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    CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC

    Jul 15, 2018 4 minutes
    WORDS: JOHN NUTTING
    PHOTOS: GARY D CHAPMAN AND ALLEN MILLYARD

    When legends collide, some sparks are bound to fly. Or so I expected when presented with the prospect of riding Allen Millyard’s Kawasaki 500LC, a combination of the early Mach III with a four-cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Right from its launch in 1969 the triple-cylinder 500cc Mach III was a fearsome beast, and having ridden the first to arrive in the UK I can testify to the hair-trigger delivery of its 60bhp that was too much for its flimsy chassis.

    What happens then when Allen comes up with what is potentially an even more crazy combination: a Mach III powered by an engine topped with four cylinders transplanted from a pair of Yamahas? This

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