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KAWASAKI Z H2

Highlights

Supercharged

Mega comfort

Premium quality

137Nm of torque

239kg (kerb)

197bhp

6 BRAKING Too much weight

8 STABILITY Like an elephant

6 AGILITY Not the Zed’s forte

10 DRIVE Oh yes!

8 FUN Quite novel

CLIVE CLAIMS…

I still can’t get my head around how fast this thing is. That motor is insane; it felt loads quicker than anything else we had on test. It had the power to make you feel very vulnerable very fast, with instant drive from low down that just didn’t seem to edge off. The superchanger might add a chuck of weight, but it’s well worth the added mass. I like the way it chips and sounds different.

I think it was written down in the Bible somewhere, or some other holy book, that there is

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