Kawasaki Z H2 Maintenance Costs | Supercharged RIPOFF?

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Kawasaki Z H2 Maintenance Costs | Supercharged RIPOFF?

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Күн бұрын

Welcome to our video addressing a concern some owners of the Kawasaki Z H2/H2 SX/Ninja H2 have had regarding its maintenance costs. Should you really expect to pay a premium for regular maintenance on Kawasaki's supercharged motorcycle range, or is it just a classic case of getting ripped off by garages and main dealers? We also discuss how much you could save by doing some of the maintenance yourself. Let us know if you've been ripped off in the past by garages and whether you spotted it in the comments.
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@unlimitedcosmicspeed 11 ай бұрын

I originally bought a '22 Tuono and after riding it for 20 mins the temp maxed out and had to turn bike off. Returned it back to Aprilia and later found out there were bad batches. So, because of 'Goblin RIDES' I bought a '23 ZH2 and couldn't more happier. Its fkn awesome :)

@chaser_the_dream6798 Жыл бұрын

I don’t get why people are on about cost. Service every 7500 miles and big one at 17k is nothing. We live in England you won’t rack up miles that quick

@huambo 11 ай бұрын

Depends. I don't have a car, so do about 15k a year on a bike. The cost of the 30k is enough to stop me buying this bike.

@GClary1 6 ай бұрын

You will rack up a lot of fines though.

@grimey5.565 11 ай бұрын

These bikes are like any other. If you beat on them hard you will likely have costly repairs. Be good to it like you mention and it will last for tens of thousands of miles. The design Behind The Supercharged system comes straight from their Engineers who work in the aero division that Kawasaki has. I think they know what they're doing. This isn't something built in the garage with an eBay turbo lol. Great video.

@richardcerritelli9657 10 күн бұрын

I will argue your comment is stupid what is a supercharger for to beat on it if you're going to ride it like a little old lady you might as well buy a Honda people talk bad because it's a supercharger just something else to go wrong with the bike.

@kevingallen1678 11 ай бұрын

Reminds me of buying a printer then being ripped off on ink cartridges! How much would a replacement supercharger cost? I think I don’t want to find out!

@ronaldspalletta4597 6 ай бұрын

So far, the most expensive thing was the BTmoto stage 2 tune to the ECU (2023 Z h2) added 52 horse, it's now about 224 to the rear wheel, but well worth the $1400 spent, also was included was the stock and after tune dyno hp measurements, if you have a Z h2, you will enjoy it more after a ECU tune.

@richardcerritelli9657 Жыл бұрын

The people are right I would stay away from superchargers on a motorcycle your bills going to be way more than the zx1400 they're correct in their assessment it's nice to have a supercharger for performance and for mechanics that know how to do the maintenance but there's a lot more maintenance in the bike. And the bike won't last as long as either no matter what people tell you you should have kept a zx1400 much better bike and probably better performance. From a lazy big engine that will last forever I've have a Hayabusa similar to the zx1400 you don't do anything to it it's just a huge engine forty thousand miles on it and still got plenty more to go no matter what boost it's fun but it's expensive.

@snakeman9902 Жыл бұрын

This is why over all, I class the zzr1400 as the best ALL round bike ever.. If anything ever happens to my zzr1400, I would probably look at the Busa.. Its so sad that the big SPORT tourers aren't in as much completion as they use to be.. Blackbird. Busa Zzr1400

@nickrider5220 Жыл бұрын

The zh2 is my favourite of the supercharged range, so I was interested in this video - probably worth a couple of calls to find out expected 15/30,000 service costs 👍

@nickbitten9910 Жыл бұрын

Some one down the road turned up at the weekend on a Z H2 with a Scorpian exhaust. Great sound.

@JPTulo 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great content! I have to comment on your phone mount though. You’ve got that beautiful ZH2 and then a huge ugly cheap looking phone mount 😭. Why not go for something a little more sleek? My phone is parked right next to the TFT display and looks almost like it came like that from the factory. Keep up the great videos! 💪

@ringo4419 10 ай бұрын

When I was a despatch rider I always changed the oil and filters every 2000 miles, never had problems, done 87000 miles on an xj 600, ran it into the ground, regular oil changes!!

