Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
Well as no one in the UK and especially moi hasn't ridden one yet it's a bit difficult to say don't you think?
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
No its ugly and has way too much power to be remotely useable to anyone other than a GP level rider Perhaps its for people who have a fetish for rubber and chains as owners will certainly being buy plenty of both
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
I still wish one manufacturer would have the balls to design and build a lightweight 170kg wet max. sportsbike with about 120bhp.
It would be far more fun than any 200bhp bike.
It would be far more fun than any 200bhp bike.
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
Agree Duke and a missed opportunity by Ducati with the 899 panigale IMO.
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
duke63 wrote:I still wish one manufacturer would have the balls to design and build a lightweight 170kg wet max. sportsbike with about 120bhp.
It would be far more fun than any 200bhp bike.
I find myself wondering what the point is in the H2R is, other than advertising you are the baddest Japanese manufacture at the moment. Surely that could've been done at less expense? I admire the concept, but would rather see the supercharged 500 or 600.
"When in doubt use full throttle. It may not improve the situation but it will end the suspense ".
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
You sound as if a decision had been made innit to produce a supercharged 600.
People forget how massive Kawasaki is. The costs of this project is insignificant to them. I imagine it was a very useful exercise for Kwak. How many times in our jobs have we bemoaned a lack of cooperation from other departments? In terms of internal communications and support alone this will heap benefits for them which we'll probably benefit from later on
People forget how massive Kawasaki is. The costs of this project is insignificant to them. I imagine it was a very useful exercise for Kwak. How many times in our jobs have we bemoaned a lack of cooperation from other departments? In terms of internal communications and support alone this will heap benefits for them which we'll probably benefit from later on
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Re: Is the Kawasaki H2R everything you hoped?
The weight i mentioned is what the Superleggera weighs with all its expensive parts.Blade wrote:Agree Duke and a missed opportunity by Ducati with the 899 panigale IMO.
To get a bike to that weight and power for mass production would i think require it to be designed with light weight as its primary goal.