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You have the wrong bike I owned the 500cc H1D Mach3, it was never known the widow maker. The widow maker was the H2 & was 750cc. Very poor research!!! It was not loud from the factory, and it produced 60HP, with the DENCO expansion chambers, and the new Mikuni carbs on my bike it was 70 HP. What a crock!!!!! It handled just fine. It was the 750 that was the widow maker! I'm 73 now.

I loved mine and I'm still. Here at 68 years old 😂🎉😂

What is this crap? Please get some pics that are even slightly contextually correct.

You only inserted google images of the bike without showing the actual bike. Armchair videographer.

SHEENE AGAINST KENNY

Nessuno come lui ancora oggi! Best still now

MACH III - only made better- ported & polished, chamber/ expansion pipes. Loose shifting linkage. I would pull up 1st , hit 2nd in air & ride it out. H-3 , with 800cc kit, cut gears,slotted rods….nothing could win a drag race. Main fault was the 19” front rim/ wheel- it over steered the corners

Clearly Ducati robbed the single sided swingarm design directly from Elf/Honda racing R&D ...

King Kennys story desrves better than this clown world commentary "padded jump suit" , "twisting the accelerators"

the500mach1 was faster than the 750

Owned over 100 motorcycles in my 60+ years of riding. Had them all. Goldwings - just about every Harley - V65 Magna - KZ900 - CB750f - I could go on and on. Didn’t get to own crotch rockets as I am 6’6” and just could not get comfortable on them. But my Kawasaki 750 cc 3 cylinder 2 stroke. Omg. When that bike got up into the power band, just orgasmic. Was my favorite all time bike.

Thank you for creating this content. Itu help us soo mich too understand the legendary machine and history. Love it man.

Owned one of these bikes, then like a dumb ass I went to work on the motor for more power and had great success. This thing had front forks that came from a bicycle, it shall I say had some handling issues. Tank slappers at just over 100mph were not that uncommon. I for some strange reason survived this bike, and lived to tell about it's piss poor handling and brakes while having enough power scare even the baddest Marine in the world.

Poor

Casey Stoner had talent unmatched by anyone he raced against.

I remember those. Hold on tight.

lol fiat factory shown as workshop made me giggle

Amazing machines. I used to say that if the engine stopped rattling then there was something wrong. Most of them needed steering dampers to control wobbles. One of the biggest problems was the unintended wheelie as the revs went into the power band as you went around a corner. The sound of the triple 2-stroke pipes was orgasmic. Brakes were shite, and the centre cylinder suffered from spark failure in wet conditions.

NZ flag mate at 1:42

I wonder how many of these "Killer triple" video makers actually has owned or at least have ridden one. I had two Mach 3's and one glorious 72 Mach 4 and lives, even though being a below average rider. These were amazing bikes. The grunty Mach 4 near perfect. The early Mach 3 had its flaws, needing a 6-speed and a beefier front fork and brake for example. The fork appeared to be identical to that on my friends Suzuki 250. But still a great bike.

The frame was not very well engineered,which made this motorcycle dangerous to ride.

the `rarerest talent` on earth. What could it be if C.Stoner still on the grid right now?

yyuuuppp , i survived , im 70 now and still dont know how i got here . most awesome scooter i have ever ridden , my 750 water bucket is neat but the widow maker , my harley is so tame

So how many fatalities resulted from this model and compared to other models?

Those H1 and H2 wingdingers were some of the most badass sounding bikes ever. Just screamed pure evil.

1971 h1 Mach 3. My very first bike I got in 1978. Smoked like a chimney. Screamed like a banshee. Finicky transmission. Bad brakes. Bucked like a horse on fast cornering. Almost killed me a few times. Went down twice. Sadly burned in a garage fire when I was away with Canadian military. Miss that little monster to this day.

500 2 stroke 3 inline motor they were fast off the line but now we have bikes that will chew it up and spit it out back in 1978 when I was a kid I got a Honda 400 super sport 4 inline motor 10.000rpm 6 speed tranny that little bugger would do over 120 MPH

My friend had the 125cc version of this bike, and it was fast.

Here in the UK it was the H2 750 or the RG500 called the Widow Maker

Who the Fk is the guy in the Norton Shirt? It's not Erik. Also, the supposed "Lead Engineer" image is of the current CEO Bill Melvin. Image timeflines are all wrong. Hero is mentioned, but no mention on how the company screwed Erik and his team..... I support all Buell related content, but this is a confusing shitshow of jumbled "facts"

BS - Seems like an AI generated video. I was an MC enthusiast at the time. And I still own 2 of these including an early drag bike. The 500 was NEVER "immensely popular". The Honda 750 came out at the same time. 500cc was a huge engine? Really? And it wasn't called the Widowmaker. That term was saved for the Kaw 750 H2. I still own one of those too. Both bikes pogo'd around corners. I could beat an H2 in the twisties with my '70 CB450. But they were bats out of hell on the straights. And the tiny power band was indeed scary. The front end would come up when it hit. Almost no low end at all, then all of a sudden, you had more power than you really wanted. LOL

Why talking about the RC211V and showing a RC213V? 😅

The Kawasaki 750 of its time was also a widowmaker

BS

Elefhant 750

The production of this video was horrible.

The 500 was the best the style is awesome it was fast beautiful bike won the quarter mi. In 1969 record 🧝⚡🏝️

The dreaded "death wobble" feels more like a bucking horse ride, than just a "wobble". It can occur at slow cruising speeds, like fifty or sixty mph. Nobody had warned me about this hazard of two wheeled travel, when my '70 Honda SL 350 shook her handlebar in a violent way. By luck, and a jolt of adrenaline from the terror of it, I kept my grip, throttled down, and pulled off that country road. Had been enjoying a short intercity commute. No hard acceleration, or sharp turning. Dry pavement. Brothers and sisters, tell every rider you know, about this hazard. Maintain headstock bearings, suspension, and steering damper links. Wobble is strong and sudden. No warning. Just a wheel balance job won't ensure your safety. Respect your iron horse, and watch for those "rain grooves."

I had a 1969 Kawasaki mach 3 H1 500 paid 300$ wish I still had it. The true widowmaker .

I owned a 1976 H2 500. $1,200 brand new out of the box. Turned it into a cafe style racer. Fairing,expansion chambers,drag bars, motor and carbs reworked this one badass bike for its time. Wish I still had it. Memories,memories.

At 18 years old I bought a brand new 1971 Mach III and the video is garbage. I loved my Mach III. Spent lots of time running the engine between 6,500 rpm and 9,500 rpm . It obviously isn't a widow maker.

Could have showed some flat track photos

The Widowmaker was a 750 not a 500

I loved it -no scraches on me one the fastest out of the hole ;Universal Cycle

In 1971 1 was 15 when I first rode pillion on an H1. Because of recent (deadly mishaps at the time) we all knew of its reputation. So it was with excitement that my love affair with the Mach 111 had begun and it has never lessened. Personally, I know of four H1 fatalities, but I have personally never heard of any H2 fatalities. To this day I still own and ride an H1A and this will always remain so.

I had 2 of them and im still going

I'm pretty sure the 750 Triple was the widowmaker... Nope, now I'm positive it was the 750 triple. The Original Kawasaki H2 was called the 'Widowmaker' for a reason. There's the video.

I have four two are show quality and two are riders.

I rode one of these, once. I'm not sure if they ever got the smell out of the seat.

G.M., Dodge, Boeing, Mac Donnell/Douglas, and so many corporate giants established their legacies from defense contracts during wartime.