1972 Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Frame no. KAF 54069 Engine no. KAE 58455

Collectors' Motorcycles and Motorcars at the Barber Museum|10 October 2020, 13:00 CDT|Birmingham, Barber Motorsports Museum

1972 Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Frame no. KAF 54069
Engine no. KAE 58455

Previewing in Toronto, Ontario by Appointment. Please contact [email protected] for scheduling.

From the Z1 to the ZX10R, Kawasaki has long enjoyed a reputation for building uncompromising - often outrageous - high performance motorcycles. However, the machine that started it all was not a four-stroke like the forgoing, but a two-stroke – the awesome, legendary Mach III. Light weight combined with a peaky 60bhp and indifferent handling made the two-stroke triple an exciting machine to ride, but one which nevertheless had the legs of just about everything under 750cc when launched in 1968. The Mach III (H1) triple was regularly revised and updated, gaining a front disc brake, revised steering geometry and rubber engine mounts among other changes before production ceased in 1976, by which time the model had become the KH500.

The H1 500 presented here belongs to a large collection of motorcycles located in the surrounds of Toronto. It shows about 13k miles and appears to be a stunning survivor of the iconic H1 model, notably with its original paint.

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