he big Zed remains unchanged for 2022, which means the same tubular steel frame, the same electronic semi-active Showa suspension, the same 1000cc inline four engine and, yes, the same supercharger. Of course, it’s impossible to speak of the Z-H2 at all without referring to its supercharger, and for good reason. The dinky little coke can-sized unit that’s mounted above the gearbox is what Kawasaki has been investing a lot of time and resources into for probably about a decade now. The first H2 was officially launched to the public in 2015, and back then Kawasaki stated that the use of a supercharger was much more than achieving the big numbers, which the brand did with the 300BHP H2-R. For Kawasaki, the supercharger was part of its solution to the then approaching and now present challenge of how to tackle stricter emissions standards. Engineering expertise was tapped into and resources found elsewhere in the vast company that is Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), of which Kawasaki Motorcycles are just a tiny part. Among other things, KHI makes turbines, so collaborating with that part of the company and coming up with its own supercharger made Kawasaki the first vehicle manufacturer