@dan7418 5 ай бұрын

2022 H2SX only issue so far was the screen resetting itself while i was riding lol, quick ecu flash and fixed. amazing bike. As for costs i havent really looked around, took it to kwak dealer i bought from, seems a fair price compared to my other 1Litre bikes i have had in the past.

@markettradinggenius Ай бұрын

Goblin, if you were buying the zh2 sx se and wanted to put on a titanium exhaust system with a shorty exhaust tip end, what system(titanium exhaust system) do you think would do well on that bike? Secondly, what shorty exhaust tip end would be good(because I would want to see the full single sided rear wheel) ?

@jameshind6644 2 ай бұрын

There's is a recall in Australia for the camchain tensioner. KAWASAKI MOTORS PTY LTD - KAWASAKI 15-17MY H2/R, 17-22MY H2R/CARBON, 18-21MY H2SX/SX SE+, 19-22MY H2/CARBON, 20-23MY ZH2, 22MY H2SX 2014 - 2022

@arvincheech Жыл бұрын

i noticed we have the sane mode and settings with my 2023 zh2...i changed my end pipe into an akra moto gp style and it sounds great!just don't take the silencer off...ride safe

@AdrianDyke-xd3tf Жыл бұрын

Yeah a tad expensive to service, not so much an issue on Z H2 but on the SX H2 a touring bike it is, 7600 miles is £381, 15200 is a £1000, 22800 is £448 and 30400 is a lovely £1993 or £266 yearly and £441 two yearly! So how many do you think are going to be serviced properly once they come out of the warranty period, not many will be my guess!

@cloudcata8300 10 ай бұрын

There's no way in HELL I'm ever spending that much money on maintenance, I pre ordered the new 2024 hayabusa and once the 2 year warranty is out I'm doing all the service myself. I can't imagine being that much different than a zx14r maintenance cost wise and there is absolutely no way I'm spending 2 grand or more on 15k/30k service.

@jfro5867 5 ай бұрын

Yea, think you are bang on there.

@luckyphil6486 Жыл бұрын

I’m just in the process of buying my 5th ZZR 1400 on a 68 plate. I was in thd dealership today asking about the H2 SX and they were saying about costs . They said towards 40k miles kawasaki recommend the fuel pump to be changed as the supercharger builds up a lot of pressure . They said that’s about £800? Not sure about other costs . I’ll stick with my ZZR once I get it and maybe look at the H2 in the future

@theguitarhero898 11 ай бұрын

40k miles? You’re worried about when it hits 40k miles? Seriously?

@luckyphil6486 11 ай бұрын

@@theguitarhero898 who said anything about being worried? I don’t have one so why should I be worried

@tylerlafountain4840 11 ай бұрын

Own a ducati with desmo valves 😂😂😂😂 7500 service interval and way more money. Zh2 isn't to bad.

@MrPaullee71 3 ай бұрын

Owned ZH2, big miles mean bigger for example strip of supercharger at around 30,000. Quoted over £2000 from Kwak

@robertkacala 7 ай бұрын

30K miles Fuel pump replacement 779.70£ :))

@user-ou6we1pd9u 8 ай бұрын

going to be way more than the zx1400 the good quality item they're correct in their assessment it's nice to have

@MrSimonfoz 2 ай бұрын

Having a new clutch in my ZZR soon , not looking forward to that bill!

@chaser_the_dream6798 Жыл бұрын

Paid 11,999 with 5000 on the clock for mine

@Cthulhu_P Жыл бұрын

Really? I basically bought one for 10,500 and 2000 for the clock well its second hand but its basically brand new

@jfro5867 5 ай бұрын

Everything in the UK is expensive. Got a ballpark figure from my local garage to change the cam belt on my 10 year old turbo diesel car…..£1500 gulp. I checked later online, belt kits are approx £800 and then a day and a half’s labour so yea, it’s a big job, probably about right. Buy a ZH2 it ain’t gonna be cheap to run, do routine work yourself is fine until you want to sell it or trade it.

