TERYX H2 RECALL OFFICIAL

[AXE]

I agree the clutches are junk, I had H2 clutches torn apart before the H2 was released and knew then it was a piece of crap and had serious doubts it would hold up and yes, the "fix" is a band aid, I'm running a billet KWI primary and secondary and I don't power brake it but that's not saying someone else may not, just saying the other manufactures limit power when 2 footing and Kawi is just following suite. I wonder if they are going to reduce the speed limiter as well cause it's currently set at 500 mph LOL

This is why they shouldn't have a one size fits all remedy. They should have allowed a cash rebate of equivalent value for those of us that did our own clutch work via the aftermarket, among other options

My service advisor told me today that any aftermarket ecu flash will get written over, before it's reheat back, so if it was flashed by an aftermarket dealer it'll have to go back to the them. But what a hassle for those that have.

I haven't did any power mods beside the clutch and still not sure if I will. I am not having mine reflashed until I get some reliable reports that it didn't cut peak power. I found a few people post today that their machines will have the recall fix this week. So we should know something by then.

 

[olliechristopher35]

There were only 19 documented failures. How many of those were idiots? I suppose the answer is somewhere between 0-19.

Kawasaki clearly knows this isn't the issue. This is poor materials, poor manugacturing and wormanship, and lack of testing. I personlly witnessed a nickel sized chip come right out of my clutch and then decided I had enough and bought the Tapp.....no problems since, same driving habits......funny how that works.

I've watched countless videos running aftermarket clutches for 90 days and ripping their machines like the Kawasaki promo videos with no issues. Their isn't a power braking issue or an idiot issue, there's a shitty clutch issue.

You yourself have documented the problems with the clutch. Are you an idiot? Or did you just figure out they builtt a POS clutch?

This ECU reflash and that chintzy little guard and the rectifier cover plate are just corporate hacks and dumb engineers listening to the the nanny state lawyers tell them they have to do stooopid shit now cause they did it wrong the first time. Fer crissakes, this whole mess is laughable.

Can you please give it a break already? Really is a bummer to listen to all this doom and gloom nonsense. For the average driver like myself this is going to be more than a sufficient fix.

If I want something better then the aftermarket such as Cornell Customs has us covered. I for one am very appreciative that aftermarket companies are testing these beyond the parameters of the average driver.

The only issue I have with the KIWI is the cost (of aftermarket clutch). OTOH we are paying not only for the cost of production but all the R&D and extensive testing.

Before this stop sale went into effect and during the rollout this rig was beat upon by Jeremy McGrath and other pro drivers here in Lucern. During the demos all the pre production rigs held up great to the abuse of the "nuts behind the wheel". The testing was very extensive and well thought out.

There was a defective drive pulley cage manufactured during production. We are not even sure how many are defective. Kawasaki is not taking chances and replacing all of them and adding a scatter shield just in case.

I'm so confident that I'm purchasing one of these in the heat of the summer. It will have the KPP warranty which in my experience is one of the best in the industry.

How about that new 327 2T that is coming out!! LOL

 

[olliechristopher35]

My service advisor told me today that any aftermarket ecu flash will get written over, before it's reheat back, so if it was flashed by an aftermarket dealer it'll have to go back to the them. But what a hassle for those that have.

Best thing to do (if you want to retain your warranty) is purchase an additional ECU and have it flashed. You can then put your OEM one back for any warranty or service work. Companies like 2 Wheel Dynoworks will actually flash back to stock. It's not that much of a hassle.

 

[AXE]

A bot without a car, 0 fucking hours behind the wheel, and is personal friends with Jeremy McGrath now knows more than everyone else thats $50k and 9 months in this turd!

 

[AXE]

By the way the aftermarket clutch companies also did not do enough testing. Everyone of them have had design changes made post sales made to customers. Customers are out the time and money to make those changes too. The whole thing has been a debacle. No amount of bots scraping the interwebs and posting cobbled together bullshit data will assist any current owners.

