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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2019, 02:49:27 pm »
Sorry, was referring to CC reading this forum  :D
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #31 on: March 31, 2019, 07:07:12 am »
Quote from: richtea on March 29, 2019, 12:01:28 pm
Another useful write-up. Thanks.



Chris Canning - if he's reading - would be proud of your choice.

Not sure proud is the right word but the OP will be very pleased with the results.
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2019, 02:23:35 pm »
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Quote from: richtea on March 29, 2019, 12:01:28 pm
Chris Canning - if he's reading - would be proud of your choice.
Not sure proud is the right word but the OP will be very pleased with the results.

Welcome back, Chris.
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« Reply #33 on: April 01, 2019, 12:46:38 pm »
I made a really "cool" discovery this morning. When I turned my ignition on at 05:30 this morning I got a (huge) ice warning on the dash (OK - nothing special I here you say), but it also automatically turned on the heated grips!!! How cool 8) (warm!!!!) is that! :D
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #34 on: April 01, 2019, 04:42:31 pm »
Will it turn them on when you go over the Alpes?
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« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2019, 06:11:26 pm »
That would probably cause a 'hot-start' issue on the BM
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2019, 08:30:11 pm »
Quote from: black-k1 on April 01, 2019, 12:46:38 pm
I made a really "cool" discovery this morning. When I turned my ignition on at 05:30 this morning I got a (huge) ice warning on the dash (OK - nothing special I here you say), but it also automatically turned on the heated grips!!! How cool 8) (warm!!!!) is that! :D

Wasn't this feature described in the User Manual, then ?
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #37 on: April 02, 2019, 06:58:58 am »
Quote from: sudolea on April 01, 2019, 08:30:11 pm
Quote from: black-k1 on April 01, 2019, 12:46:38 pm
I made a really "cool" discovery this morning. When I turned my ignition on at 05:30 this morning I got a (huge) ice warning on the dash (OK - nothing special I here you say), but it also automatically turned on the heated grips!!! How cool 8) (warm!!!!) is that! :D

Wasn't this feature described in the User Manual, then ?
Possibly but I haven't read the bits on switches like heated grips, indicators, high/low beam. I have a reasonable idea how to work those. :D
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #38 on: April 02, 2019, 07:34:29 am »
So you can be pleasantly, OR unpleasantly, surprised.

Morale : RTFM   ;)
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #39 on: April 02, 2019, 12:37:18 pm »
I rode my K1300S home late afternoon and had to hold my finger on the flash switch before I sussed out how to set high beam.
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #40 on: April 02, 2019, 01:19:15 pm »
Quote from: sudolea on April 02, 2019, 07:34:29 am
So you can be pleasantly, OR unpleasantly, surprised.

Morale : RTFM   ;)

Not sure I agree Rich. Far more exciting to discover than to read about.
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #41 on: April 02, 2019, 01:32:30 pm »
Quote from: TomL on April 02, 2019, 12:37:18 pm
I rode my K1300S home late afternoon and had to hold my finger on the flash switch before I sussed out how to set high beam.

Quite right - it's not intuitive. I had to read the manual too.
The design should have been:
- pull gently to flash
- pull fully to toggle high / low
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2019, 11:12:46 pm »
Quote from: TomL on April 02, 2019, 12:37:18 pm
I rode my K1300S home late afternoon and had to hold my finger on the flash switch before I sussed out how to set high beam.

Having bought my K13 (and still having and riding my K12) I had to stop on the way home after meeting you and Ron at the cafe in Oxford'ish to try to work out how to turn my heated grips on. To be fair, I wasn't sure how to turn them on on my K12 as I almost never use them!

I remember (name redacted for safery and security reasons) asking why his bike had two dipped beams (at the bottom of the headlight unit), when we all talked about two main beams...
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2019, 07:34:07 am »
Good news from my 600 mile oil change yesterday. Kawasaki have changed the service schedule so it's no longer a 4000 service interval but is now a 7500 service interval :D That's better than the K1300S! I assume that they kept the service interval small when the model was new but now a fair few have had some miles put on them it's been decided a short service interval is not required.

… and did I ever mention just how just how stupendous, brilliant, terrific, fabulous, fantastic the engine is?
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Re: Kawasaki Ninja H2 SX SE
« Reply #44 on: April 03, 2019, 09:17:38 am »
7.5k sevice is good, I agree.
Is there a 12 month service that kicks in if you're not keeping the mileage up?
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