Ninja H2?

[Seven11]

Does supersport imply 599cc?

no, all the videos are pointing to a 750cc triple supercharged

so fuck imma have 2x litrebikes for sale now, anybody want a gen4 zx10r?

These guys seem to think so...

http://www.superbike.co.uk/bike-tests/new-bike-news/is-the-supercharged-kawasaki-a-600/

Well... if you go over to the Kawasaki website

and there is a section of the motorcycles that says supersport,

and it lists the ZX6R, ZX10R and the ZX14R.

so their definition of supersport is surely different.

 

[squid vicious]

no, all the videos are pointing to a 750cc triple supercharged

so fuck imma have 2x litrebikes for sale now, anybody want a gen4 zx10r?

All the shots of the motor I've seen in the videos have four coil packs on the valve cover.

 

[EastBayDave]

I don't know much about superchargers or turbos, but that was an interesting read.

I thought so; I don't care who he writes for, but Kevin Cameron has always had the best tech articles since the 70's.

I still think it's 1000cc meself. Keep in mind they've had the 1500cc supercharged "wetbike" out for several years now, & likely got the bugs mostly ironed out. A simple de-stroke/de-sleeve would put same engine in the ballpark.....??

 

[sjuels]

no, all the videos are pointing to a 750cc triple supercharged

so fuck imma have 2x litrebikes for sale now, anybody want a gen4 zx10r?

I've heard the triple comment, but I see four fuel injectors on the last video.

/Soren

 

[FXCLM5]

kk all the videos except the newest pic of the inline 4 were kinda hinting the h2's roots was a 750cc

 

[Dr_SLO]

Well... if you go over to the Kawasaki website

and there is a section of the motorcycles that says supersport,

and it lists the ZX6R, ZX10R and the ZX14R.

so their definition of supersport is surely different.

Fair point!

 

[firstbuell]

I don't know much about superchargers or turbos, but that was an interesting read.

I appreciate the fact that the basic tech was firmly in place 70 years ago -
it's great that such is finally getting a civilian, recreational use

the marketplace impacts of the 500-triple & Z1 will be difficult to duplicate.....

 

[Tydive]

"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."

Damn! That is freaking awesome

 

[EastBayDave]

"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."

Damn! That is freaking awesome

I think they'd just do the same as they do for the 14r, speed limited.

Hmmm....might be a great start to a LSR build.

Papi to the white courtesy phone please....Papi, calling Papi....

 

[jdan007]

anybody else already wondering how much effort it will take to crank out 240hp out of that motor?

 

[louemc]

They can limit the speed...They do that now..That isn't the issue..It's how it gets there.

This bike should get a cult following

 

[SFSV650]

Sorry to ask newb questions, but has there been some technical obstacle to creating supercharged production bikes before now?

 

[Smash Allen]

Sorry to ask newb questions, but has there been some technical obstacle to creating supercharged production bikes before now?

The R&D wasn't worth it AFAIK until Kawasaki did it for their supercharged water craft. Then their budget went to the 636. Now they can take that R&D budget and refine the water craft supercharger and scale it down.

It will be interesting to see the response of other companies to this engine over the next five years.

 

[EastBayDave]

The R&D wasn't worth it AFAIK until Kawasaki did it for their supercharged water craft. Then their budget went to the 636. Now they can take that R&D budget and refine the water craft supercharger and scale it down.

It will be interesting to see the response of other companies to this engine over the next five years.

They been making supercharged engines for 70+ years (Mitibushi "Zero" for one, plus many other aircraft.) Realize KAW been around since before WWII & made lots of supercharged engines...

They been around longer than HON/YAM/SUZ...

 

[Smash Allen]

They been making supercharged engines for 70+ years (Mitibushi "Zero" for one, plus many other aircraft.) Realize KAW been around since before WWII & made lots of supercharged engines...

They been around longer than HON/YAM/SUZ...

I was referencing only small luxury goods.

 

[GreenHornet]

guarantee there will be a movement to get it banned

 

[EastBayDave]

I was referencing only small luxury goods.

that's cool; my point is supercharging has been around forever. However typically it's a harder engineering job for ground vehicle engines is my no personal knowledge guess.

I'm a bit mystified as to why more cage engines haven't used supercharging in the past (other than turbo-diesel trucks?)

 

[Johndicezx9]

that's cool; my point is supercharging has been around forever. However typically it's a harder engineering job for ground vehicle engines is my no personal knowledge guess.

I'm a bit mystified as to why more cage engines haven't used supercharging in the past (other than turbo-diesel trucks?)

Lots of cars (Dusenburg, Cord, Mercedes, Cadillac, to name a few...) were supercharged in the 20's & 30's, it was a way to get power out of the limited engine designs they had. As engine and car design improved, superchargers became less cost effective.

 

[Smash Allen]

that's cool; my point is supercharging has been around forever. However typically it's a harder engineering job for ground vehicle engines is my no personal knowledge guess.

I'm a bit mystified as to why more cage engines haven't used supercharging in the past (other than turbo-diesel trucks?)

Oh, ya I agree with you about the harder engineering. I would guess the added complexity to the engine wasn't worth it when gas was so cheap.

Lots of cars (Dusenburg, Cord, Mercedes, Cadillac, to name a few...) were supercharged in the 20's & 30's, it was a way to get power out of the limited engine designs they had. As engine and car design improved, superchargers became less cost effective.

Probably due to less precise manufacturing practices leading to much wider tolerances would be my guess.

 

[TTTom]

I've heard the triple comment, but I see four fuel injectors on the last video.

/Soren

I think that's just some artists conception... the Cameron article talks about the fuel being injected upstream of the supercharger.

I'm not sure what that would even look like but I don't think it would resemble the conventional injector layout at all.