Kawasaki Preview Z H2 Part 2 (New Exhaust)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- BJ's been spending some quality time with the Kawasaki Z H2, in this second video in the series he gets a new exhaust, sexy sounds!
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Yes to loud pipes ... but not ear bleeding loud , maybe when I was younger it was louder the better. But now I feel it’s more of a classy loud , I have taken the baffles out on my Ducati monster, and yeh for twenty minutes it was cool .But then it just got to much .Much nicer with them back in .👍👍
Classy loud is the way to go, you're right.
Excellent Bike World! Fantastic to support SP Engineering also look forward to the next episode😊
I’ve just bought a Z H2, the new Scorpion end can was in the garage before the bike was delivered!! It DID NOT leave the garage before it was fitted 😆 sounds awesome 👍
Great video by the way 👌
Damn, green with envy, I loved my time on this bike.
Haha me too, Scorpion on from as soon as home from the dealer and dam it sounds good and 7 bhp added..like you need more 😁,
@@trebor4460 yes, watching your vids👍
Made me laugh “the zeppelin!!” 😂, went this time for the Serket version
Same I bought one to (zh2) with scorpion but i need to wait 2 weeks before get my new bike
I’ve Just fitted A Nitron rear shock, nice, 👍
I've got 53.000 miles on my 2015 Kawa Z800 and obviously use it everyday, to go to work, some long trips (500+ miles) and some track days. Have a Scorpion Serket can with baffle and believe me: everybody listens me when I'm passing and get recognized from far away.
I don't care what anybody says, I know, for a fact that mildly loud cans SAVES LIVES. Period. Like it ir not.
Happened to me that when I approach to other cars and even trucks, they make way for me to pass if we're in a traffic jam. And specially recommended if you do a lot of traffic in the city. They WILL HEAR you.
Edit: Excellent video! Congrats!!!👏👏👏👏
Crap
I love an exhaust that lets it presence be known....
I like one of the earlier comments classy loud definitely!
it is a mega sound for sure
I like hearing the exhaust note, over the engine mechanical sounds.
Nice T shirt ... gotta love The Expanse :)
Nice spot kopeng!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 taki baratna ;)
At least you can hear it coming so you can look away and not see it
Yeah I don’t think whatever you’re riding is fast enough to see it as it pulls away from you...
@@mulliganxable what do you ride? A Raleigh
@@nickprice3605 this isn’t about what I ride (BMW F800R) but I get it’s a divisive design. I think the speed and sound cannot be questioned , which is what this video is about. I do understand your point tho...
@@mulliganxable so it's not about whatever I'm riding then is it?
I have the same exhaust on my Z H2, sounds awesome when giving it the berries and using the quickshifter....though I'm a bit of a fan of SP Engineering cans, I also have one on my CB1300.
it is awesome isn't it?!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 it is mate, never had a bike that makes me smile like this everytime I get on it 😀
Great video, thanks. Is this SP can available with a DB killer? If so, was it installed or not? Either way, it looks and sounds great.
Sounds good , we make some fantastic components in this country.. British engineering at its best 💪👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
SP do good solid stuff!
Used to like louder exhausts, but I’m just not keen anymore. Shhhhh it’s a library ;-)
it will be when all the leckies are out and about!
I like an exhaust that sounds beefy without giving me headache, annoying the general public and giving us bikers a bad name. My 2018 Z1000SX has a pair of SP carbons which hit the nail on the head for sound as well as looking good, better access to the chain and paddock stand bobbins than the stock cans.
I have had some over loud bikes before, and yes they do get tiresome!
Great job BJ. Looking forward to the next videos. 🤜👏🏍
Thanks mate, you feeling better?
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 yes mate. I put covid in hospital 🏥. 💥 boom. 🤣🦠😷🏍🤜
I think it turned off the slipper clutch because the front wheel wasn’t going around 🤔 have just part exchanged my bike for one of these will definitely be putting on a Lauder exhaust.the bike sounded much better with the exhaust you put on great blog 👍🏻🇬🇧
Wow, sounds awesome!
Cheers, it does!
I go out in north wales every week and I cringe when I hear a loud can times have changed chaps lets all grow up
I like noise, when are you gonna show what it was like with no traction etc?
