Riding motorcycles from 1975, Alastair has tested classic Vincents and 190mph Suzuki Hayabusas. He has toured New Zealand, Oregon, California and most of Europe by motorcycle and followed the Paris-Dakar rally as a journalist in 2001. His favourite motorcycle in 30 years of biking was his Honda 400/4 as "it was the first bike I ever did the magic ton on and got my knee down whilst riding. Fabulous 70s classic."With over 2500 features published on motorcycles, cars and scooters worldwide, Alastair has written for the Manchester Evening News, Bike, T.W.O. Classic Bike Guide, MSL, Classic Mechanics, NZ Motorcycle Trader, Dealernews USA, and edited online magazine insidebikes.com from 2000-07.His books include the Kawasaki Triples Bible, Scooterama and The Cafe Racer Phenomenon.

• Introduction and acknowledgementsChapter one - Before the triplesChapter two - The H1 500 seriesChapter three - KH500Chapter four - The H2 seriesChapter five - The 350 S2 seriesChapter six - The 400 S seriesChapter seven - KH400 seriesChapter eight - The 250 S seriesChapter nine - KH250 series 1976-81Chapter ten - The racersChapter eleven - The H2R racersChapter twelve - Le Coupe SportifChapter thirteen - The UK KH400 race seriesIndex

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