I've had the H1 and both the 350 and 400 RD's and an RZ350 too and in a straight line the H1 would leave them for dead. Handing and braking not so much. Mine was a blue and white 69 model. I bought it for next to nothing in 1975 or so. I was just old enough to have a driver's license when I had it. Luckily I had a great deal of dirt bike riding experience so at least I knew how to ride. Most poor bastards that bought them didn't have a clue what they were doing. I started working at a Kaw-Yamaha dealership while I was still in school and ended up a sales manager and later general manager of a 3 store dealer when I retired. Kinda got in my blood and never left!
@@Freimopp777 ride safe bro! Growing up my friend had one. He used to rip through the gears on his way home late at night. Passed right by my window & I loved the sound of that beast!
They're great, not the all out death trap that the legend makes out, just gotta watch that peaky powerband past 6000rpm, the induction noise is addictive.
@@spigot993 Two of my buds had them in 69 & 70. Stock pipes. Late at night I could hear them racing along the river, which was on the other side of town! I fell in love with the wail these bikes produce!
I had one of those. If I held the throttle wide 0pen on the highway I'm sure it would have gone over backwards. And it had drum brakes and no steering damper. Very scary bike. I feel lucky to survive that one
Wild and crazy speedo and tach. Love RD's, Mach 3's and 4's.Remember following a '69 H1 on the blvd. He jumped on it and plumes of smoke came out, till you couldn't see him down the road. Excellent sound. Better times.
they dont want you to know this but the H2 AND H1 share the same transmissions,bolts right in,they both scream and both will kill you quick,owned many of them,unreal acceleration
The two stroke Kaw's were the hottest bikes at the time ! However, that ring ding, ring ding sound, and smoky exhaust turned a lot of us off !! Most of us stuck with the Harley's or the 4 stroke Honda's !!
This brings back a lot of memory's, I started riding in the 60s, motorcycle #6 was a brand new Kawasaki Mach III, 3 months after I turned 14, my friends all said I'd be dead in a week, well here I am, 65 and still kicking. subbed. 👊 😎
Can't wait to have my '69 H1 up & running again. About to start rebuilding the engine after spending a heap of money on rebore, crank, clutch basket, gearbox & vapour blasting etc - nothing left to chance.
I used to have an H1. I think it was a 1974. I always thought the H1’s looked nicer than the H2’s. In 1984 I bought. XL 600. I could ride some long ass wheelies on that Honda. I think the “standing third gear” wheelie was my best.
I hear you, I only wish I still could hear and smell my brand new 1978 RD 400 that I bought when I was 16 years old! I just sold my last bike ‘also a Yamaha’ a couple years ago, but the one I miss and regret selling is my 78 RD 400.
In 1973 I had the H2 750 and as I recall it would pull up slightly at about 80 mph in 4th gear. According to the speedometer it's top speed was 139 mph but likely less than that in reality. And yes it would wobble at certain speeds in excess of 100 mph (it has been over to 50 years). One night coming home from an evening college course (in the country at high speed) I had to make a "pit" stop after drinking too much coffee. When I started driving again the road was filled with cattle that escaped a field. If I had not stopped for the pit stop I likely would have been killed.
I test rode a 1970 500 in 1972-unintentionally pulled a wheelie at about 80mph. I bought a 1971 Honda 450 instead. Still ride bikes with three in my garage.
Brilliant ,Took me back 60 years to when we!!! were called Rockers.Mach 3 was like every bodies dream,as I plugged on firing once every 2 lamp posts on my Vellocette Thruxton.
Those who were pulling 80mph wheelies on a 500 Kaw, I call B.S.. I had one, and won quite a few trophies at the strip with it. I could run high 12/low 13 second timeslips with it. There were absolutely NO wheelies after 65-70mph, unless you had a modded motor.....
A wheelie is when you are on the back wheel, the front wheel is high enough in the air that that you have to turn it to one side to be able to see and then you kick it into 2nd gear, then you straighten up the front , come down and speed away hoping no cops saw you. By the time you are quite good at this the frame will have cracked and a weld job and gussets are needed.
I was offered a J reg original H1 in 1975, light metallic blue in colour for 240 pounds! Bit of a jump from my Honda CB 125 at the time. Bill Smith Motors in Aigburth Road had another exact bike for sale and it sat in there for ever. Another bike shop local to me in Birkenhead had a beautiful Egli Vincent for less than a grand. Anyone got a time machine?...
