Seventies Smokeshow: Spondon Kawasaki H1 500 Triple

[weeksy]

https://www.bikebound.com/2026/05/24/spondon-kawasaki/

[Count Steer]

'Tart's handbag'

Shame to use the bits to build something that hasn't been ridden and probably never will be - beautifully done but, at the end of it, it's just an ornament.

[roadster]

...But if I was a multi-millionaire I would still buy it and run it ( carefully!) on my private race track. The anti-dive front brakes are a blast from the past but those AP callipers probably couldn't match modern Brembos.

[Skub]

I'd put mandlebars on it and ride the hell out of it.

[Count Steer]

If I was a multi-millionaire I'd buy it - and come and watch Roadster and Skub ride it like they stole it.

[Yorick]

All that work and they put on a fairing that's as much use as a chocolate teapot

[Taipan]

Hideous!

[Ian]

Lovely