September 29th, 2014, 11:57 PM | #121 | |
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September 30th, 2014, 12:36 AM | #122 |
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Kawasaki website is down for "a new experience"
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September 30th, 2014, 02:00 AM | #123 |
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Lol, stagnant air over s motorcycle. Boy what marketing hype and/or explaination from someone with very poor understanding of fluid flow.
That said, yes I did also read that the purpose of those funky looking things was to pull more heat out of the fairings, not to add downforce. ...and they'll conveniently be UBER expensive for whomever decides to be the first to drop the bike. |
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September 30th, 2014, 02:27 AM | #124 |
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Not a fan of the looks. I'd constantly be afraid of snapping off the silly wings, not that I have the money for something like this anyway.
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September 30th, 2014, 02:28 AM | #125 |
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Cant wait to see these running around my town all lowered with a 15 inch extended swing arm and lots of pointy windshield bolts and bar ends. H2= new Hyabusa
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September 30th, 2014, 02:30 AM | #126 |
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Why must you put such an atrocious image in our minds? It's ugly enough to begin with!
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September 30th, 2014, 02:51 AM | #127 |
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September 30th, 2014, 02:54 AM | #128 |
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September 30th, 2014, 04:18 AM | #129 |
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September 30th, 2014, 05:33 AM | #130 |
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I think it would look good without the wings, the stupid rear wheel & SS swing arm. and the tail. Other than that it doesn't look bad IMO.
But the whole thing reminds me of this
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September 30th, 2014, 05:40 AM | #131 |
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Rolls out of the showroom with slicks and 300hp. Who cares about it's odd looks. This thing is a rocket!
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September 30th, 2014, 07:12 AM | #133 |
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LOL, there will be a street version
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September 30th, 2014, 07:43 AM | #134 |
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it is pretty god damn impressive that kawasaki pulled 300hp out of 1liter SC. makes that ecoboost look like ****.
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September 30th, 2014, 07:59 AM | #135 |
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The street version isn't revealed until November? Great marketing job, Kawasaki.
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September 30th, 2014, 08:09 AM | #136 |
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Well it's time to trade in those 250s! Going from 30 to 300 HP should be manageable.
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September 30th, 2014, 08:10 AM | #137 |
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Man, just look at all the hate in here. I think the street version will be toned down looks wise. With mirrors instead of those wings it would be a really good looking bike. MV looking rear wheel looks great.
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September 30th, 2014, 08:16 AM | #138 |
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Not entirely sure how I feel about it. It looks batshit insane like the latest lamborghinis (veneno, egoista, etc) - something that far out on the performance scale SHOULD look crazy, imo. I'd be less confused if it wasn't so damn busy up front. It's new and unusual though, which I appreciate.
It's probably best to see it in person before making a judgement. Vehicles tend to look waaay different in pictures than in real life, I've noticed. Also, who even cares what it looks like when it sounds like this? |
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September 30th, 2014, 08:37 AM | #139 |
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I figgered out the wings and no lower. Wings to stabilize wheelies and no lower to expose the engine directly to the wind for cooling. hahahahahahha
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September 30th, 2014, 08:54 AM | #140 |
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. I love it!
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September 30th, 2014, 09:00 AM | #141 |
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They've gone all out with the marketing for this thing, I imagine the controversial design was another chapter of that. It'll extend the amount of time they'll be able to ride the wave the supercharger created, and then just as it fizzles down they can release the road going version which will of course be toned down.
I'm pretty stoked. Kawasaki isn't usually my favorite cup of tea but they're being innovative and raising the bar. |
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September 30th, 2014, 09:46 AM | #142 |
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Bikes have always had the edge in volumetric efficiency. It's a lot easier when you aren't expected to carry 3000 lbs 250,000 miles with no major services. Also, it's not entirely fair to compare the power of an oversquare engine to an undersquare one.
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September 30th, 2014, 09:50 AM | #143 |
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i think the main difference is in torque due to the weight of rotating assembly allowing it to spin to 14k... you would probably blow the engine quickly in a high torque (compared to a motorcycle) setup like a a typical heavy passenger unitbody car.
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September 30th, 2014, 10:10 AM | #144 |
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Nah, the engine won't care if it's wrung out in a m/c or in a car, as long as the cooling system is adequate. hp = tq * rpm / 5252. You have seen the Smart Car Hayabusa, yah?
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September 30th, 2014, 10:45 AM | #145 |
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I like how there's no street version, though there definitely will be one sometime a 300hp machine would likely be twitchy as hell at street speeds. That and given the average skill of a street rider there's no way it'd be a good idea for the people who would want to buy it to buy it.
did they drop a pricetag? I expect the h2 version to be a lot cheaper than the h2r when it comes out and it'd likely be just as insane of a track bike.
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September 30th, 2014, 10:52 AM | #146 |
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Ideas with the best of intention.... Crash on track, rider can't afford to fix. Then sells to next guy who street fighters it. We WILL see these on the street, it's just a matter of time.
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September 30th, 2014, 11:19 AM | #148 |
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i seen someone throw out $32k for the street version. Don't know where they found the number but they claim they found it somewhere.
Seems a bit ridiculous, but I wouldn't be surprised at a >$20k number on a street version
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September 30th, 2014, 11:22 AM | #149 |
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don't know where they got 32k from but personally I'd expect the price of a street version to be competitive with the ducati panigale and the bmw s1000rr which would likely be the competition they're aiming for
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September 30th, 2014, 12:45 PM | #150 |
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This low sales volume track-only halo H2R is awesome, but for the streetable H2 version, a more realistic supercharged 636 / 750 would have brought them so much more money ...
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September 30th, 2014, 12:50 PM | #151 |
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I'm excited to see the street version whenever it comes out.
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September 30th, 2014, 12:55 PM | #152 |
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who knows, maybe the street version is 750cc. Time will tell
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September 30th, 2014, 01:00 PM | #153 |
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September 30th, 2014, 01:21 PM | #154 |
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I don't even know what to think about this thing. I love it and hate it, and want it but don't at the same time. no matter how you look at 300hp is nuts in a 1L machine, more so with two wheels. The Tomahawk at least had 4 wheels
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September 30th, 2014, 01:22 PM | #155 |
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More technical question does this no meet the highest power/liter production engine?
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September 30th, 2014, 01:25 PM | #156 |
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what about when you engine brake with 5 times the weight? think the trans will last very long? whats the difference in weight? smart fortwo is like 1800lbs? busa is like 500? i'm sure it would not make it through one 10 lap race being pushed hard.
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September 30th, 2014, 01:26 PM | #157 |
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supercharged street legal 636?
where do i sign up?
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