The acceleration is immense, it feels like a superbike does from 60mph in second gear, but we’re doing well over the ton, and I’m in fourth. The supercharger feels like it’s inhaling the horizon, the boost gauge confirming that I’ve got every horse the H2 can muster thrusting me forwards. I just have time to give Steve and Bruce a Barry Sheene-esque wave as I wind the H2’s throttle to the stop. That now-familiar surge is building beneath me as the clear stretch of unrestricted German autobahn unravels before me. The Busa and R1 are sat on each flank, close enough that you could throw a blanket over the three of us, but I’m about to stretch the arrow formation to breaking point. Back two gears to fourth, and the roar of air charging through the supercharger builds instantly as I steal a glance in my mirrors and roll the throttle back. I flick my left indicator on, signalling my intent, and his right indicator glows orange in response, as he begins to drift right with a lazy nonchalance that seems to say ‘I’m not bothered, you go faster if you want to’. An imposing BMW 5-Series fills my horizon, its driver probably feeling that he’s tanking-on with three figures on the clock. The digital speedo in indicating a calm 104mph, and I feel like I could step off and walk alongside. The Kawasaki H2 is choking on its leash, the throttle straining in my right hand as I hold the monstrous supercharger back. Kawasaki’s H2 is the quickest production bike in history, but can it eclipse the Hayabusa and R1 on the ultimate road trip?
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