Kawasaki unveiling some new Ninja

[yankee99]

Your welcome

It's all over the Web probably photo shop

http://www.bigbikeforsale.com/index.php/topic,675.0.html

Edited September 11, 2014 by yankee99

[Dutchbike]

the logo

Here's the same Logo a part of there history they not show well at least not the WW2 part LOL

[eisfeld]

Vol. 6 where you can see a drive-by

[eisfeld]

Here a snapshot that I took to the best of my ability, tried to pick a frame from the video that displays it the best but they obviously don't want to show it off too well yet.

[mania]

I was looking at that same frame too

That bike still looks small to me.

Meaning I do not think it is a liter or even a 750 etc.

Will see soon I guess

[RubberSideDown]

I know three guys in the US who already have deposits down on an H2 at their local dealerships- Kawi better come out with something really good after all tne hype.

[RubberSideDown]

I'm guessing now that Kawi is going to ignore the 'gentleman's agreement' of limiting bikes to 186mph/300kph (they already mentioned not conforming to regulations in their initial press release)- this would mean their new bike would have to exceed the '99-'00 Hayabusa, which would hit 194mph bone-stock (there are a few bikes that could meet or exceed that number already, but their limiters would have to be defeated in order to do so, so they can't claim the stock title).

[mania]

I know three guys in the US who already have deposits down on an H2 at their local dealerships- Kawi better come out with something really good after all the hype.

This is a common problem these days with hype............

living up to it

[macknife]

I've heard it can time travel.

[eisfeld]

It's official now: a supercharged engine

[BSJ]

It's official now: a supercharged engine

Why did you show that! Now I am even more excited than I was before. And I'll be dreaming about the H2.....or laying awake at night thinking about it.....

It's all your fault!

[ll2]

so as they say supersport, it will be a mid displacement motorbike. and it looks like that from the video.

airbox looks big.

cool enough! hope lighter than a normal supersport!

Edited September 19, 2014 by ll2

[yankee99]

so as they say supersport, it will be a mid displacement motorbike. and it looks like that from the video.

airbox looks big.

cool enough! hope lighter than a normal supersport!

Can they make a 200+ hp mid displacement bike? i hope so

[ll2]

i think it will not be faster than zx14r or even zx10r otherwise no one buys them.

but i might be wrong.

[Nebula]

All the hype surrounding the new H2 seems befitting with major of the speculations turning out to be true indeed. Powered by a centrifugally supercharged 1000cc inline four engine, the Kawasaki Ninja H2 would be cranking out a cracking 222 bhp and might just shatter the speed mandate of 300 kph for Japanese motorcycles.

In fact there also happens to be a race variant of the Kawasaki Ninja H2 that pumps out a smacking 307 bhp to go alongwith the legal 222 bhp street version.

I may start thinking of this Kawasaki not Panigale

[seedy]

Video shows turbo

[RubberSideDown]

Video shows turbo

It looks like the same supercharged engine they displayed at the Tokyo show last year:

[RubberSideDown]

so as they say supersport, it will be a mid displacement motorbike. and it looks like that from the video.

airbox looks big.

cool enough! hope lighter than a normal supersport!

If you go to the Kawasaki website and click on 'super sport' the 6R, 10R, and 14R show up- it may well be a smaller-displacement bike, but 'super sport' alone doesn't connotate the engine size.

http://m.kawasaki.com/ProductSubCategory/?id=24

[seedy]

Full name is turbo supercharger. Shortened to turbo.

[RubberSideDown]

That looks like it's powered off the crankshaft to me, which would make it a supercharger (which is what Kawasaki calls it).

Would you say the engine in the pic above is a turbo? I believe it's a centrifugal supercharger.

Edited September 20, 2014 by RubberSideDown

[RubberSideDown]

I asked a friend in the States (who installed a turbo in his Suzuki Bandit) for confirmation re: whether it's a turbo-supercharger or centrifugal supercharger- this is what he said:

They're all technically "superchargers", because that's what they do. Exhaust-driven units can be either turbo-superchargers (which use exhaust gases to compress the incoming mixture- what most people refer to as a "turbo") or power-recovery turbines (which mechanically return power from the exhaust blast to the crankshaft), while Roots or centrifugal "blowers" (or screw "compressors") use engine power to pump more air into the engine than it would normally inhale.

The Kwak patent getting all the attention is, if I remember correctly, for a multi-speed centrifugal supercharger.

Info on the Kawasaki patent:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/630/17479/Motorcycle-Article/Kawasaki-Supercharged-Inline-Four-at-Tokyo.aspx

Edited September 20, 2014 by RubberSideDown

[seedy]

That looks like it's powered off the crankshaft to me, which would make it a supercharger (which is what Kawasaki calls it).

Would you say the engine in the pic above is a turbo? I believe it's a centrifugal supercharger.

I was posting in reference to post by BSJ yesterday 2104

In that video it is a turbo.

The fancy chrome engine is centrifugal

[RubberSideDown]

What makes it a turbocharger? It's not exhaust-driven, and Kawasaki clearly calls it supercharged in the video.

[seedy]

From Continental aircraft engines - Model TS!O 360

Breakdown ...

T - turbo

S - supercharged

I - injected

O - opposed

360 - engine displacement in cubic inches

[RubberSideDown]

OK- what's that got to do with the Kawasaki engine? If it's not driven by exhaust gases, it's not a turbo.

Edited September 20, 2014 by RubberSideDown

[ll2]

it is a supercharged engine getting its power from crankshaft.

I am still hoping a small displacement bike and yes, term supersport is confusing and changes country to country but generally it defines mid displacement sport/track bikes.

10 days to go guys!

[eisfeld]

Engine soundcheck at full power:

Some are saying it probably will be a 750cc.

[brfsa2]

Teaser Video #8 is out

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/09/24/teaser-video-8-kawasaki-ninja-h2-on-the-dyno/

[yankee99]

Teaser Video #8 is out

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/09/24/teaser-video-8-kawasaki-ninja-h2-on-the-dyno/

Looks like the vid in post 117 do i have the right link?

[mania]

Teaser Video #8 is out

http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/09/24/teaser-video-8-kawasaki-ninja-h2-on-the-dyno/

Looks like the vid in post 117 do i have the right link?

8 was out a few days now but 9 is new