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Kawasaki Ninja H2
Rs.79.90 Lakh*
*Ex-showroom Price in Delhi
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The Ninja H2 redefines superbike acceleration

The Ninja H2 redefines superbike acceleration

It looks like it’s doing 200mph at a standstill, it’s visually awesome and sounds incredible. The level of finish and quality on the H2 is some of the highest I’ve ever seen on a production road bike. Some won’t like the aggressive fuelling and power delivery in the first few gears, but then those people shouldn’t be considering a £22,000 supercharged sportsbike. If you want to chase lap times get a ZX-10R, but if you want one of the most exciting road bikes ever built, then step forward, and get in the queue.
Ride Quality & Brakes
4 out of 5
You notice the weight on fast direction changes, and you can’t just bury the front into the apex as hard as you would on a full-blown race bike, and if you roll off the power and head to the apex on a closed throttle it will run wide slightly. If you want to chase the stopwatch on a track, this isn’t the weapon of choice.
The more you get used to the speed, the more friendly the H2 feels. You soon realise you can lean on the excellent traction control and let the clever electronics work out the available grip, and you start to dial in all that power with far more control. You feel the chassis flex slightly, as the shock is compressed and the electronics do their thing, and it starts to become addictive. Get the bike buried into the turn, clip the apex, stand it up on the exit and hold on tight as the rear breaks traction by a few inches, in third, fourth and even fifth.
It is aggressive, but it’s also predictable and consistent, and the feedback gives you the confidence to keep pushing harder.
Engine
5 out of 5
As the supercharged motor barks into life you already know there’s something different going on beneath the minimalist fairings. Blip the throttle and the supercharger whirs as the induction pressure sucks the landscape towards its nose, along with every curious human within its vicinity. It sounds like nothing else on the road – and feels like nothing else, too.
The aggressive power pushes you to use a higher gear, for example taking the last corner in third instead of second, even using third for the hairpin. It has so much power and torque to pull you from low down, that being at the top of the rev range just isn’t necessary. Even short-shifting between corners delivers incredible drive. It’s like nothing else you can buy, especially in third and fourth gear where you’d expect the brutality to wane a little – but it doesn’t. It’ll eat every other road bike for breakfast in these two gears. Never challenge an H2 rider to a roll-on shoot-out, unless you’re on an H2R.
The engine is very similar to the 326bhp H2R, with the same bore and stroke, think of the H2 has a watered down version of the H2R rather than the H2R being a tuned version of the H2. The supercharger was made by Kawasaki, it’s not a bolt on extra made by a third party. This means the supercharger works in perfect partnership with the 998cc motor. The impellor speed is 9.2 times the crank speed, this means at 14,000rpm the impellor shaft is spinning at almost 130,000rpm. After passing through the supercharger, air pressure in the aluminium airbox is 2.4 times atmospheric pressure.
Build Quality & Reliability
5 out of 5
Build-quality is superb, and while this is a very new release, there have been no reports of any initial issues.
Insurance, running costs & value
3 out of 5
There's no avoiding the fact that the Ninja H2 is at the very pinnacle of superbike excess, and that comes at a price. Beyond the initial £22,000 purchase price, it will need meticulous servicing, and if you're keen on feeling the full force of the stunning acceleration, you better ringfence a good tyre budget, too.
On the bright side, the level of finish and quality is exceptional, and it’s already an iconic machine. Its specialness isn’t going to fade.
Insurance group: 17 of 17 – compare motorcycle insurance quotes now.
Equipment
5 out of 5
The H2 comes with a plethora of control systems to keep it under control.

By jay odedra
On: Oct 01, 2015 | 2250 Views

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