1970 Kawasaki F5 Big Horn
NOW NO RESERVE

Registration No: TAW 225H
Frame No: F5F-04543
MOT: Exempt

*NOW BEING OFFERED AT NO RESERVE*

• A rare model never officially imported into the UK
• Authentically presented, partially restored bike
• Supplied with its tool kit and a current V5C

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is one of the largest corporations in Japan, producing a wide range of products from rolling stock to ships. After taking over the ailing Meguro Motorcycle Company, they began manufacturing motorcycles under the Kawasaki name in the early 1960s, first continuing development of the K1 BSA A10 copy, but soon moving on to build a reputation for high-performance 2-stroke twins and triples. In the early 1970s Kawasaki joined the other major Japanese manufacturers in producing dual purpose on/off road models, such as the Big Horn 350, mainly to satisfy the burgeoning desert racer market in the USA. This grew into a range of trail bikes from 100cc to 650cc in the KE and KL series of two strokes and four strokes based on Kawasaki's successful KX motocrossers. The F5 Big Horn 350 is a rare bike in the UK, having never been officially imported by Kawasaki. Built with Californian desert racers in mind, a market previously dominated by heavy British 500/650 twins, it offered similar power with a lot less weight.

This nicely presented example appears to have been imported from the USA and registered in the UK in 2017. It has been given a partial restoration, keeping as much originality as possible, with a good quality respray back to its original orange and white 'Rawhide' colour scheme, with new stickers including the distinctive 'Rams Head' on the oil tank. The bike has been run recently whilst being photographed and will be supplied with a few spare parts, its tool kit and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189