[quote="CVPost-Indiana Ken"](quoted from post at 17:25:45 01/24/16) In 1970 I bought a new Kawasaki Mach I, 500cc triple. The bike had 60 HP and the oil went in a separate tank from the gasoline.
Ken, that brings back some memories...I had a '71 Mach III. They were actually called Mach III for the 3 cylinders.They were, I think, the original "crotch rocket" and at 382 lbs. dry, they were the fastest stock 1/4 mile bike at the time. In '72 they came out with a 750 CC version, the Mach IV.
They smoked like the devil after they had been running for a time at low RPMs and then suddenly "wound up" to 10 grand or so. There was a particular brand of oil sold at the dealers at the time that smoked less than most. Spectrum, maybe?
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