Love the crackle and pop sound . As a 70s two stroke biker it brings back memories . So much nicer biking then in my opinion and much prefer the bikes around that time . Thank-you anyway for great vid . I'm sad for those lost times
This video brings back memories of the ton of smiles I got from riding my KH500 in the 80s. My only complaint is that you never really got into the powerband and let it sing. These bikes loved to live between 7K and 10K RPM. At the time I had mine, there was virtually nothing around that could keep up with me until over 120 MPH or so. I humbled many a 750 Seca (which was considered the fastest bike on the road back then) owner! Thanks for the memories!
My dream bike, had a kh250 in 77 but my 500 dream never happened.... This great video bought back happy memories and a painful one as I came off chasing my friend's 500 and wrecked it and me for a while.. Love that sound
Bill - yes the 500 was a fun bike to ride, wish I still had it, bt I sold it and bought an H2 which I had for something like 7 years, I have since sold that one as well, and bought a KH 400 - oddly enough that has period allspeeds fitted. In the process of rebuilding it at the moment, but when I get it going I will post up a video of it.
I so remember that wicked sound. ! My 2nd bike was one of these babies. Used to blow the baffles out of her if I didn't have them tighted up properly! Hit the power band about 7 I think and that rocket would just take off like a bat out of hell ! Sweet ride.. Great vid ! Thx for the memories!
I've got a KH100EX in the garage and it is actually the baby version of this, everything about it is the same just a lot smaller and slower! I wish I bought a 500 when they were affordable....
Great bike to ride, sold this one and bought an H2. Still keep in touch with the guy that bought it from me. My current project is a KH 400, said by some to be the best of the triples.......tiime will tell. I'll post up a video once I have re comissioned it.
Really nice run, bike seems responsive, could not make out figures on spedo (probably best not to know) reminds me of blasting round those roads on my old bantam, but I think your bike would leave me in the dust.
@@davidmacphee3549 A Ton is 2.00pm Ish when passing that Pug he's doing about 80 mph just nicely on the power band what a sound takes me back to when i owned one in the late 70's with the smell of castrol AHHH lol.
Drew. Camera is just a Go Pro mounted on a chest harness. Same camera I have used in my other videos, it just dosent seem to pick up wind noise. Perhaps they are designed not to.
Yes it was a great little bike, sold it shortly after I made this video and bought a Kawasaki 750 Triple which I had for about 7 years, now sold that one and have a KH 400 which I plan to get on the road this year. Kawa Triples are addictive fun.
@Bike Bloke - Well basically, I was hit by a car whose driver had been drinking alcohol, and knocked across the road and runover by another car which was coming in the opposite direction to me. I received multiple fractures to both my legs & arms plus various other injuries, which put me in the hospital for over three years. And to date I've had over 40 operations to try and repair the damage that was done. Thankfully I married one of the nurses that took care of me in the beginning and who still takes care of me now, by dressing a wound on my lower left leg which remains open to this day. It's been a long and painful journey but I still refuse to consider amputation. The joys of motorcycling eh!
@@ampersand56 that sounds really nasty, and I hope that you make a full recovery. I hope that the driver who had been drinking felt the full force of the law. Many years ago a young lady was killed on a bike by a drunk driver - lovely sunny afternoon and she was enjoying a ride when a drunk in a car pulled out of a pub onto the main road - she had no chance. Drink drivers I hate them. All the best.
Steve - yes, the ride was out of Wells up and over Pen Hill Mast, on through Chewton Mendip, and then right towards Emborough. Guess you must be local then? I no longer have the KH500 I now have an H2.
@@bikebloke5570 hi yes I live in Cannards grave, I'm sure I followed you when you were on your H2 as mandy and I commented that they aren't a common sight around here, I myself own a KH 500 and now ride these roads 😁
@@stevelester9015 Steve - I often ride up through Pilton to the junction at Cannards grave then out towards Frome so you may have seen me around, if you ever spot me dont hesitate to flag me down for a chat. Seeing any Kawa Triple on the road is a rare sight around here! Keep the good times rollin...........
@@bikebloke5570 will do, if ever you ride up the lane in Cannards that comes out between the two pubs, I own the first and only place only place on the right (the yard with the lorries in it) if the doors are open please call in 👍
@@stevelester9015 Steve - rode past your place yesterday, no signs of anyone around. I seemed to attract a lot of attention from blokes in the pub though ! Catch you sometime.
