kawasaki ninja supercharged h2

[moanthebairns]

Lincsblokey said:

295.9 at the crank, 270 at the wheel. Unfrickinbeleivable

Kawasaki have a new widow maker!

[Prof Prolapse]

Love it.

Not for me however. I want to live.

[Mastodon2]

Is the power out official now then? It looks cool and I'll be interested to see how much that huge power advantage translates into an actual performance benefit over something like an S1000RR.

Also, from what I can see on my phone, it appears the engine only revs to 9000rpm before it reaches the redline, not exactly a screamer.

[gwm]

Lincsblokey said:

gwm said:

The turbo looks petty big for the size of engine as well. Any engine bods want to comment?

Supercharger....

Turbine then

ETA: Technically I'm still wrong since it's a compressor, but menana

Edited by gwm on Tuesday 30th September 10:34

[Lincsblokey]

Mastodon2 said:

Is the power out official now then? It looks cool and I'll be interested to see how much that huge power advantage translates into an actual performance benefit over something like an S1000RR.

Also, from what I can see on my phone, it appears the engine only revs to 9000rpm before it reaches the redline, not exactly a screamer.

yes, its official.

The H2R has 300ps (295.9BHP) at the crank, 270bhp at the wheel..

[bennyb24]

"The street model (Ninja H2) will be released at EICMA" booooooo

[moanthebairns]

So shortly you will be able to buy a bike with more BHP than a Moto gp bike? just by walking into a dealer.

[d8mok]

Cant say ive ridden my 1199 and thought to myself " i need another 100+ BHP".

However full credit for making the thing. I think i want one just for the trellis again

[BigHeartedTone]

Lincsblokey said:

yes, its official.

The H2R has 300ps (295.9BHP) at the crank, 270bhp at the wheel..

Do you have a source for that atm?

[RumpleFugly]

So will this be a 135mph Senior TT lap?

[Lincsblokey]

BigHeartedTone said:

Lincsblokey said:

yes, its official.

The H2R has 300ps (295.9BHP) at the crank, 270bhp at the wheel..

Do you have a source for that atm?

Yes, Kawasaki.

Its on their website, its on the press info at the Intermot show, its perfectly public now.

[RemyMartin]

Completely and utterly mental. Big fan here. Looks fairly unique and with 300bhp on tap I'd imagine it's fairly hair raising to ride.

Glad to see the big K doing something like this.

I can't help but feel it's going to coat eleventy million quid though.

[dapearson]

RemyMartin said:

I can't help but feel it's going to cost eleventy million quid though.

Kawasaki CEO at the show earlier

[moanthebairns]

dapearson said:

Kawasaki CEO at the show earlier

Hand built so I've read.

£5,000 deposit before a order can be placed

[moanthebairns]

I've also just read that the track version which we are looking at is 300 and the road is 20

[dapearson]

moanthebairns said:

Hand built so I've read.

£5,000 deposit before a order can be placed

Blimey.

So what's the list price going to be for the H2? £20k?

[srob]

RemyMartin said:

Completely and utterly mental. Big fan here. Looks fairly unique and with 300bhp on tap I'd imagine it's fairly hair raising to ride.

I reckon it won't be that mental.

To be in any way usable, it's going to have to be loaded with gadgetry to harness the thing for the average (and the above average!) rider. The only way it'll stop the rear wheel lighting up, or it flipping (there's a reasaon why bikes with these power figures on drag strips have a long swingarm) is to reign in the power. I'd love to know how often the full 270bhp will actually be available to use. In gear roll-ons may be quite impressive but even then, it's going to want to flip unless you're pulling away in sixth, which is about the only time I can imagine 270bhp being availabe to a rider

But it's certainly got the bar-room race won!

Still, hats off to Kawasaki for building it, I love to see stuff like this whether usable or not

[thatdude]

I want to turn up to box hill on one of these on a sunny sunday morning

I expect I can get there quite quickly as well, should I be so inclined and have the testicular fortitude* to keep the throttle wide open

I cant wait to see the dynometer output on this thing.

• coined by Mick Foley

[itannum990]

Isn't the superduke1290 supposed to be heavily reigned in by the electronics to stop it being utterly lethal? At half the power?

[shoestring7]

srob said:

but even then, it's going to want to flip unless you're pulling away in sixth, which is about the only time I can imagine 270bhp being availabe to a rider

Except that like most bikes it'll produce maximum power at close to maximum revs so in 6th you'd need to be doing close to Vmax to feel the benefit....

SS7