Friday 2 November 2012

"KAWASAKI TRIPLE FACTORY - THE LITTLE MT3 1971" ['MITIKMOTO'] . . . . MENTAL MINI MONSTER EXTREME, HOW TO TRIPLE THE FUN OF A CLASSIC MINIBIKE . . . . STUFF A 250cc TRIPLE UNDER ITS BACKBONE AND BOB'S YOUR MOTHER'S VERY QUICK BROTHER . . . . THE FACTORY SHOULDA DONE THIS WAY BACK IN 1970 . . . . COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED ANY WORSE INTO CORNERS THAN THE ORIGINAL MACH III

FROM THE "BEAUTIFULLY STUPID" FILES COMES THIS BONA FIDE [TWO] STROKE OF GENIUS . . . .

The legend of the Kwaka Mach III is somewhat of a deadly double edged sword, while there isn't any denying that in a straight line the two-stroke triple was the quickest thing around in the day, the old Flexi Flyer was a notorious widowmaker when confronted with even a hint of required cornering not to mention the merest sniff of rain within a two hundred mile radius . . . . scarily fucking woeful would be an exercise in the art of understatement, I was only a ten year old anklebiter when they came out over here but the memory of their shat pants inducing, banshee howl and the lingering odour of Castrol in the air after the schizoid death machine had long vanished from sight will remain with me forever . . . . I got to ride one for the first and last time when I was at Classic Bike Tune in about '93 or '94, even with modern rubber, steering damper and a fairly ginger right wrist it wasn't a pleasant experience . . . . nah, you triple freaks can keep that shit !!!  

Back to the focus of this post, the wee green machine with a belly full of badness . . . . you gotta love the notion of stuffing massive donks into rigs never meant to accommodate such things, it's the hot rod tradition that has transcended time . . . . blokes being blokes and the theory of when way too fucking much is barely enough, go bigger . . . . the seeds planted by Roth's cartoons made real . . . . this little rocket is perfect, the baby Kwaka triple looking like a two wheeled version of a blown hemi in a Topolino, complete psychotic overkill at its most brilliant . . . . I'd like to think that the tyrants of triple two strokers may one day throw together one of each capacity, the two-fiddy is outta the way so now we can look forward to the 350, 400, 500 and the mac daddy 750 making an appearance . . . . just what every eight year old, backyard basher needs . . . . "look mum, no head !!" . . . . yep, in the world of hot rods and hot bikes, nothing succeeds like total excess . . . . bring it on !!!!

2 comments:

  1. Guy named Al Kasner (former owner of Al's Motorcycle Emporium)has an ATC 90 with a 400 four motor in it. As a mechanic I was asked to put a Bultaco 250 motor in an ATC once upon a time...Crazy stuff. I was expecting at least one wheelie from that vid clip...maybe he's still breaking it in...

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  2. Always liked crazy mate, keeps shit fresh . . . I was similarly hoping for a bit more 'action' from the wee beastie but in the end its form was enough.

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