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The Yamaha MT-10 (called FZ-10 in North America until 2017) [1] is a standard motorcycle made by Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha in their MT motorcycle series, [3] first sold in 2016. It was introduced at the 2015 EICMA in Milan , Italy. [ 7 ]
'Rollout' is the distance travelled by a vehicle before the timing lights on a drag strip are triggered. … can affect the final run time by up to 0.3 of a second. … important to discount this first foot of movement from the final run time, to ensure that the run time captured by the GPS data logger is as close as possible to the official ...
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.
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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.
Upon introduction, the XS Eleven immediately earned a reputation as a heavy, very powerful, and reliable bike. It was the first production bike in 1978 posting a sub-12 second 1/4 mile time (11.78 sec. @ 114.21 mph with a top speed of 135 mph - Cycle World 2/78), only to be surpassed in the 1/4 mile performance later in 1978 by Honda's CBX.
0-233 km/h (145 mph) in 4.98 seconds; 400 m (approx. 1 ⁄ 4 mile) in 7.97 seconds; When considering the 1 ⁄ 4 mile time, the car had a 249 km/h (155 mph) top speed for roughly the last 3 seconds of the run. [11] The car also ran on bespoke drag slicks and was not a production car model. [12]
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).