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Cycle News 1973 04 03

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This one deserves the name. 0. - U Superbikes. The big ones. The performers. G.1tP!! magazine tested them , and published 'the results in December. In every test , the Kawasaki 750 H-2 outperformed the other manufacturers' big bikes. The results are below. The H-2 is faster in the quarter. Faster in the mi le. Has more braking power. Fewer pounds per horsepower. Lowest pr ice . And gives the most performance fo r the do llar. The H-2 also 13 SEC. QUARTER·MILE ELAPSED TIME 14 - - - -- - - -- -- - - - -- MPH - ..,....- ---,= --f==l=!:::::::j SEC. QUARTER·MILE TERMINAL SPEED - - - - 110 - -- - 108 - - - -- - - - -- - - - _ - - -- - --F=l-- -+---j- t---l + - -'- KAWASAKI 750 KAWASA KI 903 NORTON 750 TRIDENT 750 DUCATI 750 H.D. SPORTSTER 1HONDA 750 ~ - _ - 48-- - - -- - - - - - - --.--, 1- _ .90 _ .88 .86 _ _ 46 - -- - - -- - ----j= t--t---1 45 - - - - - - - --F=I---l- +-+ -l 44 - - - - -11- .84 - -- -. 8 2 - -- -- KAWASAKI 903 KAWASA KI 750 TRIDENT 750 NORTON 750 DUCATI 750 HONDA 750 H.D. SPORTSTER '---- KAWASAKI 750 KAWASAK I 903 NORTON 750 DUCAT I 750 HONDA 750 TRIDENT 750 H.D. SPORTSTER L - $ 47 - __ DOLLARS SPENT PER POINT EARNED 119 ======:~ 6. oo=~iti=8 - - -- KAWASAKI 903 KAWASAKI 750 TRIDENT 750 NORTO N 750 DUCATI 750 HON DA 750 H.D. SPORTSTER L..- 10 7 -6- - 49 - - -- -- -- BRAKING FORCE IN G'S .92 104 - - - -- 1102 - ------,1-- WT. LBS . PER HORSEPOWER (CURBWEIGHT) 8 G's LAP TIME (SECONDS) 1-106 - - - - -1-- 12 - - - - 11 - - - -10 - - -- 9 - - - - - KAWASAKI 750 KAWA SAKI 903 TRIDENT 750 NORTON 750 DUCATI 750 H.D. SPORTSTER 1HONDA 750 112 - had the highest torque and horsepower. (The only bike that came close to the H-:2 was another Kawasaki.) When you 're buying a bike, you look for a lot of things. But when you 're buying a superb ike, you look for power and performance. You look for a machine that lives up to its name . Kawasaki 750 H-2. The superbike that deserves the name . 5.00 4.00 3.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - .,.....+---1 --- - - - $ - 2,400 - 300-- -- - 200--- - 2,000 - - - - - - 100 - L..- KAWAS AKI 750 KAWASAK I 903 TRIDENT 750 NORTON 750 DUCATI 750 HO NDA 750 H.D. SPORTST ER '---- - RETAIL PRICE (APPROX.) - -- -- - - _ - _ - -- - - - - - - ---;::::::::;==r7f=, 1,800 1,600 1,400-- - - __ - --- == = = =i=i=t=t=ttj - 2.00 - KAWASA KI 750 NORTON 750 HONDA 750 TRIDENT 750 KAWASAKI 903 DUCAT I 750 H.D. SPORTSTER ~UGGESTED 2,200-- 1.00 - - - POINT TOTALS PTS. 400 - - --- -- --- KAWA SAK I 750 HONDA 750 NORTON 150 TRIDENT 750 DUCATI 750 KAWASAKI 903 H.D. SPORTSTER '---- ___ . Kawasaki 750 H-2 The superbike that deserves the na~.

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