I had a 72 H1 Mark 3 the best and most fun bike I ever owned and I had many different brands in 50 years , that Beauty was a fast wheelie Beast, I got 11s -12s out of it in the quarter easily back in the 70s ,, love that Bike 💙
Great footage 🎥🎬🎞️👍‼️ I owned a 1980 KZ 1000 E model , Kawasaki rules the Rheams you don't need to talk When it comes for a fast forward on a motorcycle ♥️🔴‼️
Wheely, what was it, 6 Feet! Buddy, I was pulling wheelies at 16 down my street on a 1975 Honda 400f Super Sport. Ha ha ha ha, what you did was nothing! But I do like the bike. Have a good day.
Fifty years ago, high school students in Japan were banned from commuting to school on motorcycles due to a number of accidents involving these motorcycles.
I had a blue tank 71 500 a couple of times had the front wheel off the ground especially when the power band came in 6000+rpm nothing too dramatic though
I wonder if its the same fuel tank as kc100 , had one in the 80s and it was insane acceleration upto 60mph and not a penny more 😅 it just stayed absolutely bang on 60mph it was comical 😅, insane acceleration though for a poxy 100cc 🤠🇬🇧🖖⚡️🙏👌
Clutch was Slipping Or you're holding clutch in a little bit. As if you were scared to let it all the way out or something. Also, you had plenty of room to let that thing go all the way up to around a 130. I detected some fear
Nice video well done the wheel stand was extremely weak that was nothing period in 1970 I had a 500 Triple and I could do 80 mph wheelies for about a half a mile but that was then and this guy's doing it now I still enjoyed the video. But that is not a strong wheel stand display at all
They are different for sure standard two strokes like the kh have no power valve and are tuned from factory to run well all through the reverse range Unless tuned by a two stroke wizard they performed average Running one tuned to make max power would render them useless below all but max revs No good for road use If you check the torque it is as flat as a witches tit 80 mph wheelies were just not possible due to a lack of power
Fast as hell in a straight line, handled like shit, high speed wobble, suzuki with the water Buffalo was the same thing, speaking from experience 67 yrs old, knew them well, liked the 380 suzook best, sold my hodaka combat wombat and bought, if your young u probably have no idea what im talking about lol
The Suzuki 750 was a highway cruiser, and the 500 Kawasaki would run away and hide from it. Hell, I geared my CB 500 Four Honda down 3 teeth on the front sprocket, and ran right beside a buddy who had a 750 Zuk
Awesome! I'm doing a complete restoration on the same bike now. Excellent video and sound. Makes me feel like I'm riding. Just subscribed. Here is a link to my new Kawi H1 Triple video too, Cheers! ua-cam.com/video/mnnS6m_1EYo/v-deo.html
I raced one at Fremont in Calif. When they first came out. I was on my 66 Sportster which was a $2000 unit and the Kaws were about $800. It was ugly and cheap looking it sounded worse and smoked like a cigar. I was running very low 13s and 100 mph (I weighed 215lbs, like having a rider and a 100 lb sack of cement). It passed me at about 200 ft from the end. They were throw away bikes, had a plastic bushing for the swing arm. Cheap shitty 2 strokes but they were quick. Now the KZ 1000, that was a great Bike!!!
Who mentioned Harley’s there shite Until the power valve two stroke came about the likes of the kh and gts were piss poor You’ve obviously never owned a modern two stroke
I've had the H1 and both the 350 and 400 RD's and an RZ350 too and in a straight line the H1 would leave them for dead. Handing and braking not so much. Mine was a blue and white 69 model. I bought it for next to nothing in 1975 or so. I was just old enough to have a driver's license when I had it. Luckily I had a great deal of dirt bike riding experience so at least I knew how to ride. Most poor bastards that bought them didn't have a clue what they were doing. I started working at a Kaw-Yamaha dealership while I was still in school and ended up a sales manager and later general manager of a 3 store dealer when I retired. Kinda got in my blood and never left!
Made my heart beat faster. I owned one back in 1972. The sound even when idling just brought back so many memories.
I've wanted one since 1969.
Never got one.
That's probably why I'm still alive!
@@Freimopp777 ride safe bro!
Growing up my friend had one. He used to rip through the gears on his way home late at night. Passed right by my window & I loved the sound of that beast!
They're great, not the all out death trap that the legend makes out, just gotta watch that peaky powerband past 6000rpm, the induction noise is addictive.
