New H2 ?

[podman]

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FGDeICaN7bo?ra=m

Appears the rumours earlier this year of a new/revised H2 are looking to become a reality.

Excited to see what the final specification is, I expect it won’t make the same power at the previous model due to the Euro5+ constraints but if it’s thereabouts & lighter with better handling and still as tunable as the previous models , it’ll sell I’m sure.

[bogie]

Looking forward to it, love the H2, but the video isnt giving much away yet

[Krikkit]

podman said:

...I expect it won t make the same power at the previous model due to the Euro5+ constraints

Have any manufacturers updated a top-of-the-range bike for EU5+ and ended up with less power? I've only seen modest capacity bumps to take account of any deficiency

[lukeyman]

Krikkit said:

Have any manufacturers updated a top-of-the-range bike for EU5+ and ended up with less power? I've only seen modest capacity bumps to take account of any deficiency

The latest GSX-R1000 is slightly down on it's previous version.

[Biker's Nemesis]

podman said:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FGDeICaN7bo?ra=m

Appears the rumours earlier this year of a new/revised H2 are looking to become a reality.

Excited to see what the final specification is, I expect it won t make the same power at the previous model due to the Euro5+ constraints but if it s thereabouts & lighter with better handling and still as tunable as the previous models , it ll sell I m sure.

Are you going to get a new one Bryan?

[trickywoo]

Needs to be more comfortable and lighter than the previous one.

[Ghs]

If that is the new price then I can’t see them selling many , my mate said he paid I believe £23,000 for his new , it seems hell of a jump to me in price .

[crusty]

trickywoo said:

Needs to be more comfortable and lighter than the previous one.

Agreed had one for a couple of years and something else
Now riding a Multistrada which is a much better proposition

[bogie]

Ghs said:

If that is the new price then I can t see them selling many , my mate said he paid I believe £23,000 for his new , it seems hell of a jump to me in price .

Thats the H2R...the non road legal 320bhp version.

The H2 was around £23k new when the H2R was about £42k ....so i guess with inflation a H2 will be £32k ish

[podman]

Biker's Nemesis said:

podman said:

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FGDeICaN7bo?ra=m

Appears the rumours earlier this year of a new/revised H2 are looking to become a reality.

Excited to see what the final specification is, I expect it won t make the same power at the previous model due to the Euro5+ constraints but if it s thereabouts & lighter with better handling and still as tunable as the previous models , it ll sell I m sure.

Are you going to get a new one Bryan?

If I was to mate, I’d have to sell mine and I can’t see that happening at the moment ….unless it’s very special!

Looking forward to finding out anyway.

[podman]

Krikkit said:

podman said:

...I expect it won t make the same power at the previous model due to the Euro5+ constraints

Have any manufacturers updated a top-of-the-range bike for EU5+ and ended up with less power? I've only seen modest capacity bumps to take account of any deficiency

…manufacturers have in some cases not even tried to get their bikes pass the regulations in the first place..

R1 and MT10 for example no longer sold in Europe, latest Busa is down on the previous model.

I expect the new H2 to be based around the current ZH2/SX motor , we’ll see.

[rodericb]

Yeah, peak power to be reduced down from 228hp to 197hp or something. Moving to the same engine as in the H2 SX and the K Bimotas. It loses a bit of it's lustre when you ponder the H2SX and the ZX10R. I think the current version is rad with that 240 horses or whatever it has....

[Ghs]

bogie said:

Thats the H2R...the non road legal 320bhp version.

The H2 was around £23k new when the H2R was about £42k ....so i guess with inflation a H2 will be £32k ish

Thankyou , I did think it was a big jump in price .

[Remal]

trickywoo said:

Needs to be more comfortable and lighter than the previous one.

10 years as a owner and not young with f**ked hips its not that uncomfortable and weight is fine over 2mph.
I've done 800 miles in 2 days. Ok my hips needed a good stretching but is not that bad


2015 and 16 they cost 22k. what I paid for mine

[podman]

Bit disappointed they didn’t make it lighter or refresh the design. I expect the motor is the SX variant, which apparently no tuner globally has managed to unlock the ECU, so it’s not mappable …we shall see.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2026...

[clen666]

New side stand looks a bit cumbersome

[bogie]

When you see all these new bikes you just have to wonder where the exhaust designs come from ....unless its just the manufacturers way to upsell you the "performance" option which has to be road legal too so isnt much of an upgrade at all other than looks like the OE one should have done

[GameOverMan!]

Looking at the Kawasaki website this morning, it appears there are three options:

1 - H2: £28,600
2 - H2 Carbon: £31.350
3 - H2R: £52,000

[Ghs]

I saw the performance pack on a zh2 & the can looked even worse than that one , it was huge

[Ghs]