Long before the supercharged Ninja H2 came to life, Honda plonked a turbo in its 500cc CX Despite some of the GPz750 Turbo’s drawbacks, it remains a testament to Kawasaki's engineering ingenuity ...

Kawasaki's Ninja H2 engine with a bespoke supercharger puts ... Finding space for a turbo or supercharger requires a lot of R&D and, more importantly, funds. Any enthusiast will wax eloquent ...

But chronic turbo lag required ... Another forty years would pass before Kawasaki finally solved the forced induction riddle, releasing its first supercharged Ninja H2 in 2015.