This is not how you ride a mach 3. The powerband starts at 6000 rpm and the gearbox is used to keep the revs up there. Under 6000 rpm you might as well be riding a Honda CB200. Very disappointing. Go out and try again and this time do it properly.
I had a KH500 for nine years, 82 til 91, it was always great fun to ride, one my worst mistakes I've ever made was selling it!
the induction sound when one of those is coming towards you is the first sound one hears and as a 17 year old never forgets, great video and bike!
Yes yes The Sound! The sound !!!
Love the crackle and pop sound . As a 70s two stroke biker it brings back memories . So much nicer biking then in my opinion and much prefer the bikes around that time . Thank-you anyway for great vid . I'm sad for those lost times
This video brings back memories of the ton of smiles I got from riding my KH500 in the 80s.
My only complaint is that you never really got into the powerband and let it sing. These bikes loved to live between 7K and 10K RPM. At the time I had mine, there was virtually nothing around that could keep up with me until over 120 MPH or so. I humbled many a 750 Seca (which was considered the fastest bike on the road back then) owner!
Thanks for the memories!
My dream bike, had a kh250 in 77 but my 500 dream never happened.... This great video bought back happy memories and a painful one as I came off chasing my friend's 500 and wrecked it and me for a while.. Love that sound
Nice I Kh 400 I love it kaw 100 cc 1971 first bike
Well sorted front end...no bobbing hardly at all....love the sound..had alspeeds on my 400...so long ago now but I can still feel her in my senses..
Bill - yes the 500 was a fun bike to ride, wish I still had it, bt I sold it and bought an H2 which I had for something like 7 years, I have since sold that one as well, and bought a KH 400 - oddly enough that has period allspeeds fitted. In the process of rebuilding it at the moment, but when I get it going I will post up a video of it.
A sound to die for! Awesome!!
Wow...that sound brings me back to the 70's.. I rode a Kawi back then and I loved it...Good video man !!!
I so remember that wicked sound. ! My 2nd bike was one of these babies. Used to blow the baffles out of her if I didn't have them tighted up properly! Hit the power band about 7 I think and that rocket would just take off like a bat out of hell ! Sweet ride.. Great vid ! Thx for the memories!
I wish you had shown a picture of the bike ! I want to see It ! Please come back and show us !
the sound in the smell.. My KH 500 had denco expansion chambers. I wish I still had it
And they LOOKED great !
👍👍👍 Thankyou…brings back memories of my KH 400
Cars! Great when you passed them. Cool bike had a Kh 400 rode it to all over England and Denmark with my bird,they were great bikes two up
Never ridden one of these 2 up Ken. They are still great bikes.......
Some people go to church on Sunday morning, you have your Kawasaki, I rest my case...
love the sound.perfect video.perfect ride
+dimitrisarvanitis Glad that you like it - hopefully post up another one later this year
I've got a KH100EX in the garage and it is actually the baby version of this, everything about it is the same just a lot smaller and slower!
I wish I bought a 500 when they were affordable....
Primo.The 2stroke days of yesteryear.
Great bike to ride, sold this one and bought an H2. Still keep in touch with the guy that bought it from me. My current project is a KH 400, said by some to be the best of the triples.......tiime will tell. I'll post up a video once I have re comissioned it.
What are the odds of riding the exact same model of bike on the same roads as this one is being ridden on 😁👍
Thanks, I needed that, mine's down right now !!
Great stuff all round.
Really nice run, bike seems responsive, could not make out figures on spedo (probably best not to know) reminds me of blasting round those roads on my old bantam, but I think your bike would leave me in the dust.
The speedo goes 140MPH? They all have the same needle.?. Look to see where 100 MPH and 60 MPH is for more Kawasaki videos
@@davidmacphee3549 A Ton is 2.00pm Ish when passing that Pug he's doing about 80 mph just nicely on the power band what a sound takes me back to when i owned one in the late 70's with the smell of castrol AHHH lol.
lovely nice bike
Niiiiice! Wish I could smell it!
2-cycle?! Hmm. Looks a lot like the 1987 Kz400 I used to have. Same color, too. The bike I really miss though, is my old 1984 Maxim 650
Dont you mean KH 400?
@@bikebloke5570 no sir, a Kz. I live in the States.
Wicked bike and great riding!! What camera setup do you have? I like the view and the sound comes out great w no wind!
Drew.
