Kawasaki H2R

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Edited Date/Time 7/17/2015 7:12pm
because everyone needs a 300hp, 200mph road bike,

the track only version, a street legal version with only 230hp is about a month away form being released,

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2014/09/kawasaki-debuts-300-hp-closed-co…

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I like the original h2 better:

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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
I like the original h2 better: [img]https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/f7/1d/0bf71d1ca4a895b55292a60616f86f73.jpg[/img]
I like the original h2 better:

That is bad ass!
overthebars39 9/30/2014 2:08pm
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Well i be damned, Kawasaki builds a real high-performance machine and it has....a steel frame!
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That motor in this car...Pronto!


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I've go to say, as nice as those single sided swingarms look, and this one does look good, they simply have no place on a serious bike. They have to be un-necessarily heavy to be strong enough to cope with the stresses. No single siders in Motogp, for a sound reason.
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Void, you didn't?!.....
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60 grand....NO WAY
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PalerBlue 10/1/2014 10:59am
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Just how much is it going to cost to keep one of those puppies in shoes? 300hp used in anger!
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Hman144 wrote:
Void, you didn't?!.....
Heh heh, if I had that kinda money lying around I wouldn't spend it on that! Smile

EDIT: Or would I? Smile
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
I like the original h2 better: [img]https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/0b/f7/1d/0bf71d1ca4a895b55292a60616f86f73.jpg[/img]
I like the original h2 better:

Not to mention the original H2R





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Looks like they were only pumping about 115 horse out of that 750 2-stroke:

http://www.ozebook.com/h2r.htm

I thought it would be a bit more. My little 600 puts out almost that much. Now 300hp out of a 1000. Smile
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markit 10/4/2014 5:18am
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It better handle better than my 75 did, sure it will stop better with disc breaks.LOL Nothing like the sound of that bike.
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Dang...
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Saw one in person a few weeks ago. Sexy bike
scott_nz 10/28/2016 7:56pm
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Well I ride a h2r for the first time yesterday , it was just plain mental , rode it around a race track to run it in, got a flying quarter mile next weekend to really get it opened up

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I can't imagine what that feels like. Almost too much for civilians

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My pre-restricted 2000 ZX12R was already just a couple off of 200 MPH and it's 16 years old!
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XXVoid MainXX 10/30/2016 5:19pm
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My new ZX10R (2016) has 195 to the wheel. I have a buddy with an H2 and he wanted me to take it out for a few laps at Putnam Park but I never did. A few other friends took it out. Stock it was 200hp. Just removing the cat brought it up to 230.
scott_nz 10/30/2016 7:07pm
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
My new ZX10R (2016) has 195 to the wheel. I have a buddy with an H2 and he wanted me to take it out for a...
My new ZX10R (2016) has 195 to the wheel. I have a buddy with an H2 and he wanted me to take it out for a few laps at Putnam Park but I never did. A few other friends took it out. Stock it was 200hp. Just removing the cat brought it up to 230.
i have ridden a 2011 ZX10R wih pipe, a bit of head work etc, basically superstock spec which our superbike rules are, and although a much better handling bike around a track, the acceleration is nothing compared to the pull of the h2r,

but on any track in the world, you would be quicker on a ZX10,
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
Looks like they were only pumping about 115 horse out of that 750 2-stroke: http://www.ozebook.com/h2r.htm I thought it would be a bit more. My little 600...
Looks like they were only pumping about 115 horse out of that 750 2-stroke:

http://www.ozebook.com/h2r.htm

I thought it would be a bit more. My little 600 puts out almost that much. Now 300hp out of a 1000. Smile
Yeah, but check the tires, brakes and suspension on that #17 bike of Yvonne Duhamel's. They were snorting, bucking monsters.
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XXVoid MainXX 10/31/2016 9:11am
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
My new ZX10R (2016) has 195 to the wheel. I have a buddy with an H2 and he wanted me to take it out for a...
My new ZX10R (2016) has 195 to the wheel. I have a buddy with an H2 and he wanted me to take it out for a few laps at Putnam Park but I never did. A few other friends took it out. Stock it was 200hp. Just removing the cat brought it up to 230.
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i have ridden a 2011 ZX10R wih pipe, a bit of head work etc, basically superstock spec which our superbike rules are, and although a much...
i have ridden a 2011 ZX10R wih pipe, a bit of head work etc, basically superstock spec which our superbike rules are, and although a much better handling bike around a track, the acceleration is nothing compared to the pull of the h2r,

but on any track in the world, you would be quicker on a ZX10,
Yeah, I also have a 2014 ZX10R. It only puts out about 175 to the wheel. My new '16 puts out 195 and it's quite significant feeling in the acceleration department. Can't imagine 300.
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XXVoid MainXX 10/31/2016 9:14am
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XXVoid MainXX wrote:
Looks like they were only pumping about 115 horse out of that 750 2-stroke: http://www.ozebook.com/h2r.htm I thought it would be a bit more. My little 600...
Looks like they were only pumping about 115 horse out of that 750 2-stroke:

http://www.ozebook.com/h2r.htm

I thought it would be a bit more. My little 600 puts out almost that much. Now 300hp out of a 1000. Smile
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Yeah, but check the tires, brakes and suspension on that #17 bike of Yvonne Duhamel's. They were snorting, bucking monsters.
Wonder what they weighed? I imagine pretty light.
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Nixon kicked ass on his in '73.

He wrote the King Kenny in to make sure I knew who he was ahead of. Smile
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Nice! Speaking of King Kenny, one of my buddies has recently become buddies with King Kenny Jr. Smile
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Cool KRJR is one of my favs.
scott_nz 11/6/2016 3:07pm
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had a speed trail on it over the weekend, on a back country road near the bottom of the north island, , on a timed flying quater mile, best run was recoreded as 205.36 MPH average,

had a bit of a head wind, and not as much run up as we would like, so it has a fair bit more in it,

next up is to try for the NZ record, which i think is only recorded as 308kmh (193mph) but it is a it of a mission to get a record attempt going, the outright record for NZ is held by a car at 355kmh, which on a country 2 lane road will be pretty scary, we dont have any salt flats or big flat areas to hold it on,


facebook video, the sound is awesome

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