Future powerplant option..

[Enemy]

Kawi throwing out yet another mean ass uppercut to the jawbone of the competition.
Beautiful work of art IMO   
Cant wait to see the stats on this motor, should build boost very quick, possibly a little torque monster down low!





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv2q3yh4wxc&list=PL4rLuDy4vKfM8x0yqJLsm4NDFe38zA-jQ

[fabr]

Maybe,maybe not. Is it built stout enough to take additional power adder mods easily without a lot of up grades OR is it an engine already "on the edge" of it's capabilities.

[Carlriddle]

The H2R (race model) is rated at 300hp from factory

The H2 street model is rated at 235hp.

But the $55k and $35k price tag I saw reported will slow sales, but 50% of them should show up on crashed toys auction.

[fabr]

Yep but at what $$$$?    $6K or more??

[Carlriddle]

Yep but at what $$$$?    $6K or more??

^^^^This^^^^

And back to reality, until they have several yrs and plenty of ###'s under their belt, the price and the aftermarket support will be outta range.  And thats why the busa is so damn popular.

But I still like the lime green.

[fabr]

Yup,the busa is the SBC of the motorcycle world.

[fabr]

Isn't that a centrifugal sc? If so it is basically a mechanically driven turbo.

[Carlriddle]

Isn't that a centrifugal sc? If so it is basically a mechanically driven turbo.

Thats my understanding from the article i read yest.

[BDKW1]

Hope they have that blower figured out better than Polaris. The ones they run on the PWC's are complete piles.

[Enemy]

[dsrace]

the body lines remind me of something off the movie transformers lol i do like it though

[fabr]

It's a bit ugly IMO.

[Enemy]

This one's ugly, but the 14 is BUTT ASS UGLY (imho)
So they're stepping it up a bit lol
But still a work of art..

[Enemy]

That swing arm set-up is what grabs me, always like that free-floater look. Cool to see how far they are advancing on suspension in the last few years on the dirt and the street.

[gamblr2355]

I know I'm getting in the conversation a little late, but I thought I would throw out a fun fact from the old days. In the 70s and 80s I spent 5 years with Suzuki and owned a Yamaha dealership for 11 years. In 1979 I spent 10 days with Yamaha in Japan, back then Honda had their cars and motorcycles, Yamaha had the bikes but their big income was music equipment. Suzuki was was always ahead of their time with rotary engines, pressure controls. Anyway. Honda and Yamaha were always trying to outdo each other in a horse power race. They wanted to have the first 100 HP engines the 120 HP, and the time the US had restrictions on speed. Everything had to be geared at no more than 125 MPH coming into the US. That speed restriction was lifted in 79 or 80. I remember Kawasaki would wait for the other two offer up there speed demons each year and Kawasaki would come right behind them with a bike that was 5 or 10 more horse and 10 MPH faster. We were always ticked about it. While in Japan I had to ask why that kept happening. The answer pretty much said it all. Kawasaki Heavy industries, made their big money then in big ships, oil tankers and freighters. I even road a couple of Kawasaki elevators while I was in Japan. I was told that Kawasaki Motorcycles consist of 1/2 of 1 percent of gross sales and they did it for fun, Yamaha at least thought they might never be able to stay at the front of the pack. They said they would never stop trying. Just a little trivia from the old days.