2022 Kawasaki Z H2

 Look through the lengthy list of Japanese bikes, and also you’ll find lots of naked bikes. But Kawasaki’s ambitious engineers have given a mystery weapon to the Z H2 and its sibling motorbike, the Z H2 SE—namely, a 100% in-house designed and completely integrated supercharger. If that sounds like a game-changer, it’s due to the fact it's far.

Kawasaki doesn’t play around with their high-stop bikes. This is an emblem that continually prioritizes performance, which the Z H2 and Z H2 SE prove beyond a shadow of a doubt. Both motorcycles function a 998cc, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, DOHC sixteen-valve in-line four engines that produce an in reality whopping 194. Four hp @ eleven,000 rpm and a hundred and one.1 lb-feet of torque @ 8,500 rpm. The balanced supercharger additionally puts the point of interest on low and mid-range power (despite the fact that you can nonetheless experience the emblem’s signature rush whilst you arise into higher revs).

For 2022, neither of those bikes has obtained remarkable performance or technology upgrades—however, let’s be sincere; they were already pretty tons of fine-in-magnificence bikes to start with. Features encompass IMU-stronger chassis orientation focus, excessive-overall performance Showa suspension components, and Brembo brakes with M4.32 monobloc calipers. You additionally get digital cruise control, multiple strength modes, smartphone connectivity, and greater.

To call this bike “function wealthy” would be an underestimation—it’s jam-packed. That makes it greater than simply the most complicated bare bike in the 2022 Kawasaki lineup; it’s additionally one of the satisfactory bare motorcycles on the market nowadays, giving competitors just like the KTM 1290 Super Duke R a serious run for his or their cash.

Speaking of money, the 2022 Kawasaki Z H2 begins at $18,000 USD / $20,299 CAD. It comes in Metallic Graphite Gray / Metallic Diablo Black. The SE version (which includes electronic suspension control and Showa skyhook era) starts at $20,200 USD / $23,199 CAD and comes in Metallic Diablo Black / Golden Blazed Green.