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kawasaki motorcycle horsepower ninja h2r
This is not street-legal. (Photo: Courtesy of Kawasaki)

The Kawasaki Ninja H2R

300 horses in one bike

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kawasaki motorcycle horsepower ninja h2r
(Photo: Courtesy of Kawasaki)

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Kawasaki just debuted the . The Ninja H2R packs a 300-horsepower punch in a supercharged four-cylinder engine. That’s nearly the equivalent power of the pickup, and it blows all the other superbikes out of the water. (The Ի , the bike’s closest street-legal competitors, can’t produce even 200 horsepower.) 

So how fast can you go when you unleash 300 horses from a motorcycle? Well, a Kawasaki R&D rider he surpassed 210 mph in the H2R’s —the eleventh episode of an ongoing video-series unveiling.

You might wonder why Kawasaki built a 300-horsepower motorcycle. Frankly, no one seems to know. Perhaps just to tickle our imaginations. More within the realm of reason, however, Kawasaki has promised a street-legal version of the H2R at 200 horsepower—still topping any other bike on the market.

$TBT,

Lead Photo: Courtesy of Kawasaki

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