Well, if you allow me, I will tell you my point of view.
I cannot wait to receive my H2, I have not been this excited about a new vehicle in a long time.
The marketing campaign, the really evocative videos, the secrets surrounding this machine give it a mystique in my eyes that is very difficult to obtain, they truly have done a perfect job at preparing the market for this product, at least they sold it to me this way.
I was "primed" even before ever seeing a picture, just by knowing it had a supercharged engine, then the video with the sound, then the pictures, I was and still am sold.
After 15 years since my last Kawasaki, I am ready to pay a relatively high price for a brand new motorcycle, I trust they will give me an exciting machine in return.
This doesn't mean it is perfect though, neither the product, nor the company. Their stance about this particular machine made me believe it to be a truly astonishing product, literally beyond belief, according to their own catchphrase.
The SINGLE negative post I wrote is not a rant, I hope that the language I used to write it makes it relatively clear, it is rather my reaction to one new piece of information, which is not necessarily good or bad, it is just definitely not "beyond belief", while I am still under the impression the product I am buying is supposed to be.
I have been absorbed by the campaign so much that my expectations for the final product are at the highest limits of what is commercially reasonable to produce for that sum.
Because of this state of mind, when I see those expectations met or closely approached I literally dance with joy, when instead those (extremely high) expectations are seemingly not met, then I am more saddened (at Kawasaki) than with a regular product, I hope you understand.
This seems to me a small gathering of passionate people, more passion means higher expectations, and different motivations for those expectations. Some of those will be met, some will not, passion will amplify both.
I did not count the posts, but I believe there are far more positive than negative posts in this forum, my own positive/negative ratio is certainly larger than 1.
Anything capable of causing big emotional swings like these is obviously significant... long live the H2!
Frio
I cannot wait to receive my H2, I have not been this excited about a new vehicle in a long time.
The marketing campaign, the really evocative videos, the secrets surrounding this machine give it a mystique in my eyes that is very difficult to obtain, they truly have done a perfect job at preparing the market for this product, at least they sold it to me this way.
I was "primed" even before ever seeing a picture, just by knowing it had a supercharged engine, then the video with the sound, then the pictures, I was and still am sold.
After 15 years since my last Kawasaki, I am ready to pay a relatively high price for a brand new motorcycle, I trust they will give me an exciting machine in return.
This doesn't mean it is perfect though, neither the product, nor the company. Their stance about this particular machine made me believe it to be a truly astonishing product, literally beyond belief, according to their own catchphrase.
The SINGLE negative post I wrote is not a rant, I hope that the language I used to write it makes it relatively clear, it is rather my reaction to one new piece of information, which is not necessarily good or bad, it is just definitely not "beyond belief", while I am still under the impression the product I am buying is supposed to be.
I have been absorbed by the campaign so much that my expectations for the final product are at the highest limits of what is commercially reasonable to produce for that sum.
Because of this state of mind, when I see those expectations met or closely approached I literally dance with joy, when instead those (extremely high) expectations are seemingly not met, then I am more saddened (at Kawasaki) than with a regular product, I hope you understand.
This seems to me a small gathering of passionate people, more passion means higher expectations, and different motivations for those expectations. Some of those will be met, some will not, passion will amplify both.
I did not count the posts, but I believe there are far more positive than negative posts in this forum, my own positive/negative ratio is certainly larger than 1.
Anything capable of causing big emotional swings like these is obviously significant... long live the H2!
Frio