@tvdinner325 10 ай бұрын

I maintain my own equipment. I don't trust my life to some school-leavers practicing on my bike. I bought my Z H2 SE from a powersports dealer in Sublimity Oregon. When I was loading it onto my truck, I noticed that the rear seat wasn't latched. Which would have flown off on the trip home. I check over the bike, and the battery terminals were improperly installed? I wanted to buy the bike in the crate, but couldn't. The idea of some child revving a new engine to hear the "chirp" was terrifying. If you need a special tool, and plan to keep the bike, it's cheaper and you know you've done it correctly. Go into the service department and talk to the mechanic that will work on your bike. Here in the US, technical schools are filled with out-of-state kids on drug-charge diversion programs. UTI, MMI etc., etc. in AZ are just a clearing house for addicts and thieves. Beware.

@kickezer 10 ай бұрын

That sucks, my local kawa dealer have mechanics with 20-30 years experience working on bikes.

@tvdinner325 10 ай бұрын

@@kickezer You are very lucky.

@Niobium23 11 ай бұрын

Buy a service manual and get after it kid. Not that difficult

@Zh2Guy 5 ай бұрын

If you do all the maintenance yourself , I’m pretty sure my extended warranty will no longer be good ?

@TrueBlueYZ 5 ай бұрын

Too much blah blah, too much of a tease to get to the point

@jfro5867 5 ай бұрын

Yea I did think the same tbh

@pcarts232 4 ай бұрын

The fuel pump has to be replaced with the plugs at 15 k service

@atomicfx6885 3 ай бұрын

try a Harley i dropped 2k into the bike at 35k miles just to do tappets (lifters) you must pull the valves and head and cylinder (the cylinder because the head is what holds it down and there is a gasket you must change) thats cost for gaskets specialty tools lifters (tappets) reused push rods etc just oil for the bike is $200 ( im a fan of all bikes just Harley has by far been the most expensive to up keep

@highwayman1218 14 күн бұрын

Sorry man, you got ripped off brother.... You can do it one of two ways.. One way involves adjustable pushrods and cuts the job in half without touching the top end. The other is more work (the way I do it) to pull only the rocker boxes and pull out the pushrods from the top and requires none of the parts removal you listed. Heads and cylinders remain on and don't need to be removed. Any competent wrench can do the job for a few hundred dollars (the harder way from the top for pushrods) for a set of S&S lifters, rocker box gaskets and in a few hours. The easier way with S&S adjustable pushrods is even cheaper and less time.

@atomicfx6885 13 күн бұрын

@@highwayman1218 sadly the only 2 options was to remove head and all because the bike is a 2010 with solid pushrod covers (dont collapse) and i had to change the tappets or was to replace covers and all and cut it getting all those shaving inside so i wanted to be on the safe side not to bad tho mostly was due to the fact it sat since 2014 was my old mans i grew up on then it got parked due to tappets acting up then some things happened i got licensed once older and he gifted it as a project bike to me i got running and all less then 25k miles cams and all so thats majority of the cost is gasket replacing fork rebuild caliper rebuilds wheel bearings tires etc im over that price now lol but i would have needed to anyways with it sitting 10 years so far the only thing i have not touched is the tranny on that bike its been a huge pain

@highwayman1218 13 күн бұрын

@@atomicfx6885 Is this a twin cam or sportster?

@atomicfx6885 13 күн бұрын

@@highwayman1218 sportster 1200L evolution series i believe 4 cam if the manual is correct for it

@highwayman1218 13 күн бұрын

@@atomicfx6885 Yep its the EVO, twin cam was in dynas and baggers. Super simple motor, job and same process. You absolutely don't have to pull the heads or jugs for that job. Most places don't even pull the rocker boxes. They just use bolt cutters to cut the fixed push rods and reinstall adjustable pushrods and covers with the lifter install. Alot of good videos on YT about it. If those guys in fact charge for all that for just lifters, they ripped you off and I wouldn't go back. I seriously doubt they pulled the head and jugs for that job. They either charged you for stuff they didnt do or seriously have no idea what they're doing.

@richardcerritelli9657 11 ай бұрын

I don't understand why you didn't just keep the zx1400 that bike is sicker than that supercharged junk most important reliability I told you before superchargers are nothing but problems they're great why they work they're great if you're going to keep the bike for a couple years and dump it however if you kept the bike for as long as you can they're not a good deal down the road headaches.