 

[Sand Shark18]

Where the heck are you getting this from? Your prerogative if you want to believe that troll from the Polaris forum. I actually have a deposit on this SXS and am patiently waiting. I just got back from UT a few months back and busted my butt fitting my trailer. Here is my Beta and trailer ready for my SXS. Only bummer is I can't fit both as my trailer is only 18'. View attachment 357View attachment 358View attachment 359View attachment 360View attachment 361
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The H2 and a dirt bike will fit in a 18' trailer unless you have a huge work bench up front. I have a 18' foot trailer and fit my H2, my kids 450 dirt bike and a 58 gallon Vevor fuel tank on it.

 

[Sand Shark18]

By the way the aftermarket clutch companies also did not do enough testing. Everyone of them have had design changes made post sales made to customers. Customers are out the time and money to make those changes too. The whole thing has been a debacle. No amount of bots scraping the interwebs and posting cobbled together bullshit data will assist any current owners.

This is why I did not jump on an aftermarket clutch. I wanted to see people using them and make sure it fixes the belt life issue. I think KWI is the only one that did testing prior to releasing it to the public. From what I understand KWI has more stuff coming to help with cooling the clutches.

 

[olliechristopher35]

The H2 and a dirt bike will fit in a 18' trailer unless you have a huge work bench up front. I have a 18' foot trailer and fit my H2, my kids 450 dirt bike and a 58 gallon Vevor fuel tank on it.

I have a sizable camp box that negates carrying both. For day trips yes both will fit. Not a big deal to roll my 300 or 498 into the back of my truck.

Here is the setup (packed away) for multi day camping. The front wheels of the H2 go almost right up to the fire extinguisher just past the door jam. I carefully measured it out. I thought about getting a larger trailer but wanted something that fit in the driveway at home and when at my cabin did not block my views. With the camp box removed I can actually squeeze in 2 bikes.

I have to say I'm pretty darn excited to get the H2. I'm of the opinion it is not that bad of a unit with the exception of the clutch issues a few customers were having. I have a deposit down and just patiently waiting while still ripping around on my bikes.

Good to know you can get your Vevor fuel caddy in there. I'm very happy with my Vevor E-Track. Vevor products are a great bang for the buck.

 

[olliechristopher35]

AXE, Please check your PM's. There is no reason for your negative comments toward me. I am politely asking you to stop. If you are joking then it has went too far. I have been an off road enthusiast and racer (retired District 37) for many decades. Never heard of a BOT that can do a dead start Hare & Hound LOL.

 

[El Chorizo1]

Guys. Let's keep this place friendly... if you don't have anything nice and constructive to say, keep it to yourself. No need to behave like that here. This is already a small community and that just scares people away. Please stop.

Also, there is an ignore list... please, use it. That way you don't even see each others posts.

 

[AXE]

This is why I did not jump on an aftermarket clutch. I wanted to see people using them and make sure it fixes the belt life issue. I think KWI is the only one that did testing prior to releasing it to the public. From what I understand KWI has more stuff coming to help with cooling the clutches.

KWI also did post sales changes, quietly. The only clutch company that's done this right is STM. When I contacted them in February, they were well into their development. But they told me they have decided not to release anything until they know for sure what Kawasaki determines and what their fix would be. I suspect that they might now be able to offer a good solution.

Getting an aftermarket clutch was the best decision I made since I bought this turd. Clocked about 500 trouble free miles since. Its allowed me the time to find all the other problems this machine has. A couple more years and another $10k it should be reafy for the next guy to run reliably.

 

[AXE]

Guys. Let's keep this place friendly... if you don't have anything nice and constructive to say, keep it to yourself. No need to behave like that here. This is already a small community and that just scares people away. Please stop.

Also, there is an ignore list... please, use it. That way you don't even see each others posts.

I'm in two of your forums. Why do you allow the bots to post so much nonsensical bullshit in these threads? All this crap about how wonderful Kawasaki is and Beta motorcycles and haulers is useless as tits on boar pig for the title of this thread.

Olibot never starts his own threads with any useful information cause that's not how the bot accounts work. They just ride on other people's content and muck it up.

