Hello everyone! Welcome back to Fast Lane TV. This video is about "The Original Kawasaki H2 was called the 'Widowmaker' for a reason".
Kawasaki is known for making exceptional bikes, but something that can reach crazy speeds can also kill, and well no other bike stands more as a testament to that than the Kawasaki H2 or as it is better known the Widowmaker.
The 1972 Kawasaki Mach IV H2 750 traces its roots back to the 500cc two-stroke triple Mach III H1 that was developed and produced in the late 1960s when the company was still relatively new to the US market and eager to make a name for itself there. Kawasaki, which only had 250cc and 350cc two-stroke twins and a 650cc four-stroke twin prior to the release of the H1, was catapulted to the top of the performance ladder thanks to the H1's peaky yet fast performance. This was despite Honda's launch of the refined (but heavier and slower) CB750 Four that same year.
Despite the popularity of Honda CB750, a four-cylinder four-stroke engine, Kawasaki realized that three-cylinder two-stroke engines were still the way to go. They were lighter than fours of the same displacement, produced greater power per cubic centimeter, and had a narrower overall profile. The fact that Kawasaki had been working on two-strokes for a while meant that they had the know-how to create jaw-dropping output. Last but not least, there were indications that the disadvantages of two-strokes in terms of tailpipe pollution and high fuel consumption might be outweighed by their performance benefits before the EPA implemented stricter regulations. Not quite yet, though.
Kawasaki engineers started thinking about a larger H1 around the middle of 1969, and by the following year, 650cc models were on the market. Engineers spent as much time fine-tuning the suspension and braking systems of the test mules as they did the frames. Furthermore, by the end of 1970, a couple of prototypes had arrived in California for rigorous testing.
After getting back to Kawasaki's Santa Ana R&D headquarters, everyone there agreed that the vehicle's high-speed stability was undesirable, the power delivery was too abrupt, the first gear was too high, and the brakes could be improved. Six months later, a second motorcycle came, but this time it was a pre-production model with the exact same specifications as the final production model. The bike was a 750 as well.
In the fall of 1971, early test units were made available to magazines, and the consequences were instantaneous and explosive. Despite its problems with vibration, noise, surging, and mileage, the bike was immediately superior to anything else on the market in terms of quarter-mile elapsed time and top speed. Well, Kawasaki had their bike.
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