The H1 triple: Kawasaki's outrageous game-changer

If there’s one motorcycle that defined the change in attitude towards the world of two-wheeled transport, then it has to be the Kawasaki 500 triple.

Yes, the CB750 is the world’s first Superbike and proved to be a game-changer.

However, it was the feral two-stroke triple that actually began the move away from bikes purely as a means of transport and sent them into what is nowadays referred to as the leisure industry.

And to add the hedonistic hydrocarbon-fuelled hyperbole, there was never a genuine commercial reason for Kawasaki to make the H1 or even motorcycles for that matter!

Read more in December’s edition of OBM