kawasaki ninja supercharged h2
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Prof Prolapse said:
Interesting stuff. It just needs six turbos and twenty metres of piping then.
Well in that case I think it's a supercharger not a turbo.
Pretty much, yeah! Well in that case I think it's a supercharger not a turbo.
As for turbo/Supercharger, it's immaterial, they are the mechanism of drive. The important device is the compressor, which is common to both. For either term, think compressor!
Looking at the drawings, it seems Kawasaki are using a chain drive so it's nominally a supercharger. But what matters is the size/characteristics of the compressor being driven and in what rpmrangeit's most efficient.
And remember that using a constant drive mechanism won't work as the engine will require more airas therpm's rise,whereas a compressor at a fixed rpm will only supply a fixed airflow. Eventually the motor will be suffocated/starved if the compressors air flow is setlow to enhance low end, or it'll be shyte at the low end if it's set to supply sufficient air at high rpm.
Fact is compressors work best on low/small range rpm engines.Diesel turbo? marine motors? WW2 prop engines? all good examples of application of forced induction. anything revving higher usually needs 2 or more turbos to perform, like the new 3 turbo BMW car engines. All sequential feeding a set rpm range.
bennyb24home said:
Looks like a final level boss from Doom. Also looks just a bit spendy. Anyway, I for one welcome our new, evil, green-tinged nipponese overlord.
bennyb24home said:
Active front aero perhaps? castex said:
bennyb24home said:
Looks like a final level boss from Doom. Also looks just a bit spendy. Anyway, I for one welcome our new, evil, green-tinged nipponese overlord.
Although, i do wonder if they've managed to retain some of the original H2's traits. You know, like cylinders cutting in/out (usually the middle one(s), brakes that would have you reciting the Lords prayer anytime you grabbed a handful, tyres that were squarer than a tank top in the 80's or a chassis with a barn door hinge welded in the middle...
Kawasaki H2. Coming to a hedgerow near you....
Edited by bass gt3 on Monday 29th September 20:17
That does look a bit bonkers Got a bit of the Typhoon about it with the forward canards although while it is striking, a looker it ain't. Do you have to ride it in a Sylon suit??
And intersrtsting mix of technologies used. Obviously a lot of structural carbon but trellis frame and a single sided swingarm....where have is seen those before???....
But it'll be interesting to see what the street version looks like in the flesh rather rather than in it's show clothes, and really fascinated with the S/C technology and performance.
Got a bit of the Typhoon about it with the forward canards although while it is striking, a looker it ain't. Do you have to ride it in a Sylon suit??And intersrtsting mix of technologies used. Obviously a lot of structural carbon but trellis frame and a single sided swingarm....where have is seen those before???....
But it'll be interesting to see what the street version looks like in the flesh rather rather than in it's show clothes, and really fascinated with the S/C technology and performance.
Edited by bass gt3 on Tuesday 30th September 07:57
Put your hand in front of the front, look at the back end, looks like a panigirly!
Front end (and frame) looks like an ER6 on steroids... (and Steve, i said about the typhoon thing too!)
Anything over 200bhp with that frame & swinger will be ridiculous... let alone early claims....
Front end (and frame) looks like an ER6 on steroids... (and Steve, i said about the typhoon thing too!)
Anything over 200bhp with that frame & swinger will be ridiculous... let alone early claims....
Edited by Lincsblokey on Tuesday 30th September 08:13
For the very first time in over 30 years of clammering for the most powerful bike every time a new one comes out.
I can honestly say I have absolutely no want for that kind of power in a bike.
Realistically I use about 20% of the current litre bikes performance on the road, and possibly 70% if I'm being optimistic on a track. I have absolutely no idea what I would do with an extra 100 bhp.
I am quite happy to live out the last 15 years of my motorcycling with 200 bhp on tap and consider it more than adequate. Good luck to anyone who is of the opinion than 300bhp in a bike would fill a hole that currently isn't being satisfied.
I can honestly say I have absolutely no want for that kind of power in a bike.
Realistically I use about 20% of the current litre bikes performance on the road, and possibly 70% if I'm being optimistic on a track. I have absolutely no idea what I would do with an extra 100 bhp.
I am quite happy to live out the last 15 years of my motorcycling with 200 bhp on tap and consider it more than adequate. Good luck to anyone who is of the opinion than 300bhp in a bike would fill a hole that currently isn't being satisfied.
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