Introduce here the one of your bikes that always will be the favorite.

[Tigadee]

So cool some bastard stole it.

Even popos get hit?

[Grubber]

Certainly in no way was it EVER the best bike I have owned, nor the fastest. It drank petrol like a rugby team getting a 'free' visit at the Speight's brewery. The frame came with a certificate from 'bendy toy'. Us old buggers know what they were! The brakes (drum) were marginal, forks flexed like a bastard as all bikes of that era did, tyres were only slightly wider than push bike tyres. it wanted to run away from corners, proved easily by hitting the powerband exiting said corner, the power delivery was like a knife blade, narrow and sharp, it came on like a light switch... imagine riding an R1 on 2 cylinders, hitting the revs where max power is delivered in 1st or 2nd, then a switch instantly turns on the other 2 cylinders... that's what an original 'Mach 3' or the H1a was like to ride. By todays standards, ho hum, where's the power, but for those days? a 60+hp 500 was astronomical power,,, remember the RG500 only produces 85 bhp, designed almost 25 yrs later.
It burnt out middle cylinder spark plugs at an alarming rate, often in the middle of overtaking, the middle pot would cut out, Kawasaki had a plastic 'box' and a bracket under the seat to hold 3 spare plugs... I shit you not,, all Kwaka triples had this.

BUT Favourite?? Oh hell yes,...... on 'power' there is NOTHING like that Kwacka triple moan, it was scary, it had a reputation as the Widowmaker, and certainly out of all the triples? H1's were the most difficult to ride! A change of undies was almost prerequisite when you went for a ride on the twisties.. but the thrill it gave to ride 'fast' and the 'control' you needed to tame the beast, to slip the clutch from the lights and see the voluminous cloud of smoke covering the bikes left behind you, to hear the rattle of the cylinders, the rasp, then the howling moan as the power band came in?? Only those who have owned or ridden a triple in 'anger' would understand, faster or not, no other 2T comes close to them.
I would'nt OWN another, but its the ONE bike that I never forget the impression owning it made on my riding enjoyment.

Amen!!
Had one of those and they were the rocket of the 70's. Hell of thing to keep under control though.
My favourite is my Daytona 955i that i have in my shed.
Still love the triple sound each time i ride it.

[celtickiwi]

rg500 gamma. always came home giggling after riding that thing!