Well not me personally, but someone who has attended one of the test days in Spain for Kawasaki reps.
Don't believe the hype. Power talk is just for willy waving with your mates. For real bikes its all about the torque and way the power is delivered. After falling in love with big twins a few years ago mainly due to the effortlessly way in which speed is achieved on the back of wave of torque, as soon as the H2 was mentioned I just had to have one. My favourite bike for top end was an early 10R. My favourite bike for riding quickly on was my hypemotard and 1098 due to the way they delivered torque and that mid range real world experience. Even if the H2 makes 160HP it will in the real world be absolutely devastating on the road and track with the huge torgue curve characteristics and rev building of supercharged induction combined with inline 4 revs and top end power building characteristics. I don't feel misled by Kawasaki, and know for sure it will be a special ride each and every time we go out together, and i fully expect the performance envelope to be awesome just left as stock. I for one cant wait, and i leave that here. And no it wont stay std for long anyway even if i am right
Now back to topic.
This is second hand information from someone who has ridden one at a track in spain, possibly Kawasaki UK event for UK team.
1. On the back straight the H2 was pulling redline in top just over 2/3 along. A 10R for comparison on the same day was pulling redline just about at the end of the straight.
2. Following an incident on an H2 (overshoot corner) analysis of data confirmed that the rider was entering the bend after a complex of bends 15-17mph faster then he was on the 10R they were comparing against. Apparently the delivery is awesome and so much more drive out of corners it was catching out experienced riders who were arriving at the next bend quicker then they thought they were.
3. After riding an H2 and going straight back onto a 10R, the 10R felt asthmatic in comparison.
Obviously until we see the first delivery's and real world experience none of the above can be confirmed. But it comes from someone I trust, and based upon my personal riding experiences and knowledge this confirms everything I would expect from a forced induction 1000cc bike with similar power to the competition but considerably more torque which is what this bike is about in standard form.
Chris.
Don't believe the hype. Power talk is just for willy waving with your mates. For real bikes its all about the torque and way the power is delivered. After falling in love with big twins a few years ago mainly due to the effortlessly way in which speed is achieved on the back of wave of torque, as soon as the H2 was mentioned I just had to have one. My favourite bike for top end was an early 10R. My favourite bike for riding quickly on was my hypemotard and 1098 due to the way they delivered torque and that mid range real world experience. Even if the H2 makes 160HP it will in the real world be absolutely devastating on the road and track with the huge torgue curve characteristics and rev building of supercharged induction combined with inline 4 revs and top end power building characteristics. I don't feel misled by Kawasaki, and know for sure it will be a special ride each and every time we go out together, and i fully expect the performance envelope to be awesome just left as stock. I for one cant wait, and i leave that here. And no it wont stay std for long anyway even if i am right
Now back to topic.
This is second hand information from someone who has ridden one at a track in spain, possibly Kawasaki UK event for UK team.
1. On the back straight the H2 was pulling redline in top just over 2/3 along. A 10R for comparison on the same day was pulling redline just about at the end of the straight.
2. Following an incident on an H2 (overshoot corner) analysis of data confirmed that the rider was entering the bend after a complex of bends 15-17mph faster then he was on the 10R they were comparing against. Apparently the delivery is awesome and so much more drive out of corners it was catching out experienced riders who were arriving at the next bend quicker then they thought they were.
3. After riding an H2 and going straight back onto a 10R, the 10R felt asthmatic in comparison.
Obviously until we see the first delivery's and real world experience none of the above can be confirmed. But it comes from someone I trust, and based upon my personal riding experiences and knowledge this confirms everything I would expect from a forced induction 1000cc bike with similar power to the competition but considerably more torque which is what this bike is about in standard form.
Chris.