{"id":11961,"date":"2017-02-10T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2017-02-10T17:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:34:08","slug":"blogathon-1017-speed-thrills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11961","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 10\/17: Speed Thrills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kawasaki, my motorbike manufacturer of choice, have a new bike out, any day now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon.<\/p>\n

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2017 Ninja H2 Carbon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s broadly similar to my 2016 Kawasaki ZX10R Ninja, but it’s broadly similar on steroids.<\/p>\n

As near as I can make out the second biggest change is that the quickshifter will now quickshift downwards, as well as up.<\/p>\n

The new bike also has a remodeled exhaust, but it still has to comply with the arse-end regulations.<\/p>\n

This means most people will, as I did, fit an aftermarket tail tidy to balance the deadly-looking front end with a razor sharp back end.<\/p>\n

The Ninja H2 Carbon is somewhat quicker than mine, but at the top end of the gearbox, with the EMS on full power, at 200mph, mine is plenty quick enough.<\/p>\n

For me, obv.<\/p>\n

With the EMS on mid power, the new bike does have, for timid riders, a better mid-range.<\/p>\n

But as I was saying to a Honda owner the other day, people who say the 2016 ZX10R Ninja has lacklustre midrange aren\u2019t leaving it in first gear until it hits 100mph, and then<\/strong> changing in to second gear.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not joking, if you do that, your 0-150mph will remove your inner organs.<\/p>\n

But maybe there are people out there who lack the cojones<\/em> to ride a 207bhp supersports bike on full throttle?<\/p>\n

The 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon comes in at \u00a36,000 more than I paid for mine which, compared to the other supersports unveilings over the last two weeks, is still ridiculously cheap.<\/p>\n

So what does the Ninja H2 Carbon\u2019s 310bhp give you, for that extra \u00a36k?<\/p>\n

This is the biggest change.<\/p>\n

It has a top speed of over 249mph.<\/p>\n

I wonder what my insurance would be?<\/p>\n

Mine, by the way, will be exactly one year out of the factory old, next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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