RedBull
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Kawasaki H2
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Based on this video of these 3, if I was looking for an all around bike I’d take the zx14, if I wanted something more focused for carving then it would be the zx10 I’ll pass on the H2, but prefer my Busa over them all
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The Achilles heel of the original turbo bikes was fuel delivery. Once the car manufacturers figured out fuel injection the turbo cars got good, quick. SVO, Starion, GLH, etc. The bike manufacturers just walked away from the technology.
My understanding is that eventually the regs will make big bore bikes too hard to get certified. There are some technologies like direct injection that might work, but the best bet for now is a smaller displacement and then pump it up. Turbos have a lag, you can reduce it but they need exhaust gases so until you get going it's not going to work. A supercharger is the better option but they have limited boost and the belts and all have to experience the same basic dynamics as the engine internals. Tough to do with an affordable unit.
Kawasaki has tons of money compared to other motorcycles, sort of like BMW. Most bikes are designed for the current state of the art. Kawasaki is working on the next 10 years. I think the other guys figure that electric motors will make superchargers moot before they are absolutely a must to meet regs.
Kawasaki has tons of money compared to other motorcycles, sort of like BMW. Most bikes are designed for the current state of the art. Kawasaki is working on the next 10 years. I think the other guys figure that electric motors will make superchargers moot before they are absolutely a must to meet regs.
...and they put them on some of the crappiest motors they made...I mean the Honda CX platform? Really? Talk about a dog of a motor...Suzuki and Yamaha each used a dog motor as well and the Kawi motor was the old generation..If they would have turbo'd the GPZ900, that might have been a different story...
If you can get 7 lbs electrically why not just run it alone?
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I'd say because it doesn't flow enough air.
Mr Brown
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You know as well as I do what the limitations of supercharging are. They use power to make power and they become extremely inefficient at high rpm.
RedBull
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If they would have
Turbo charged the
‘84 GPZ 900 Ninja ,
that might have been
a different story . . .
Tached1300
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I like what Kawasaki has done with their 650 for 2020, I’ve spent some time on the older 650 I can’t recall the year but probably 2010-2012 model. The display and Bluetooth etc is a nice touch.
Like I said before, Kawasaki is on their game
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Yes they are I think I’m going to have the wife look at this one and see what see thinks
It looks like it is a high end bike but at probably a good price.
Tached1300
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It’s just under 8k like $7400-7600 roughly
Mr Brown
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If only it was a 4 cylinder. They look right, but they sure don't sound right....
Damn, excuse the hell outta me! I (didn’t) know they “become extremely inefficient at high rpm”. Was just a question.
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