2004.
With almost a decade freelancing, Bertie joined Mortons in 2013 and became editor of Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, a post he’s desperately clung to, to this day. And no, he’s never had a pretty girl on the back of his bike.
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