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kawasaki h1 mach iii
engine - 498cc, air-cooled, two-stroke triple top speed - 120mph maximum power - 60bhp production - 1969-1975. gallery
1969
1969 kawasaki mach iii
this was the first triple by kawasaki and along with honda’s 750 four released in the same year…changed motorcycling forever. articles from cycle guide, cycle and motorcyclist at the time quoted “kawasaki has one of the most devastating two-wheelers ever to happen on the scene”, “we all wanted one, kawasaki built performance, and the h1 was the nastiest yet”, “kawasaki has something to sell to folks wanting a big, fast and nasty streetbike, a big bike that could outrun anything out there and it did just that”. it had and still has the best power-to- weight ratio (public available) of any motorcycle made.
1969
1969-71 kawasaki h1 500 mach iii
air cooled, two stroke, transverse three cylinder.
1969
Kawasaki H1
1969
Kawasaki H1 500
1970
Kawasaki H1 500
Image kindly provided by rmdmotors.com
1970
Kawasaki H1 Mach III
1971
1971 kawasaki h1 500 triple
two-stroke, ex john judge rgms of luton. originally built for the barcelona 24hr but rider fell off the 350cc and the 500 never got used. multiple production class winner of john player gp.
1971
1971 kawasaki h1a, 500cc
1971
Kawasaki H1
1971
Kawasaki H1A 500
1972
1972 kawasaki 500 h1b
1972
1972 kawasaki h1b
500cc 3 cyclinder 2 stroke air cooled. 60 bhp, 180 kg. this example owned from new, restored to new & photographed in 1995. mag wheels fitted in 1979.
1972
1972 kawasaki h1b 500
only 160 sold in the uk.
1973
1973 kawasaki h1 500
1974
1974 kawasaki h1e
1974
1974 kawaski 500 h1
two-stroke triple. this model has been said to be a more civilized version of the earlier ""widow makers"" since the addition of a steering stabilizer and front disc brake. picture kindly provided by www.nemusclebikes.com
1974
1974-75 kawasaki h1 500 mach iii
developed from the earlier hi, the original triple of 1969, the kh500 had a piston-ported two-stroke engine in a steel-tube cradle frame. conventional if rather insubstantial suspension and braking components were marginal on the earlier hi, but improved in later models. later models also tended to gain weight over the originals, and the engines were re-tuned for less ferocious power. by the late 1970s, the poor fuel consumption, reliability and handling of the triples made them less popular, and they were replaced by newer four-stroke designs.
1974
Kawasaki H1 500E
1974
Kawasaki H1F
1975
1975 kawasaki h1e 500
1975
Kawasaki H1F
1975
Kawasaki H1F Triple
1976
1976 kawasaki h1f, 498cc
1976
Kawasaki KH500