Sound really goood🤘🤘🤘🔥Mean machine🤙
there is a reason emergency services have sirens and not just flashy lights. Loud exhausts save lives
What he said!
I like a bit more noise than most stock exhausts. Maybe about 30 - 50% more, just nothing so obnoxious you can hear it 5 miles away.
That sounds about bang on!
Sound and looks god🔥🔥
Sounds great but I'm not convinced about loud bikes being safer. When I'm in most cars (current car is electric, so this doesn't apply) I don't hear bikes coming up behind me no matter how loud, I only hear them as they pass me and the exhaust is pointing at me. In my EV I hear them, but it's pretty quiet until they pass.
it won't make it less safe , all my bikes are very very loud (just ask my neighbors) wouldn't have it any other way !!!
It's something I've stuck to ever since moving to london (long ago), and while respectfully moving down the outside of two lanes of static traffic, a black cab I was just yards away from twitched enough to make me hammer the anchors. The driver stuck his hand out, apologised and said something along the lines of - if i hadn't had my window open i wouldn't of heard you, and i was about to do a U-turn! Luckily i was going slowly, and he had his window open, but it made me think about how in such a busy city this was unlikely to be a one off, so having some extra noise that someone who is listening to music/eating/on the phone/screaming at kids/whatever may hear as they're about to do something unexpected, was probably a good idea. And I was right! Now living in pastures green, I do cringe a bit whenever something I'm riding is obnoxious, but in the city i couldn't give two hoots who it annoyed so long as it gave me a better chance of making it through the day :-)
I think it's a modern car thing they are very sound proof. I do know what you mean. That said when I ditched my R6 and got a z1000 with stock exhaust noone ever noticed me and it made filtering a pain. That was some years ago however so older cars about.
I still think a meaty exhaust is nice but it's spoiled these days by people taking it too far with full race systems.
It's like how a powerful car used to sound nice but these days a car too loud just makes me think of a council estate micra. 😂
Nice review and sounds loads better with the SP can on 👍🏻
Loud pipes save lives!!!! 😁😁😋
did you change the mirrors, and if yes, which ones are on this bike??
No, these are the standard mirrors...
Great upgrade, I put a set of yoshimura slip ons on my ZX 14 R dyno results suggest the can itself does very little until you remove the cat and flash your ecu. It does sound much better!
Cans mostly do sod all these days (on modern bikes), this is a good result, even full systems tend to require some work before delivering, diminishing returns alright as things get more sophisticated and sorted out of the crate. Same with a lot of things really - even trying to overclock GPUs these days gets little in return!
i love my Zh2 , new exhaust (stupid fast ) , extended swing arm, my favorite is the blow off valve, i didnt like the chirping sound it made. Now when i let off the throttle under boost It sounds like an airbrake, way better sounding imo.
Sounds like a beast!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 i added a tooth to the rear sprocket, decreased top end but the torque is unreal. Damn this thing is fast.
@@barttunnicliffe Must admit, considering downgearing one of these fuckers never even crossed my mind, with the TC etc off it was twatting me in the face often enough, in fourth gear...
Awesome 👌
Ta!
Gotta get the cat cut out, I went full ti system on my h2 and the sound is that which makes all other bikes run and hide.
I bet!
Was it stock bike or tune ecu?
Great video nice bike sounds fantastic but the carbon on the new pipe lets it down a bit 🇬🇧👍
How so? I quite liked it!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 it's a lovely bike and it's sounds and goes well but just don't like the carbon on the pipe might better in the flesh the camera might not do it justice stay safe 🇬🇧👍
@@richardpearson4248 Ah got ya, I just liked how it kind of matched the rest of the bike's flatish kind of hue!
Stay safe 🇬🇧👍
I bet it’s amazing to ride, I’d love a go on one, just hate the looks of it, cheers beej
I love it to bits
Do the ecu next, please. I bet you have another 30 hp at the top.
Only a short term loan this one - feel free to badger Kawasaki UK to lend me one as a longtermer! ;-)
@@shadowred1980 Guhl motors is working on it !!
Why no link to your exhaust supplier?
