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The Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa is a sports motorcycle made by Suzuki since 1999. It immediately won acclaim as the world's fastest production motorcycle , with a top speed of 303 to 312 km/h (188 to 194 mph).
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
After the 1999 Hayabusa sent shockwaves by exceeding the Honda CBR1100XX's record by more than 10 mph (16 km/h), and rumors and leaks from Kawasaki hinted that their upcoming 2000 Ninja ZX-12R would pass the 200 mph (322 km/h) milestone, some regulators and politicians in Europe called for an import ban against high speed motorcycles. [43]
[3] [4] On July 17, 2011, riding a highly modified turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa, Warner set a new world motorcycle land speed record of 311.945 mph (502.027 km/h) from a standing start to 1.5 miles (2.4 km) at the Loring Timing Association ' s Land Speed Race, at the Loring Commerce Centre (the former Loring Air Force Base) in Limestone, Maine.
The GSX-R 1300 Hayabusa was widely recognised as the world’s fastest production motorcycle, before the Kawasaki Ninja H2R came out, with a top speed of 194 mph (312 km/h.) Distinctive features of the Hayabusa engine are its abundance of low-end torque and strength of the components, making it the ideal powerplant for four-wheel applications.
The stroked-up 147.3 cc (8.99 cu in) GSX-R150 was officially unveiled in Indonesia at the 2016 Indonesia Motorcycle Show. [9] The engine construction, which is fuel-injected , is the same as the 2016–present Satria F/Raider underbone sold in Southeast Asia , albeit with few differences, such as gear ratio tuning, injector hole tuning (8 in ...
Bill Warner's 300+ mph turbo Hayabusa, set speed record for non-enclosed bike in 2011. Warner crashed it in 2013, resulting in his death. [37] Cabin motorcycles: Peraves Ecomobile, available with turbocharged BMW K1200 inline-four engine; "the only [fully-]enclosed motorcycle to enter long-term production" [38] Motorcycle land speed record ...
Suzuki Hayabusa The Suzuki B-King is a streetfighter [ 2 ] style motorcycle manufactured by Suzuki , [ 3 ] that was unveiled in 2007. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It uses the same 1,340 cc (82 cu in) engine that is fitted to the second generation 2008–onwards Hayabusa , but with different exhaust and intake systems.