Now someone comes crying about it and I'm supposed to show some respect to them. I can tell you I'm never going to listen to it in the threads I start.

Looking at my stats, I'm one of the top contributors to the forum, posting real data and solutions, same as the other one. I'll assume that's what it's intended for and not wading through some Kawasaki emotional support group.

 

[olliechristopher35]

I still am puzzled as to why you would think I'm a BOT?

I'm here to learn and contribute like any other off road enthusiast. It would definitely be a shame to put you on ignore. As fellow off roaders we need to be respectful and friendly to one another. I mean gosh, this is a fun sport we are discussing here. No need to call each other names and use profanity to one another (which I have none neither).

Unfortunate that this all started when some other new member (Polaris RZR moderator apparently) came here and made false accusations toward me.

Heck man, I sent you a polite PM to reach out.

This is getting weird....

 

[Sand Shark18]

KWI also did post sales changes, quietly. The only clutch company that's done this right is STM. When I contacted them in February, they were well into their development. But they told me they have decided not to release anything until they know for sure what Kawasaki determines and what their fix would be. I suspect that they might now be able to offer a good solution.

Getting an aftermarket clutch was the best decision I made since I bought this turd. Clocked about 500 trouble free miles since. Its allowed me the time to find all the other problems this machine has. A couple more years and another $10k it should be reafy for the next guy to run reliably.

KWI has made changes as they get more data from their testers. I don't think much has changed since they released it for sale to the public. I spoke to KWI the other day as I wanted to know if had any idea if my KWI clutch weights will fit in the updated Kawi clutch.

 

[Cornell Customs LLC10]

KWI has made changes as they get more data from their testers. I don't think much has changed since they released it for sale to the public. I spoke to KWI the other day as I wanted to know if had any idea if my KWI clutch weights will fit in the updated Kawi clutch.

I’ve been running the KWI clutches on my H2 for awhile, there have been no changes other than just tuning, there is so much you can adjust on these clutches, different weights, belts, secondary helix spring clocking, weight stop height, plus the weight adjustments…..
I have been consistently making changes and testing different setups for different riding styles, I want low engagement and I currently can crawl at 1 mph and it will still hit 100 if you feel the need and that’s with 15% reduction over stock.

These clutches have been used on other platforms for several years.

 

[AXE]

I’ve been running the KWI clutches on my H2 for awhile, there have been no changes other than just tuning, there is so much you can adjust on these clutches, different weights, belts, secondary helix spring clocking, weight stop height, plus the weight adjustments…..
I have been consistently making changes and testing different setups for different riding styles, I want low engagement and I currently can crawl at 1 mph and it will still hit 100 if you feel the need and that’s with 15% reduction over stock.

These clutches have been used on other platforms for several years.

You may be late to the game here with your KWI clutch experience, but I'm pretty sure they released it and then decided it wasn't quite ready for prime time.

I generally work on facts and not emotion, so I'm gonna trust what this post says about the release of the KWI beta test clutch sale to the public.

Nobody has hit the mark with this clutch here yet, doesn't matter how emotionally connected you are to your brand of choice. Hell it doesn't even matter if you can go 1-100 mph.

I only have about 45 years of experience in powersports, so I'm still learning. But I'm pretty sure this is the biggest CF of manufacturing and aftermarket parts I've ever seen. Nobody really know knows what's next in the Kawasaki Teryx H2 grab bag.......LMFAO.

 

[Cornell Customs LLC10]

You may be late to the game here with your KWI clutch experience, but I'm pretty sure they released it and then decided it wasn't quite ready for prime time.

I generally work on facts and not emotion, so I'm gonna trust what this post says about the release of the KWI beta test clutch sale to the public.

Nobody has hit the mark with this clutch here yet, doesn't matter how emotionally connected you are to your brand of choice. Hell it doesn't even matter if you can go 1-100 mph.

I only have about 45 years of experience in powersports, so I'm still learning. But I'm pretty sure this is the biggest CF of manufacturing and aftermarket parts I've ever seen. Nobody really know knows what's next in the Kawasaki Teryx H2 grab bag.......LMFAO.

