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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).
In the 1970s, Suzuki established themselves in the motorcycle racing world with Barry Sheene Marco Lucchinelli1981 Franco Uncini1982 winning world championships in the premier 500cc class. In 1976 Suzuki introduced its first motorcycles since the Colleda COX [25] of the 1950s with four-stroke engines, the GS400 and GS750.
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.
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]
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.
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 ...
The Hayabusa in Ghost Rider: The Final Ride was tuned to 417 bhp (311 kW), and the one used for the later movies was at 499 bhp (372 kW). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Although Ghost Rider's primary vehicle is a motorcycle, he uses a wide variety of other vehicles in the movies including different types of cars, bicycles, minibikes and even a snowmobile on ...
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 ...