Camera is just a Go Pro mounted on a chest harness. Same camera I have used in my other videos, it just dosent seem to pick up wind noise. Perhaps they are designed not to.
Lucky man...........
Yes it was a great little bike, sold it shortly after I made this video and bought a Kawasaki 750 Triple which I had for about 7 years, now sold that one and have a KH 400 which I plan to get on the road this year. Kawa Triples are addictive fun.
hes not bothering any one -hes -just cleaning out the fkin carbon
*I Was All But Killed Riding One Of These Back In November Of 1977*
Ampersand - clearly you survived, what hapenned ?
@Bike Bloke - Well basically, I was hit by a car whose driver had been drinking alcohol, and knocked across the road and runover by another car which was coming in the opposite direction to me. I received multiple fractures to both my legs & arms plus various other injuries, which put me in the hospital for over three years. And to date I've had over 40 operations to try and repair the damage that was done. Thankfully I married one of the nurses that took care of me in the beginning and who still takes care of me now, by dressing a wound on my lower left leg which remains open to this day. It's been a long and painful journey but I still refuse to consider amputation. The joys of motorcycling eh!
@@ampersand56 that sounds really nasty, and I hope that you make a full recovery. I hope that the driver who had been drinking felt the full force of the law. Many years ago a young lady was killed on a bike by a drunk driver - lovely sunny afternoon and she was enjoying a ride when a drunk in a car pulled out of a pub onto the main road - she had no chance. Drink drivers I hate them. All the best.
@@bikebloke5570… A full recovery is not possible due to on going problems, but thanks all the same. Have fun riding but be careful!
Wow
Futuristic sound...YES! ... Crusin'' with your Starfighter ! Alien SPACEBUG ROCKETSHIP !
Kawasaki Joy, without all the space tickets
2:47 tho :)
awsome smooth ride but its 2021 i bet the roads are full of pot holes
Phil - that particular piece of road is pretty good, which is rare these days!
Nice sounding spannies dude - LaverdaBru.
laverda bru Glad you like them....
laverda bru Higgspeed Bru !!
Oh my god😍😍
That pug 306 is doing a bit, then you move in for the kill..
very good driver
nice. I just bought a GoPro and have been experimenting too. how early in the morning was that? No cars really.
David Bicknell David - that was around 05:30 in the morning !!
Who called in the smoke at 04:11?
That was the weather gods !!
You must live in Heaven..!
Dead roads and no cops..?
This area looks like Ston Easton, would that be correct
Steve - yes, the ride was out of Wells up and over Pen Hill Mast, on through Chewton Mendip, and then right towards Emborough. Guess you must be local then? I no longer have the KH500 I now have an H2.
@@bikebloke5570 hi yes I live in Cannards grave, I'm sure I followed you when you were on your H2 as mandy and I commented that they aren't a common sight around here, I myself own a KH 500 and now ride these roads 😁
@@stevelester9015 Steve - I often ride up through Pilton to the junction at Cannards grave then out towards Frome so you may have seen me around, if you ever spot me dont hesitate to flag me down for a chat. Seeing any Kawa Triple on the road is a rare sight around here! Keep the good times rollin...........
@@bikebloke5570 will do, if ever you ride up the lane in Cannards that comes out between the two pubs, I own the first and only place only place on the right (the yard with the lorries in it) if the doors are open please call in 👍
@@stevelester9015 Steve - rode past your place yesterday, no signs of anyone around. I seemed to attract a lot of attention from blokes in the pub though ! Catch you sometime.
how tall are you ?
About 5' 10" can I as k why you want to know?
@@bikebloke5570 I'm 6'3 . Would it be comfortable?
wasnt this the bike that killed more people in the year it was produced than they made actual bikes?
It was the H2 750 that had the "widow maker" reputation,
Definetly the H2, hard to believe that’s even possible.
@@spongeborgtheford4971 I am sure people passed their test on a CB125 or similar and thought Yvon du Hamel cometh I.............. Uh oh!
This is not how you ride a mach 3. The powerband starts at 6000 rpm and the gearbox is used to keep the revs up there. Under 6000 rpm you might as well be riding a Honda CB200. Very disappointing. Go out and try again and this time do it properly.
It’s not a Mach 3, it’s a KH500. Very different bike, softer tune and wider powerband.
wow im sure mine went faster ffs
It may well have done as I was not thrashing mine within an inch of it's life.