@@spigot993 Two of my buds had them in 69 & 70. Stock pipes. Late at night I could hear them racing along the river, which was on the other side of town!
I fell in love with the wail these bikes produce!
I had one of those. If I held the throttle wide 0pen on the highway I'm sure it would have gone over backwards. And it had drum brakes and no steering damper. Very scary bike. I feel lucky to survive that one
Wild and crazy speedo and tach. Love RD's, Mach 3's and 4's.Remember following a '69 H1 on the blvd. He jumped on it and plumes of smoke came out, till you couldn't see him down the road. Excellent sound. Better times.
Having that much speed and power on tap was an ever present temptation to me to go beyond my common sense.
The sound of that bike is lovely.
I love how the tach and speedo just totally give up when it's opened up!
Ya vibration
they dont want you to know this but the H2 AND H1 share the same transmissions,bolts right in,they both scream and both will kill you quick,owned many of them,unreal acceleration
Could smoke a fag waiting to get to 60mph
been there done that on mine. love this video , no side roads either side , no traffic , good road system . lessens danger
The two stroke Kaw's were the hottest bikes at the time ! However, that ring ding, ring ding sound, and smoky exhaust turned a lot of us off !! Most of us stuck with the Harley's or the 4 stroke Honda's !!
This brings back a lot of memory's, I started riding in the 60s, motorcycle #6 was a brand new Kawasaki Mach III, 3 months after I turned 14, my friends all said I'd be dead in a week, well here I am, 65 and still kicking. subbed. 👊 😎
Takes me back to the 80s great times 👍👍
Werent called "WindowMakers" for nothing. They were all quick,but the 750 Triple was Iconic.
The (500)held land speed record over...all.
Can't wait to have my '69 H1 up & running again. About to start rebuilding the engine after spending a heap of money on rebore, crank, clutch basket, gearbox & vapour blasting etc - nothing left to chance.
69 the most collectable i think.
There's no mistaking the epic sound of a triple! 2 stroke or four stroke, they sound different and amazing.
Man oh man I lover the sound of two stroke smoking .
I used to have an H1. I think it was a 1974. I always thought the H1’s looked nicer than the H2’s. In 1984 I bought. XL 600. I could ride some long ass wheelies on that Honda. I think the “standing third gear” wheelie was my best.
Awesome! I had a Kawasaki 400 triple and even that was fast. Love the sound!
Nothing like a two stroke I don’t care what anybody says
Schon der Geruch von Zweitakt macht mich geil!
I say your right!
I hear you, I only wish I still could hear and smell my brand new 1978 RD 400 that I bought when I was 16 years old!
I just sold my last bike ‘also a Yamaha’ a couple years ago, but the one I miss and regret selling is my 78 RD 400.
The Wheelie was bad. But the Sound of this old 2stroke motorcycles is perfect.
Love the two strokes we got screwed over on there replacement.
In 1973 I had the H2 750 and as I recall it would pull up slightly at about 80 mph in 4th gear. According to the speedometer it's top speed was 139 mph but likely less than that in reality. And yes it would wobble at certain speeds in excess of 100 mph (it has been over to 50 years). One night coming home from an evening college course (in the country at high speed) I had to make a "pit" stop after drinking too much coffee. When I started driving again the road was filled with cattle that escaped a field. If I had not stopped for the pit stop I likely would have been killed.
I test rode a 1970 500 in 1972-unintentionally pulled a wheelie at about 80mph. I bought a 1971 Honda 450 instead. Still ride bikes with three in my garage.
His clutch is slipping. You could hear it sometimes when he shifts.
Explosive powerband👍
Bout the same as my ride on lawn mower
Brilliant ,Took me back 60 years to when we!!! were called Rockers.Mach 3 was like every bodies dream,as I plugged on firing once every 2 lamp posts on my Vellocette Thruxton.
This is about how my tuned Pannonia P21 took off.
Loved the 2 stroke 💪👍
Those who were pulling 80mph wheelies on a 500 Kaw, I call B.S.. I had one, and won quite a few trophies at the strip with it. I could run high 12/low 13 second timeslips with it. There were absolutely NO wheelies after 65-70mph, unless you had a modded motor.....
