the new Kawasaki H2

I went to Willingham woods the other day , a local bike meeting place near Market Rasen , where quite a few local bikers go , and there was one of these new Kawasaki h2 jobs there . A lot of the bikers who go there tend to be sportsbike riders tbh so there was quite a gathering around it . I was quite impressed by the paintwork to be fair , it was a mettallicy mirror effect - greeny black colour that looked very expensive & spacey . Anyhoo , I was sat talking to the only other person there on a cruiser (we found each other by accident, skulking in the corner having a fag) and he knew the guy who had just bought it , and said it cost £22 thousand pound , to which I nearly spilt my tea :0 and apparently the guy is fairly well off (good job really) but the thing that amused me was that when he saddled up & rode off , with about a 100 pairs of eyes carefully watching (which must have been a bit daunting to be fair) I couldn't help notice he was wearing a pretty rubbish looking crash helmet , I wasn't close enough to see what it was , but it didn't look like a quality brand such as Arai or Shoei . Each to their own I guess , anyone else seen any of these h2's out and about ?

 

I suppose the ironic thing with buying a new technical masterpiece is that it's value will really go skywards in say 40-50 yrs after you've bought it , which means ideally the optimum market will be 20 yrs old lads , unfortunately most people who will be able to afford it & be able to keep it mint without binning it somewhere will be dead before it really kicks in , good present to buy for the grandkids & stick in a cabinet I suppose , but maybe its as easy just to invest the money in a high interest account .

 

Apparently Chris Walker has got one in his new bike shop that's just opened in Grantham , I might pop along & see if I can blagg a test ride ha ha , maybe not , knowing me something's bound to go wrong