:04 ~ What is that? Air scoop? 3-D map?(jk).
:11 ~ At the back seat tail, look straight down and just under the tail and a little to the right, red???
:17 ~ What is that way to the right as you see what looks like the top of the tank, but what is that ball sticking up with a post holding it up: way over to the right of the screen they pan over to it?

Look at the lower menu bar on the vid. First one is watch later. The gear is to set the HiDef. Click the gear and click on the HD icon. You might see what I see in hidef.

* Last updated by: Hub on 9/5/2014 @ 6:31 PM *

Looks like the silohette of the windscreen/bodywork?I do see the rear cowl....I don't see any red.The thing sticking up...maybe a gas cap cover?

Lol, no matter what you say Hub, I'll bet the farm you get one lol And of course you will keep it stock.(As If) Now the study into all those sensors will be very very useful.

Yes.
Yes...as if
Yes...

1. The first round is no emission.
2. The production round has to be faster.
3. The cash is going to weigh the odds. Odds I might pick up a leftover or a used one. Just for the sensor study. Other than that, no way will I buy one of the first 50? Maybe the shop manual is all for now.

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"The first round is no emission"...where is this coming from?It's a fuel engine bike...with a supercharger.Zero emissions?I must have missed that sentence in the translation?

:11 with HD/biggest screen(see it?), look at the tip of the tail, run a line down as if you made a curve and it's just above the cross to click on the biggest screen. That's the tail's bottom curve from the back of the tip, maybe a little bit in and see a shadow line down from there?

As soon as you look under the seat and follow that line, there looks to be what looks like to me is a block of an eraser. To the right is a white triangle. To the right of that is a fat red \ line with that angle to it.

Now I'm wondering if that red is the taillight under the tip end? If we ran a rain race like F1, the tail is on. So, why red at that area? No emissions, no winkers, not street legal, why a taillight?

Kruz says"What am I doing wrong, I'm lucky to get 1500 miles out of a rear tire on my old '06?"...well...actually...it's not just acceleration burning that tire up.Downshifting grinds it pretty fast as well.Road surfaces.Wrong tire pressure for the application.NON sport touring tires.Powering up rapidly in any gear.Slowing using braking maybe a bit too much.Lots of late braking.Lots of stuff.BTW...Hi Kruz!

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 9/5/2014 @ 8:38 PM *

I looked again as you suggested Hub...I think for one thing...that bulge on the tank there...I think it's a LED display...Look at the angle..and the 'screen'.What looks like the tail piece may not be a tailpiece at all.Seems like there's several lines or something making that area there 'busy'.I see no hint of a rear tire in that?Or a taillight.

Okay...I'll go with the crowd..it probably IS the tail cowl.???????Just seems a bit 'odd' that they would have fasteners in that cowling visible(unlike a 14).

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 9/5/2014 @ 9:00 PM *

When two hydrogen atoms bond. Chemical symbol of hydrogen is H. Two hydrogen atoms equals H2.

Just Sayin ! .......

My Suzuki spy emailed me this morning a picture of Suzuki's answer for the Kawasaki H2. The RE5 is hailed as “The beginning of a new age in the history of two-wheeled touring, the future of motorcycling." lol

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Buells spy photo of answer to H2 :

Well...THAT one sure aint emission freeLOL!

That RE5...new age of touring?Okay...I get it...the addition of a roll of toilet paper...right?

* Last updated by: Grn14 on 9/6/2014 @ 3:41 PM *

Careful.

Buell has access to Rotax.

"Careful, Buell has access to Rotax."

Very true, I have a lot of respect for rotax, they have made some amazing engines ....

When two hydrogen atoms bond. Chemical symbol of hydrogen is H. Two hydrogen atoms equals H2.
Just Sayin ! .......

...................makes sense I suppose.............how do you make a hydrogen powered motorcyle exciting enough people want to buy it??? You add a fucking supercharger!!!!! Leads to the next question.......where dafuk does the average person score hydrogen???? Hydrogen powered automotobiles haven't really taken off in popularity.....I don't know how I feel about riding around straddling a tank of hydrogen.......interest has been peaked either way.......

I haven't followed this thread for a few days but it seems to gone on a tangent so far off the original topic I don't have any idea of what anyone is talking about now......

cowboy, It has been tight lipped because Suz is coming out with a brand new line of models as well. To gain market share, a dealer rep told me they were coming out with a new model to compete with the 14. That is why kawi took the lead first before the new suz line comes out saying they have something for the 14.

So maybe next year, suz can come out with something the following year and go head to head with the 14R. I think suz gave the car designers the pink slip so as to shrink the business model, stick with bikes. So where are they going to find a group of engineers, if kawi pulls some from the train/boat/heavy industry pick of the litter, we come up with a suz beater.

And now, suz comes out with theirs and we are again 1 mph difference between both bikes, kawi gets the nod.

The dated Hayabusa is finally getting around to throwing down the gauntlet?

Nope, just adding more BS... get your boots on: it's heavy you come to this thread.

Hydrogen wise, I think you would have to have a mini cheer noble plant under your seat and 50 gallons of water to push you 20 miles. And in cali, you can't fill up because of the drought. So, after 5pm you can turn on the garden hose on and get on home you left 8 in the morning.

I don't get this new bike, it's a blown naked, let's say for arguments sake. It still won't beat the BMW S1000RR in top speed(186 mph max per agreement) or in the quarter mile....so what exactly is the point? Remember all of the hype when they released the new VMax? Look at how that turned out, big HP yes but too heavy to sprint the quarter mile and handled like a river barge, not fast either, just phat. Sorry folks, I'm gonna have to see this new machine before I get too excited.

* Last updated by: Kruz on 9/7/2014 @ 6:37 PM *

I think the electronics have a lot to do with today's bike. The metallurgy came full circle with the bikes, having that 200k 14 as an example. Kruz, this is an 'exercise' as in honda introduced the dual clutch as an 'exercise.'

The bodywork in the shadow is 'Ninja' bodied not a stripper. This is an 'exercise' and if the floor traffic at the show does not blow them away, back on the shelf like the Z-1 is history. So might this exercise @ 50.

That makes sense.

That first 50 may be to test the market and get customer feedback before going into wider production on an iffy product

I'm just adding my 2 cent's in here, which is generally worth about .75 cents but what the heck right? One of the easiest things in the world to confuse is "Quick" and "Fast", right? If you watch the NHRA drag races on the weekends you'll often see the difference. Going around or down a track "Quicker" always wins. "Quick" records a lower time than just "Fast", unless the "Fast" results in a "Quicker" time.
Go ahead and hammer me if I'm wrong, I'm just sayin. 186mph in the quarter mile doesn't necessarily win if your opposition reaches that speed "Quicker" than you do? I'm just thinkin out loud here. PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.

Sic

39 min until vol 4... Better be worth losing valuable sleep.

If this bike puts crazy numbers down, I will be impressed. But until that chirp is gone, I might just stay away. Sounds like a sea gull! I know, I know supercharge pundits will think me nuts, but that chirp is irritating as hell!
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