Kawasaki's H2 Superbike

jarelj · Jun 23, 2015

I rode an H2 at the track this past weekend. It's a big, cushy Busa-like ride, not in any way like a typical track weapon. I think a fast rider on a ZX-10R would lap himself on an H2 during a road race. It does sound cool, and it's fast in a straight line but I wouldn't say I was shocked at how fast it was, to me it didn't really seem a lot faster than any of the 4-cyl liter bikes. Or a Boofa.

lamb00j · Jun 23, 2015

jarelj said:
I rode an H2 at the track this past weekend. It's a big, cushy Busa-like ride, not in any way like a typical track weapon. I think a fast rider on a ZX-10R would lap himself on an H2 during a road race. It does sound cool, and it's fast in a straight line but I wouldn't say I was shocked at how fast it was, to me it didn't really seem a lot faster than any of the 4-cyl liter bikes. Or a Boofa.

just to clarify, you rode the H2 not the H2R correct? what type of sound was it making that made it different?

I did imagine it would be very busa-like riding one of these bikes, just by shear size.

sean999r · Jun 23, 2015

It's a tank just look at youtubes Jay Leno ride, scrapes its pegs at moderate lean angles
Probably a great interstate hwy bike

fzr100098 · Jun 23, 2015

Depreciation on these things will be 50% within a couple of years - expect to see them with extended swingarms and the usual ghetto mods to join the Busa and ZX-14 crowd

I'll pass....

jarelj · Jun 23, 2015

lamb00j said:
just to clarify, you rode the H2 not the H2R correct? what type of sound was it making that made it different?

I did imagine it would be very busa-like riding one of these bikes, just by shear size.

Yeah, just the standard H2. It has the "whirrrrrr" of the supercharger and you can hear the pop-off valve when you roll off the gas. It's definitely not a small bike, it "feels" big and heavy.

love2ride · Aug 5, 2015

Was the one your rode fully uncorked by means of an exhaust / dyno tune?

sexparty · Aug 5, 2015

H2 isn't much bigger than a ZX10, same width and length just a slightly chunkier front end but you certainly feel the extra bulk the bike has. Hopefully they put this tech onto a special version of the new ZX10 coming out soon.

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