15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built

Lineslinger said:
Its most always about the HP......

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Absolutely true about the H2. With me on one back then in 1st, 2nd when it "came up on the pipes" it wheelied even if I leaned forward and even in 3rd the front end got real light. My friend that owned it had to be careful even in 4th (he weighed about 120 lbs.)

My stepson has one now that he rides a lot but when he got it the exhaust was missing, and the engine was blown. We had the crank bearings replaced, got new (used) cylinders, pistons and a conrod and got it running. A famous old racer (forgot his name) had a custom exhaust with expansion chambers for sale that made it even worse. The bike doesn't handle worth a damn, feels like it has a hinge in the middle, stuff breaks, but he loves it.
 
The white 500 Kawi 2 stroke was just about as bad. I almost flipped over the first time I rode one.
Scary.
I'd also nominate the 70's Suzuki 400 mx bike. Terrible frame and powerband.
Jaydee
 
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15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built
15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built
15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built


Absolutely ZERO poor handling traits.
Carves mountain roads at 100+ with no drama.
It's just DIFFERENT, having a power curve with a big step. Takes skill to capitalize on it.
 
grandpaul said:
The "most dangerous motorcycle ever built" is ANY one that an idiot gets on.
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...and, the H2 sold at a price point below it's contemporaries. Squids lined up in droves.
Most power coupled with lowest skillset.
It was not a bad motorcycle, just demographics portrayed it as such

All this at a time (in the US) there was an all out horsepower war raging in cars. Drag racing was enjoying explosive growth.
 
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My brother uses methanol-fuelled H2 Kawasaki motors in a speedway sidecar. He also has a methanol fuelled H1 motor in a speedway sidecar, with which he won the Australian Long Track Sidecar Speedway Championship in about Y2K. The 500 motor is enough to win any sidecar race - the 750cc H2 is simply absurd. It once got backed-off behind another bike, and when it came on song again jumped about 5 yards into the bike in front of it. My brother and his mate were thrown over the front, and their sidecar jumped over both of them. I have it on video, but I am not allowed to post it anywhere.
 
H2 Kawsakis were funny when road raced. I watched a friend accelerate out of a corner on Winton Raceway, The bike just whipped around and shot him over the front. I used to race against them with my 500cc Triton. - Because they were so dangerous, I could always stay with them. A Z900 was a different story. On a tight circuit, they would pass me on the straights, then I might enter the next corner going too fast behind them. With drum brakes, braking mid-corner is difficult.
The power-band of my Seeley 850 is super smooth - I can accelerate everywhere on Winton Raceway - even all the way around corners without thinking.
 

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