No sound is so deep planted in my old brain
adrenalina pura!!
ricordo la lancetta del contagiri che sbatteva. Bellissimo
anni fà mi ci feci un giro.... non osai accellerare più di tanto.... avevo paura di farmi la bua...@@claudioremonti6740
@@1berto74 questa moto e la 750cc, come venivano soprannominate? sono certo che te lo ricordi. Hai fatto benissimo ad andare super cauto
le bare a due ruote venivano chimate... mica so fesso che spalancavo il gas all'improvviso..@@claudioremonti6740
@@1berto74 risposta esatta!! stai bene
That looks to be a 1970 H1, but someone added a disc brake apparently.
Thank you for sharing very cool motorcycles
A wheelie is when you are on the back wheel, the front wheel is high enough in the air that that you have to turn it to one side to be able to see and then you kick it into 2nd gear, then you straighten up the front , come down and speed away hoping no cops saw you. By the time you are quite good at this the frame will have cracked and a weld job and gussets are needed.
what a climax sound!
1:24 Did that needle hit 10K ?!!!! ; Or just bounce ?
Yes, somewhere around redline, but no valves to worry about.
had one B4 disc brakes crazy motorcycle
I was offered a J reg original H1 in 1975, light metallic blue in colour for 240 pounds! Bit of a jump from my Honda CB 125 at the time. Bill Smith Motors in Aigburth Road had another exact bike for sale and it sat in there for ever. Another bike shop local to me in Birkenhead had a beautiful Egli Vincent for less than a grand. Anyone got a time machine?...
Man I love that sound what a great machine ‼️
If you find one, I'll go with 'ya.
I had a 72 H1 Mark 3 the best and most fun bike I ever owned and I had many different brands in 50 years , that Beauty was a fast wheelie Beast, I got 11s -12s out of it in the quarter easily back in the 70s ,, love that Bike 💙
Do it again! Do it again! Do it again! Do it again!
Brings a whole new meaning to "Naked"
When is anyone going to pull a wheelie?
Wow! The front wheel came up a whole 4-6 inches for almost a whole second! 🤔😅
Great footage 🎥🎬🎞️👍‼️ I owned a 1980 KZ 1000 E model , Kawasaki rules the Rheams you don't need to talk When it comes for a fast forward on a motorcycle ♥️🔴‼️
Incredibile frena anche
Forse il Ceriani??
I had 1969 Kawasaki mach 3 H1 500,i paid 300 bucks for it. It was scary fast.
Bloody hell,thats ones handling alright too
The adrenaline rush of a 2 stroke bike with methanol mix
Back in the 70s I had a 1969 Kawasaki Mach3H1 500 serial number started 000 I think I paid under 500$ scary fast,
Is the front fork ok ? Looks twisted to the left ?
Looks like bent bars 😂
Wheely, what was it, 6 Feet! Buddy, I was pulling wheelies at 16 down my street on a 1975 Honda 400f Super Sport. Ha ha ha ha, what you did was nothing! But I do like the bike. Have a good day.
@@clickbeetle2720 absolutely. I experienced one when making a partial change in lanes when shifting gears. Took me totally off guard.
Le monde motard se divise en deux .. ceux qui ont pilotés des Kawas 2 temps …et les autres 😂
Those who know Yamaha's RDs are better. 😂
The 3 cylinder Kaws would bury an RD 350 OR 400
@@milojanis4901 easily !😄✌
You just have to aim - and shoot! I know the drill...😁
Waiting on the wheelie….🏍️💨🏁
nice bike. sounds tight.
直線番長✨素晴らしいバイクです✨ブレーキ強化しないと！危ないけど…それも！又魅力😊
Excellent 👌🤪🤪🤪
Oh hell yeah!!!!
I had a ‘69!!
Better know how to tune a mikuni, hahaha!!!
Soooo fun!!!!
How Did I MISS>? THIS? That Arr Dee is Gannin Fer It!!
Fifty years ago, high school students in Japan were banned from commuting to school on motorcycles due to a number of accidents involving these motorcycles.
I remember those bouncing needles.
I got stopped for speeding once. The cop asked: "How fast were you going"? I replied with a shrug of my shoulders.
pretty cool brought back some memories, however my s3 would've touched that guy in front on the back a few times.
The S3 was great, would smoke some 500s 👍
yes and smoke it did🙃@@josephpacchetti5997
This dude doesn't know what wheelies are ! I used to bring mine up on the highway and pass cars like a ski jumper going down the slope in flight ! lol
Hey, me too.
About all it was good for. The handling was awful.
Me too, maybe we were a little more crazy in the 70's
Nobody cares what YOU did
Billy bullshit
You did this on the widow maker or a modern bike? This bike in the video isn’t very forgiving.