You seem to be the know it all here, I can tell you I have been working with and testing the KWI clutching setup since day one....
I really don't know why you don't get rid of your H2 and run as fast as you can from it as you tell everyone with every post what a piece of crap the H2 is and what a CF the release was,

As far as clutching goes, it's going to be ever evolving, I haven't found a perfect CVT system yet, OEM or aftermarket or one that couldn't be improved upon.

 

[AXE]

. You seem to be the know it all here, I can tell you I have been working with and testing the KWI clutching setup since day one....
I really don't know why you don't get rid of your H2 and run as fast as you can from it as you tell everyone with every post what a piece of crap the H2 is and what a CF the release was,

As far as clutching goes, it's going to be ever evolving, I haven't found a perfect CVT system yet, OEM or aftermarket or one that couldn't be improved upon.

I'm glad you recongnize that. I'm just presentingt the facts. While that may not suit you, I generally like the truth.

Why would I get rid of mine, it runs like a top, cause I make sure does! I do the work that Kawasaki apparently can't. It's not that hard if you try a little.

CVT clutches are not complicated pieces of equipment. They've been around for decades. I've worked on them since the 70s in snowmobiles.

Like I said, this debacle is just another unforced error by a major manufacturer. The aftetermarket also jumped in their haste and had to fix their problems too. It's all been documented.

People feel obligated to support the very same companies that simply dont give a shit about their customers anymore. Im not one of them annd will call it out. Even my service advisor says that Kawasaki has fallen a long way. He probably 60 years old, so hes been around a while. He owns a new KLR 650 and they have bad fuel.pumps and Kawasaki has been slow to support the issue. How can you even fuck up asomethingbas reliable as the KLR? The same way you can fuck up a simple CVT, I guess.

 

[Cornell Customs LLC10]

I'm glad you recongnize that. I'm just presentingt the facts. While that may not suit you, I generally like the truth.

Why would I get rid of mine, it runs like a top, cause I make sure does! I do the work that Kawasaki apparently can't. It's not that hard if you try a little.

CVT clutches are not complicated pieces of equipment. They've been around for decades. I've worked on them since the 70s in snowmobiles.

Like I said, this debacle is just another unforced error by a major manufacturer. The aftetermarket also jumped in their haste and had to fix their problems too. It's all been documented.

People feel obligated to support the very same companies that simply dont give a shit about their customers anymore. Im not one of them annd will call it out. Even my service advisor says that Kawasaki has fallen a long way. He probably 60 years old, so hes been around a while. He owns a new KLR 650 and they have bad fuel.pumps and Kawasaki has been slow to support the issue. How can you even fuck up asomethingbas reliable as the KLR? The same way you can fuck up a simple CVT, I guess.

I too like to state facts and I’m nobody's fan boy,
Since you like to claim all your years of experience just know some of us also have been around awhile as well, I’m 66 years old and this is what my shop looks like every week.
I’m just gonna back out and remain on the sidelines, I’ll let you continue to be the expert, I have clutches to build, I don’t have the time to set around and bash every one on the forums.

 

[Sand Shark18]

You may be late to the game here with your KWI clutch experience, but I'm pretty sure they released it and then decided it wasn't quite ready for prime time.

I generally work on facts and not emotion, so I'm gonna trust what this post says about the release of the KWI beta test clutch sale to the public.

Nobody has hit the mark with this clutch here yet, doesn't matter how emotionally connected you are to your brand of choice. Hell it doesn't even matter if you can go 1-100 mph.

I only have about 45 years of experience in powersports, so I'm still learning. But I'm pretty sure this is the biggest CF of manufacturing and aftermarket parts I've ever seen. Nobody really know knows what's next in the Kawasaki Teryx H2 grab bag.......LMFAO.

Pretty sure the KWI Fusion clutching was not for sale to the public for the H2 until more recently as in this month. If you look at their Instagram page 6/3/26 is when they announced the Fusion H2 system was for sale and on the web site. Pretty sure the Rugged Radio was a tester for them.