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Kawasaki supercharged motorcycles

  • Kawasaki reveals the name of the supercharged Z model.

  • It is called the Kawasaki Z H2.

  • The teaser video also revealed the bike’s silhouette.

The third teaser video for the Kawasaki supercharged “Z” model has been released, and the name of the bike – Kawasaki Z H2 – along with it.

The release of this model will expand both Kawasaki’s supercharged and Z naked bike lineups at one go.

The supercharged family currently consists of the H2R, H2, H2 SX and H2 SX SE. With the new Z H2, the lineup is complete with a track-only sportbike, sportbike, two sport-tourers with different trims and a supernaked.

Over in the Z-model naked bike family, it currently consists of bikes from 150cc all the way to 1000cc. We wonder what will become of the Z1000. Will Kawasaki develop another normally-aspirated model or will they supplant it with the Z H2?

The video also shows the bike’s silhouette for the first time. It doesn’t appear to be a H2 without bodywork, instead it looks like it evolved from the Z900. Check out the shapes of the headlight nacelle, flyscreen, fuel tank and tail section. Oh, it has higher handlebars, too.

The advent of the Z H2 is much anticipated as it will Japan’s inclusion into the supernaked category, which is so far dominated by European manufacturers namely Aprilia, BMW, Ducati, KTM, Triumph.

Ducati is set to unveil the Streetfighter V4, while KTM has also teased with a new Duke which we think is most likely the new 1290 Super Duke R. Triumph may also introduce a new more powerful and lighter Speed Triple.

It means that Kawasaki needs to show at least 180 bhp on the Z H2. 200 ponies is a possibility.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are living in the glorious age of horsepower wars!

 

  • Berdasarkan pada beberapa sumber yang boleh dipercayai, lebih banyak motosikal Kawasaki yang dicas lampau akan muncul pada tahun 2018 bagi
    menyusuli kejayaan motosikal Kawasaki H2 dan H2R.
  • Susulan khabar angin yang bertiup kerana imej-imej yang dihasilkan oleh Young Machine, kemungkinan untuk menyaksikan lebih daripada satu motosikal ‘forced induction‘ dari Kawasaki ini lebih tinggi dari apa yang kita jangkakan.
  • Setakat ini, tahun 2018 akan menyaksikan ketibaan sama ada Kawasaki R2, S2, atau H2 GT dengan khabar mengatakan yang R2 merupakan sebuah motosikal dicas lampau ‘middleweight‘ dengan penggayaan ala ZX-6R.

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Based on a few reliable sources, more supercharged Kawasaki motorcycles will emerged in 2018 to follow up with the success of the Kawasaki H2 and H2R.

Following rumours mainly fuelled by images rendered by Young Machine, the possibility of seeing more than one forced induction bikes from Team Green is higher than we think.

So far, 2018 is looking at either the Kawasaki R2, S2 or H2 GT with the R2 being rumoured to be a middleweight supercharged bike with the ZX-6R styling.

Ever since the revival of the manic forced induction Kawasaki H2 and H2R as the world’s first ever production supercharged motorcycle, there has been a lot more news and rumours pointing towards the possibility of more supercharged machineries coming out from the giant green Japanese manufacturer. (more…)

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