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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.
Performance tests from 1977 estimated 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time for the Can Am with the Pontiac engine at about 10 seconds, about the same as the previous year's Le Mans with the 455, and a 1 ⁄ 4-mile (0.40 km) time of approximately 17 seconds. It is estimated that 1133 Can Ams were produced. [3]
[3] [4] It could accelerate along the 1 / 4 mile test course in 12.4 seconds. [5] When the H1 was first announced, Motorcycle Mechanics criticised Kawasaki for their "own ambitious claim" that it was "the fastest and best accelerating road machine ever produced, being capable of 124 mph and 12.4 sec. for the standing start quarter mile ...
Motorcycle Consumer News tested a 2011 Concours 14's top speed at 152.8 mph (245.9 km/h), and the bike's 0 to 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.00 to 0.40 km) time at 10.56 seconds at 127.68 mph (205.48 km/h). They recorded a 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) time of 2.91 seconds, and 0 to 100 mph (0 to 161 km/h) of 6.56 seconds.
In their test of a 1971 Norton Dunstall 810, Cycle World measured the top speed at 201 km/h (125 mph), with a 0 to 60 mph time of 4.7 seconds and a standing 0 to 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.00 to 0.40 km) time of 11.9 seconds at 173.62 km/h (107.88 mph). [1] This was the first bike ever in Cycle World ' s tests with quarter mile time under 12 seconds. [1]
The two magazines reported top speeds of 158 and 161 mph (254 and 259 km/h) respectively, and 0 to 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.00 to 0.40 km) times of 10.51 and 10.39 seconds at 134.32 and 134.09 mph (216.17 and 215.80 km/h).
Having had 25 or more articles made by the original vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition [i] (pre-production prototypes, and cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals, are not eligible);
Motorcycle drag racing (also known as "sprints") involves two participants lining up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) or 1 ⁄ 8 mile (0.20 km) long, two lane, straight paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded.