I just purchased another bike to add to the collection. With the price of all the Japanese super bikes now getting close to the $25k mark with onroad costs the reduced price of the 2016 H2 became more and more appealing. Its the first brand new bike i have ever purchased and I liked the fact that when searching for second hand models in Australia I couldn't find any available at all so i dare say it will hold its value a little better than the conventional models.
The bike came with free Akrapovic slip on to replace the standard pipe (that looks big enough to produce its own gravity). Ive installed a tail tidy, radiator guard and tank pad. In stock form they produce about 205whp at the tyre, at the first service it gets an unpgraged quick shift load cell sensor to allow the autoblip down shifting, a DNA air filter, titanium link pipe and Woolich ECU flash which takes the power up to about 265whp. Ive organised to have a before and after dyno pulls done on the bike at the first service to see the increase for myself.
Its a proper beast of a bike and rides like nothing else I have ever ridden, all the suspension, brakes, clutch and gearbox are top of the line no expense spared type units. Apparently the dogring style gearbox on the bike is lifted straight out of the 2009 Kawasaki MotoGP bike. Its strong and snappy with its shifting but does require a GPS to try and find neutral which is bit of a bitch when parking it. The H2 tech Marty was telling me that he caught up with Stoners dad Colin and was telling him about the performance he was getting out of the H2's. Colin was baffled as to how the hell you could use so much power on the road, he explained that Casey's Ducati had 260hp and even at the Phillip Island track he was only able to hold it wide open at full throttle for about 6 seconds a lap.
I'm pretty stoked about the bike as you can tell, Cyclone Debbie has brought bucketloads of rain to Brisbane and its not the sort of bike want to ride in the pouring rain. I'll post some more pics and info after I get the first service done for anyone interested.
