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    1971 MACH III H1 - $1250 (Colorado Springs, CO)

    No title & painted up like an ELR. I will take the ELR

    1979 GS1000E (44 Yrs), 1981 GPz550
    Departed: 1970 Yamaha R5A, 1971 R5B, 1975 Honda XL250, 1983 Suzuki PE175, 1983 CB1100F, 1983 BMW R100RS, 1992 ST1100

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      Too cool for school,
      1971 Kawasaki Mach III complete. great project bike deserves total restoration. No title, 3 cylinder 2 stroke. 1st bike to break 140 mph. phone calls only 719-492-8542
      1979 GS1000E (44 Yrs), 1981 GPz550
      Departed: 1970 Yamaha R5A, 1971 R5B, 1975 Honda XL250, 1983 Suzuki PE175, 1983 CB1100F, 1983 BMW R100RS, 1992 ST1100

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        #4
        Originally posted by srsupertrap View Post
        No title & painted up like an ELR. I will take the ELR

        http://cosprings.craigslist.org/mcy/3575534066.html
        looks like someone already snatched that bike up
        My stable
        84 GSX1100EFG-10.62 @ 125 mph 64'' W/B.
        85 GS1150-9.72@146mph stock W/B.
        88 GSXR1100-dragbike 9.18@139.92mph/5.68@118mph.
        98 Bandit 1200-9.38@146mph/6.02@121mph.
        90 Suzuki GS 1425cc FBG Pro Stock chassis 5.42@124mph
        06 GSXR750 10.44@135mph
        00 Honda elite 80 pit bike

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          #5
          Originally posted by srsupertrap View Post





          Too cool for school,
          1971 Kawasaki Mach III complete. great project bike deserves total restoration. No title, 3 cylinder 2 stroke. 1st bike to break 140 mph. phone calls only 719-492-8542
          Is it your bike? Is it still for sale?
          My stable
          84 GSX1100EFG-10.62 @ 125 mph 64'' W/B.
          85 GS1150-9.72@146mph stock W/B.
          88 GSXR1100-dragbike 9.18@139.92mph/5.68@118mph.
          98 Bandit 1200-9.38@146mph/6.02@121mph.
          90 Suzuki GS 1425cc FBG Pro Stock chassis 5.42@124mph
          06 GSXR750 10.44@135mph
          00 Honda elite 80 pit bike

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            #6
            Forgot to state not mine or me
            1979 GS1000E (44 Yrs), 1981 GPz550
            Departed: 1970 Yamaha R5A, 1971 R5B, 1975 Honda XL250, 1983 Suzuki PE175, 1983 CB1100F, 1983 BMW R100RS, 1992 ST1100

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              #7
              Originally posted by srsupertrap View Post





              Too cool for school,
              1971 Kawasaki Mach III complete. great project bike deserves total restoration. No title, 3 cylinder 2 stroke. 1st bike to break 140 mph. phone calls only 719-492-8542
              Maybe pushed out of an airplane at high altitude.
              ...
              Believe in truth. To abandon fact is to abandon freedom.

              Nature bats last.

              80 GS850G / 2010 Yamaha Majesty / 81 GS850G

              Claimed by Hurricane Irma 9/11/2017:
              80 GS850G / 2005 Yamaha Majesty / 83 GS1100E / 2000 BMW R1100RT / 2014 Suzuki DL650

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                #8
                What a poser. Who does he think he is, Steve McQueen? Give me a break.

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                  #9
                  The three tests I have from them - '69 Blue Streak Special, '70 and '71 all have the top speed around 111 to 116. And 1/4 mile times from a blistering 12.4 to a more lethargic 14.3. Tune, bike, driver all play a part and it was nothing for factories to toss in ringers. A '73 Superbike comparison had a smoking fast Triumph Trident, who on tear down failed miserable. Also a real quick Sportster was also tossed out. The automotive world was the same then. If you had a comparison piece and you used your off the lot product, you lost.

                  I'm not sure what the terminal velocity for a 1971 Mach III is, but a free fall skydiver is 122mph non-streamlined and closer to 200 mph streamlined. I don't think the Mach III is very streamlined and may have a rough time hitting that 140.
                  1983 GS1100E

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                    #10
                    On the other hand, on any two stroke it is EASY to get huge increases in power with just a little craftsmanship with a Dremel, a few tricks of the trade, and an expansion chamber. Some of these bikes were very fast indeed.
                    This idiot's bike has some kind of pipe, although he's hiding it with his stupid ass.


                    Life is too short to ride an L.

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                      #11
                      I definitely agree with that. One buddy had a 1970 that he used the factory templates for porting, a crude reed valve affair and I think some rejetting and of course the expansion chambers. But the same chassis. The thing would destroy stock Mach IVs when they came out, but after 80mph or so things got twichy. 100mph plus was an experience. However all those Mach series were flexi-flyers.

                      And why is buddy posing like that? Unless a "friend" found them and onlined them for giggles and chitz. And I have never seen any aftermarket Mach series pipes with all three out the same side. Scarce (for a reason) or homemade?

                      And some sort of funk going on for the instrument mounts. Honda blinkers. Anyone's but stock mirrors.

                      Just did a quick scan of eBay and there's quite a bit available for pretty decent prices.
                      Last edited by 6pkrunner; 01-28-2013, 08:43 AM.
                      1983 GS1100E

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                        #12
                        That pipe would have to be homemade, which is why it is not shown. All production chambers had the left cylinder's pipe on the left, and the other two on the right.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by koolaid_kid View Post
                          What a poser. Who does he think he is, Steve McQueen? Give me a break.
                          Pretty sure he's hamming for the camera...

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by 6pkrunner View Post
                            The three tests I have from them - '69 Blue Streak Special, '70 and '71 all have the top speed around 111 to 116. And 1/4 mile times from a blistering 12.4 to a more lethargic 14.3. Tune, bike, driver all play a part and it was nothing for factories to toss in ringers. A '73 Superbike comparison had a smoking fast Triumph Trident, who on tear down failed miserable. Also a real quick Sportster was also tossed out. The automotive world was the same then. If you had a comparison piece and you used your off the lot product, you lost.

                            I'm not sure what the terminal velocity for a 1971 Mach III is, but a free fall skydiver is 122mph non-streamlined and closer to 200 mph streamlined. I don't think the Mach III is very streamlined and may have a rough time hitting that 140.


                            I think you mean this 1969 comparison. By '73, nobody cared about the H1. It was all about the KZ900 and H2. The Trident had a second gearset from a Bonneville in it, but the testers let it go. As you can see, it was not tossed out. 12.4 was advertized. I never saw a test that was close to that.

                            1972 Comparison with H2:

                            I like that the Commando and the Trident, now with a 5 speed are way closer to the H2 in accelleration than the CB750 was to the British bikes.



                            As 1 reference, here is a 1971 CW test of a much quicker but limited production bike:

                            Last edited by 850 Combat; 02-27-2013, 06:41 PM.
                            sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things

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                              #15
                              With all due respect, Commando, you are comparing apples to oranges. Rather than a massaged 750 Commando, compare the actual Norton 750 Commando and its figures. That would be apples to apples.
                              I personally felt the Norton was the best of the British bikes, btw, back in the day, and was the one I always wanted.

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