I have found my 'Exit the world' bike- the original Widowmaker!

I'm winning still @Rocket Scientist !

Kawasaki H1-A 500 Two Stroke Triple 1971.​

I just saw one of these here locally on Craigslist this morning, $7000 if I recall

The bike had both detractors and enthusiastic fans, who either complained of poor handling and tendency to wheelie, or praised the power, light weight, and tendency to wheelie.[5]

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The Mach III H1 500 subsequently has been of great interest to collectors and historians of motorcycles, often appearing on lists of most significant motorcycles. The H1 was included in the Guggenheim Museum's 1999 The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition in New York, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Bilbao, Spain.[4] Motorcycle historian Clement Salvadori noted in the Guggenheim's catalog that the H1, "was one of the least useful motorcycles available on the market" yet still sold very well because, in the heyday of American muscle cars where quarter mile times were paramount to the young male target buyer, it "could blow just about anything else off the road — for less than $1,000."[4] Motorcycling author and journalist Roland Brown wrote that it could "beat almost anything away from the lights."[7] Salvadori added that "Motorcycle lore has it that very few original owners of the Mach III survived."[4] While older Baby boomers collected classic brands of the 1950s and 1960s like BSA, Norton and Triumph, a younger generation of motorcycle collectors was nostalgic for H1 Mach IIIs along with other bikes of the era, Honda CBs and CLs, Yamaha RD350s and Suzuki Hustlers.[11]

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I rode one of those things back in the 70’s and it was scary. That dead low end was awful but when you hit that two stroke power band it was almost over thrilling. I loved it. I was a two stroke fan back then and thought the fore strokes were heavy and sluggish.

I had one of those I restored about 20 years ago. Couldn't get the third cylinder to light consistently. When it did, woohoo. Sold it to a guy that corrected that problem, he put on expansion chambers and clip-ons and was never heard from again....

Well I got out bid already....... despite my lucky 777 number bid .
Ya all scared me but I'll keep tracking now anyway!
Being a dingba I nearly pulled the pin this afternoon for just Au$845 ( US$625) on another local Canberra shed dweller (until I cancelled my Gixen snipe a few minutes before, as debt and reality, popped up their wise heads).
This dark and dingy project 1981 1st series Suzuki GSX250 twin with spoke wheels rather than standard mags, probably off a GS400 or similar. Still road registrable here in Canberra too and last registered in NSW.
Seems reasonably clean and the seller sounds old school and quite knowledgeable and honest in opinion. I have seen these projects flogged as 'street ready' too many times .
Still unsold, so I may not be able to resist next time or worse still - go for a look!
Then I'd be coming home for the trailer.
Ah thank you Lord, it was de-listed as unavailable within a few minutes of being relisted so somebody got into their car and in his ear first.
Maybe I'll get to see some of his other ones come up for sale.


EBay description (my Bold)

Being born in 1970 I never experienced this bike first hand but have heard many stories. My first manager was a motorcycle guy, which made for a good relationship. Being 20 years older than me, he had many stories from the 70s bikes and those included this triple. He said this bike was totally mental, insanely fast on the straights and total rubbish in the twisties.

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