The Kawasaki H2750

By Zac Kurtsmier.

The Kawasaki 750H2 was introduced at a time when environmental worries in general were getting more mainstream.

Kawasaki had been pulling out all the stops ever since they were beaten to develop the basic "superbike" by Honda in 1968, causing Kawasaki to abandon a rival model in the same year.

Creating a new class as they did, the 900cc class with the first appearance in 1974 of the Z1, Kawasaki had comprehensively gained their avenge on Honda with a new machine that trounced the CB750 in each department.

However, the 750 class was far from dead, and proceeds to be competitory today.

In 1974, Kawasaki similarly introduced another monster; the H2 750.

Whereas the 900cc Z1 had four cylinders and four exhaust pipes, the H2 had three cylinders and three exhaust pipes, making the styling of the two machines very simillar indeed.

However, there the matching of the two machines ended. The H2 was a two stroke, heavy on fuel and tyre wear and gave out rather a bit of smoke from the exhaust.

This was a mean and wrist wrenching bike, and not for the inexperienced.

What made it peculiarly interesting was the fact that both peak power and peak torque arrived within 300rpm of one another, peak torque arriving first.

What this means is that when riding at low speed the bike sounds a bit burbling, and feels gutless. However, a little turn of the wrist and the bike takes off like lightening and all but pulls your arms off.

Not only that, but the single disc brake on the front made s.lowing down from high speed unmanageable to the extent that a high level of concentration had to be maintained.

Kawasaki introduced a more or less fewer powerful H2B variant, and yet still their press release for this model emphasised that it was for the "more experienced rider."

The H2 was put detached in 1975, but stays a formidable machine, even by today's standards.

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