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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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.
 
I forgot to kill myself on my '86 GSXR1100... lol

15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built


I had some good times with this so called death machine. Rear shock was poop, but the front end was the best of any bike I've owned except for Ohlins. Geared it like a dirt bike and it still did 160MPH between stop signs. Kidding... Only went fast out on the open no cars country roads south of Hollister CA. HWY 25 and Hwy 198 was where people in Silicon Valley usually went to see how fast the latest toys were. It was probably a good wheelie bike, but I only did power lifts of the front end. I never was much of a show off.

P11 was still parked in the corner of the garage with a few other bikes.
 
Schwany said:
I forgot to kill myself on my '86 GSXR1100... lol

15 Most Dangerous Motorcycles Ever Built


I had some good times with this so called death machine. Rear shock was poop, but the front end was the best of any bike I've owned except for Ohlins. Geared it like a dirt bike and it still did 160MPH between stop signs. Kidding... Only went fast out on the open no cars country roads south of Hollister CA. HWY 25 and Hwy 198 was where people in Silicon Valley usually went to see how fast the latest toys were. It was probably a good wheelie bike, but I only did power lifts of the front end. I never was much of a show off.

P11 was still parked in the corner of the garage with a few other bikes.
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I had one pretty much like yours (mine had Remus pipe) and regret ever selling it, me and my missus even went touring on it . a great bike.
 
trident sam said:
I had one pretty much like yours (mine had Remus pipe) and regret ever selling it, me and my missus even went touring on it . a great bike.
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I had a Katana1100 with hard bags for two up touring.
When I had the GSXR1100, it was a good toy. I'd need a new pack of young buck mojo to ride it today.
 
One of my friends is almost exactly my age and has also road raced. In his 70s, he had a 1200cc Suzuki Bandit, which he used to fang. He has had a lot more race injuries than me. - Different mindset. The speed in a straight line is not as relevant as machine handling. I would never road-race a modern motorcycle - all is well until it isn't. A 120 MPH get-off is survivable. That is about my limit.
 
In my teens I had a friend who bored and stroked a Kaw 500.
I rode it once, scared the crap out of me. He would pull wheelies at 80mph on the highway.
He managed to live through that bike. Ended up flying corporate jets retired a few years ago.
 
When you fit race cams into a 1950s Triumph 650, you usually get a very pleasant surge of power at about 4000 RPM. The H1 and H2 Kawasaki two strokes are similar but different. My brother uses those motors with methanol in speedway sidecars. The H1 can win any sidecar race on speedway. The H2 is a waste of space . It once came on song behind another sidecar and jumped about 8 metres into the back of it. My brother and the guy in the sidecar were both thrown over the front, and then the bike jumped over both of them. There were four bends in the bike, and even the rear wheel was bent.
I have it on video, but my brother is embarrassed about it. I took a still shot out of the video - it showed my brother on the ground with the bike in the air, passing about two feet above him.
 
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