Guess you hot rid then, been good see eck flash etc
I have an H2SXSE with an Akro, some may think I’m crazy pulling apart a £1000 can, but I disassembled the can and removed the baffles, which would you believe, are tack welded in😡
Having ordered stainless rivets before hand, I reassembled and bobs ya uncle, one sweet deep sounding Akro, like it should be!
Have many memories of opening up spannies and digging out whatever was in the way, back in the day, ergo, not crazy! Nice work
Likewise mate, few more decibels to add to the ring ding of an LC or RG😂👌🏽
@@skts2610 Oh yes!
sounds great! As for me, when everything goes electric, I plan to mount a pokemon card to my swingarm
Loud pipes save EGO's xD can be annoying at long trips though so do carry some ear buds
Yeah, we'd make whomever had the loudest travel at the back!
Omg my first bike had a SP Engineering exhaust. Could never find them? My GSXR sounded amazing with it
The internet is your friend if you want to find them again!
Throaty is nice . Loud gets old fast
Bang on!
Sounds better than your mic 👍
Yes, it had dropped down without me realising it, normal service resumed from now on!
But will it set off the noise police?🤔🤔🤔
Probably!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 good! I’m old school and believe a motorcycle that is heard is a motorcycle that will most likely NOT get run over!
@@fw1421 So say we all!
More and more, loud exhausts seem to be the exception where perhaps hey were far more common, even a few years ago.
It's all about acceptibility in a society that is much more noise and eco conscious.
I think motorcycles lag behind a bit in that and it can draw unwanted attention and ultimately could work against us.
I'm not a fan of overtly loud bikes but don't mind a nice, baffled, end can.
Very true, and all good points. In another comment i said about how in the countryside anything i'm riding that's too loud makes me cringe, but in a city i'll take as much extra noise as i can get away with, it's helped keep me upright and hospital free in that environment a few times.
6:21 Spark by footrest ?
Beefy, out both sides....sneaking away at midnight able.
When's the next mods
Might just be me, but all those pipes look dated to me.
The one I stuck on is a bit more traditional i'd say, but SP do some sweet cans alright, especially at their prices.
I would have gone with the vandemon full exaust.
At 2 grand ain't worth it
@@jasonnash9487 Yes but it is nice😉😜
That's also rear wheel horsepower
200PS ?? 🤔
Who takes off an Akapovic.
The round can doesn’t work for me on such a sharp edged bike
One man's Pat Butcher, etc etc ;-)
Good price and sound but looks a bit nineties/ chinese.
No way for this in germany, just too Loud and no permission for Road!
At least you can hear it here!
Get the baffle out!
There isn't one!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 Remarkably tame sound in that case or perhaps the video doesn't do it justice
@@kttmmedellin7138 It's the official Kawasaki Akra', meaning they must play by the rules by and large for noise etc. Personally, I'd always go proper aftermarket zorsts than manufacturer ones.
Load pipes do not save lives. They just piss off other road users...
Saved mine, or at least saved a great deal of pain, a couple of times. I'll happily go for the chance of that going down at the expense of someone being moody because of a noisy bike for a few seconds! Caveat - mostly in towns/cities I want noise, not so much out in the wilds.
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 🤔 Fair point! However , I treat all road users as if they can’t see me! Been riding for over 40 years (never with load pipes, except full race bikes) and never had an incident when they would’ve saved me! Maybe situation awareness? Maybe luck... However how do you think life would be on say an electric motorbike (with no exhaust)? Food for thought at the very least. Stay upright and stay safe! 👍😎
@@marcusgeorge1825 Given me and my boy were very nearly run over by a blind old dear in a new silent slaughter'mobile the other day, I don't have high hopes for my current strategy lasting long! For me it stems from being told '... if I hadn't heard you...' by the chap who stopped his sudden u-turn just as I was upon him. Stuck with me! :-)
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 Unless they can somehow replicate an external engine noise on the electric powered stuff as they can do with creating artificial engine noise enhancements like they currently do with some vehicles ... Who knows what the future will bring. Glad to hear you were ok!
Barf
Gesundheit!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 you're soooooo good looking!
@@Bow-to-the-absurd So my mum says!
@@benjaminkubascronin3082 made me laugh, ty for that
@@barttunnicliffe :-)
Supercharged and super ugly. At the end of the day you have to get off and look back at it. I'll pass.