THE GREEN MEANIE
HOW’S this for an idea? Build a bike with a power-to-weight ratio greater than any road bike before it, then sell it for less than anything of comparable performance. Yes, I know, who’d ever buy it, but it was 1969. The cops drove Minis and life was much simpler then.
The 500cc Kawasaki H1 Mach III was a huge hit from the day it was launched, for all the right reasons. Boasting 60hp at 7500rpm and weighing just 174kg dry, it was a genuine rocket, the fastest accelerating bike of its day. It attracted all