I had a blue tank 71 500 a couple of times had the front wheel off the ground especially when the power band came in 6000+rpm nothing too dramatic though
Very Good brakes 😂😂😂😂. But i love it
Yeah right 😅
Mooie fiets ❤
I wonder if its the same fuel tank as kc100 , had one in the 80s and it was insane acceleration upto 60mph and not a penny more 😅 it just stayed absolutely bang on 60mph it was comical 😅, insane acceleration though for a poxy 100cc 🤠🇬🇧🖖⚡️🙏👌
! remember the Suzuki BLOOP that was 100cc circa 1967ish.
Always wanted one, too skint
le compte tour déconne !
Au bout de + de 50,ans , on lui pardonne ! 😂
Clutch was Slipping Or you're holding clutch in a little bit. As if you were scared to let it all the way out or something. Also, you had plenty of room to let that thing go all the way up to around a 130. I detected some fear
Nice video well done the wheel stand was extremely weak that was nothing period in 1970 I had a 500 Triple and I could do 80 mph wheelies for about a half a mile but that was then and this guy's doing it now I still enjoyed the video. But that is not a strong wheel stand display at all
Can smell the bulshit from here
It's TRUE
@@davidmacphee3549 is it f**k true
For me, it's true I only weighed 115 lbs. Sit farther back and pull it up to mock the Easy Riders then go and hide. @@TheGazza636
@@davidmacphee3549 50bhp is just about enough to get to 80 mph never lift the wheel up
Come on it never happened
I’d love to have another smoker.
Get an RGV250 with the pipes on the same side. So much fun..
Fast and smokey
I like the RD400 mid-70s highway 9 California
Some friends I knew road RD400's they were so fast I had dirt bikes and then eventually a 91 heritage Softail no 🍀rice burners for me 😎✌️
クラッチ滑ってる？
Wow♥️
I used to have a moped that was that fast
Sure you did. LOL
cool!
Looks scary
Great..
😁epic
Des avions c becanes
top speed on mine ( when i let off ) ass per speedometer 138 mph
Lol
two strokes just sing dont they
They are different for sure standard two strokes like the kh have no power valve and are tuned from factory to run well all through the reverse range
Unless tuned by a two stroke wizard they performed average
Running one tuned to make max power would render them useless below all but max revs
No good for road use
If you check the torque it is as flat as a witches tit
80 mph wheelies were just not possible due to a lack of power
Wouldn't that hurt if you crashed
You call 🤙 that a wheele, I think 🤔 not.
Quick for the day but slow by today's standards.
Fast as hell in a straight line, handled like shit, high speed wobble, suzuki with the water Buffalo was the same thing, speaking from experience 67 yrs old, knew them well, liked the 380 suzook best, sold my hodaka combat wombat and bought, if your young u probably have no idea what im talking about lol
The Suzuki 750 was a highway cruiser, and the 500 Kawasaki would run away and hide from it. Hell, I geared my CB 500 Four Honda down 3 teeth on the front sprocket, and ran right beside a buddy who had a 750 Zuk
ace very fast bike
Awesome! I'm doing a complete restoration on the same bike now. Excellent video and sound. Makes me feel like I'm riding. Just subscribed.
Here is a link to my new Kawi H1 Triple video too, Cheers!
ua-cam.com/video/mnnS6m_1EYo/v-deo.html
These would be so much crisper with reed valves instead of piston port induction..
But less top end power
I raced one at Fremont in Calif. When they first came out. I was on my 66 Sportster which was a $2000 unit and the Kaws were about $800. It was ugly and cheap looking
it sounded worse and smoked like a cigar. I was running very low 13s and 100 mph (I weighed 215lbs, like having a rider and a 100 lb sack of cement). It passed me at about
200 ft from the end. They were throw away bikes, had a plastic bushing for the swing arm. Cheap shitty 2 strokes but they were quick. Now the KZ 1000, that was a great Bike!!!
La moto in primo piano ha il manubrio storto ..... mica facile ....
Verschrikkelijk saai landschap om te motorrijden in Nederland, m.u.v. Zuid Limburg.
Welnee 😂😂
Na unless your in third gear it doesn't count as a wheelie.
Who mentioned Harley’s there shite
Until the power valve two stroke came about the likes of the kh and gts were piss poor
You’ve obviously never owned a modern two stroke
Harleys ARE shite.
fai riparare il conta km
thats no sewing machine
Oink oink oink 🐷