The magic of
Words: Martin Lambert. Photos: Kawasaki Motors Europe
750cc “the legend that was the H2 evaporated in a haze of two stroke smoke”
ver since the first pioneers swung a leg over what were basically motor-bicycles, a cycle with an engine crudely inserted into the tubular frame, the maxim “bigger is better” has applied to the passion for powered two wheelers. And as the biking boom transferred from British control to the Japanese an “order” was establishing itself with “capacity classes” being created such as 125cc, 250cc, 500cc and 650cc. At the “tipping point” in the early 1970’s with the dying embers of the UK industry fading and bikers experienced a tidal wave of product from the land of the Rising Sun, the three quarter litre class broadened and burst onto the scene. Taking over from the Norton Commando and Triumph Tridents of the UK and Italy’s Guzzi V7’s plus Laverda SF’s of the 70’s from that day to this the 750cc capacity has signified a gateway to the most extreme performance, the doorstep of the litre class. Over the years Kawasaki has made many 750cc machines; Club Magazine now looks back at some of the many highs… and a few “not so highs” on a journey down motorcycling memory lane. Here is Part One of a Two Part insight.
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