New H2 and H2R on Jay Leno's Garage

For some reason the video wont post.

cool......... :ohmy:

He really liked that seat.

I don't get the seat thing. Your going to flip the thing over before it ever sets you back in the seat that hard?

Well I think they mean high cruising speeds...although I dont know where you would have the time to chill at whatever the top speed of the H2R.

etbike3135 wrote: I don't get the seat thing. Your going to flip the thing over before it ever sets you back in the seat that hard?

Unless someone shines your flat seat with Armorall! When I was a kid my buddy did that to his Honda CB160. I tried to ride it and slid back so fast I jerked the throttle wide open and almost ran off the parking lot, :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ed

Wow!

My wife inquired if I would like a new motorcycle the other day...but she doesn't know about the H2

Look at pics of the right side of the street version and you will know why in the video with Jay they only showed the left side. The exhaust is ridiculously large, it looks to be 2 ft wide....WTF?

www.kawasaki.com/Products/2015-Ninja-h2#gallery-photos-action-6

The exhaust on the track version looks great, but on the street version....??? Other than that it looks amazing and I'd love to have one.

Mcdroid wrote: My wife inquired if I would like a new motorcycle the other day...but she doesn't know about the H2

:woohoo:

Let me help ya out with that.....

www.ducatiusa.com/bikes/monster/index.do

.....especially the 821 Dark....wow!


powersports.honda.com/2015/cb1000r.aspx

.....new red 2015 paint scheme looks great! '14 was black and gold....no good.


www.apriliausa.com/motorcycles/tuono-v4-r-aprc-abs.html

.....Italian V4 anyone? Yes please!


www.apriliausa.com/motorcycles/shiver-750.html

......Budget version. V2, still Italian!


www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport/products...home/685/0/home.aspx

......wheelie king from Japan. Unfortunately everyone says the suspension is no good if you're a pound over 130, or I might already own one.


That's my current short list. Unfortunately Kawasaki has nothing I like, other than the H2, but that's WAY out of my price range!


powersports.honda.com/2014/cb1100.aspx

......Not currently on my list, but everyone who gets one loves them. Great build quality, super smooth engine that's very happy at low RPM's, '70's looks and feel with modern brakes and fuel injection.....just cruise the day away. I know a guy who lives a few miles from you who owns one....you can ask his opinion.

etbike3135 wrote: I don't get the seat thing. Your going to flip the thing over before it ever sets you back in the seat that hard?

Kawasaki premiered the ZZR1400 sports bike at the UK 'bulldog bash' drag strip a few years ago. The kawasaki test rider struggled to keep the front end down and his time was nothing special, put that motor in a longer wheelbase chassis and the result would have been a lot different I guess.

Heavy old kz1100s can be nailed to the red and the front end gets light and might lift a touch, but some of these modern sports bikes seem so overpowered now that not all of it is 'usable' at low speeds.