Kawasaki 500cc : Meguro K2 Kawasaki 500cc : Meguro K2 appeared as an improvement model of Meguro K "Stamina" in 1965 as a 500cc class of the Meguro tradition taken over to the Kawasaki airplane industry. Sale was considered as manufacture till '66. Engine became a product made from Kawasaki and changed a lot. The engine for K2 is newly improved for the purpose of the dissolution of a week point engine KH type for K, of the base similar to a British BSA motorcycle. Although it is the form of the full-cheeked engine lower part it cannot be told to a compliment that is smart, either, by the remedy centering on an oil system until it results in this form, a no less than 3HP output rise and the rise of the top speed of 10 km/h are attained, and the British motorcycle of the home is exceeded. According to "W1 FAIL" (SANKAIDO PUBLISHING), there is a motion which is already going to develop K2 around 1963 when improvement of K was advanced by Meguro and Kawasaki, and the engine design was advanced by Kawasaki. The purpose is as an object for the defense in the Tokyo Olympic Games convention by which holding was planned in 1964, and the order unofficial announcement of the considerable number was done by the National Police Agency to Meguro. However, it became impossible physically to unite development of K2 with the Olympic Games in between by change of the situation of bankruptcy of Meguro. Consequently, defense of the Olympic Games was compensated with carrying out intensive manufacture of the improvement type (second-half type) of K which is a common type, and K2 by Meguro became a phantom. Although Kawasaki put on the market K2 done mostly for '65 years after Meguro goes bankrupt, it was the motorcycle carrying engine which is different even if alike by which Kawasaki arranged the engine of K uniquely on the improvement frame of K. While K2 follows example of Meguro on the whole, this can observe that Kawasaki aimed at development of the completed first motorcycle in order to make it into the specification which Kawasaki was drawing as a more perfect car. If it had succeeded as an export model to the United States as planned, possibly Kawasaki W1 (650cc) did not exist. Although K2 was so much contents, Kawasaki attained the purpose for X650 (650cc) by a trial production and W1 aiming at the top further. That will be because confidence was acquired on the technology of the motorcycle development put on by K2. Well, although it had an illusion that Meguro developed K2 based on K, about the basic technology of a large-sized motorcycle without accumulation, came out, and it was in Kawasaki that Meguro was concerned, namely, it of most, such as handle stability and weight distribution, was not direct about the frame, either, and it seemed to be technical leadership. This is also the reason by which K2 is used as the first full-scale motorcycle by Kawasaki. In fact, one person did not move the engine engineer of Meguro to Kawasaki, either. As there were no results of business of K2 rarely, it of the number of residual is also extremely rare for most to call it police motorcycle demand and to come out generally. According to "W1 FAIL", 1057 sets (K2:446 set and K2P:611 set) of manufactures are checked. * K2P are a police motorcycle.* However, the popularity of K2 which becomes easy to ride by being markedly alike compared with K and mobility becoming good is unexpectedly high, and it is a model precious also for the fan of Kawasaki. *** Principal statistics *** * Total length : 2,185 mm * Full-width : 900 mm * Total height : 1,070 mm * Distance between axis : 1,430 mm * Weight : 194 kgf * Engine type : KB271 (K2E) type: Two cylinder OHV 4 cycle * Entire aerodynamic volume displacement : 496 cc * Installed capacity : 36.0 HP / 6,500 rpm * Full speed : 165 km/h * Fuel economy : 35 km/L * Transmission : Advance 4 step rotary * Tire : (Front) 3.25~18-4 / (Rear) 3.50~18-4 * Starting system : Kick