LOT 607

1971 Kawasaki 498cc Mach III H1A Registration no. KGH 104K Frame no. KAF 42211 Engine no. KAE 53156

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

Lot 607

1971 Kawasaki 498cc Mach III H1A
Registration no. KGH 104K Frame no. KAF 42211 Engine no. KAE 53156

The Spring Sale - The International Classic MotorCycle Show|23 April 2022, 10:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

1971 Kawasaki 498cc Mach III H1A
Registration no. KGH 104K
Frame no. KAF 42211
Engine no. KAE 53156

From the Z1 to the ZX-10R and Ninja H2, 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 that 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 it had become the KH500.

Previous owner Miklos Salamon purchased this Mach III from Motorcycles Unlimited of Greenford, Middlesex in September 2013 (receipt on file) and immediately had it repainted by Cycle Sprays of Cranleigh, Surrey. Cycle Sprays' bill is on file together with others for parts and services, the most recent of the latter dated December 2016, while the machine also comes with old/current V5/V5C registration documents and a quantity of MoTs (most recent expiring 29th May 2018). The current vendor purchased the Kawasaki at Bonhams' sale of the Miklos Salamon Collection at Stafford in April 2018 (Lot 251), since when it has been kept as part of his extensive private collection within a climate-controlled environment.
Offered with key

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