In the latest of our video road tests, Kawasaki USA turns Loz loose on the extraordinary Ninja H2. It's the only current mass-market production motorcycle with forced induction – thanks to its chirping, tweeting, custom designed supercharger – and rather than posting killer lap times, it's designed purely to be the paragon of utter excess on the road. So if you've got the guts to twist that throttle to the stop and let the boost build up, you'd better be ready to boogie. Enjoy the video after the jump!
Cameras by Joe "Grumpy Cat" Salas of 4theriders.
For more information about the crazy Ninja H2, and how it compares to the "world's fastest production bike" – the Lightning LS-218 – check out our full Kawasaki Ninja H2 review.
Ahem, SuzukiXN 65 Turbo, Kawasaki Z750 Turbo, Yamaha XJ650 Turbo, and the godfather Honda CX500 Turbo and the CX650 Turbo... All production motorcycles: All forced induction.
The Kawa claim to USP fame is `forced induction via supercharging` - and even then one needs to add `mechanical` before `supercharging` because the pedants among us will point out that forced air induction - or aerodynamic pressure-induced airbox filling, has been a feature on many different machines for at least 20 years.
Oh, and then after that one needs to qualify it again with `motorcycle` as Peugeot brought a supercharged scooter - the JetForce Compressor to the mass market in 2003...
Basically then, the statement is incorrect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CX_series#CX500_Turbo
Ronbh - we did plenty of boring freeway riding on it as well, we just didn't subject you to that in the video! Riding flat out gets you much worse than 25mpg.