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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.
World record. Source [5] The facts: Date: June 4/5, 1993; Team: Suzuki Germany, Metzeler, German motorcycle magazine Motorrad; Bikes: 2 RF900R, red and black prepared ...
Models which are actual top speed record holders have their make, model, and speed in bold font, while slower models which were the fastest only in their own time are in italic. For example, in 1956, the Vincent Black Shadow remained the fastest motorcycle to date, with a 125 mph (201 km/h) top speed, but it was no longer in production.
On July 17, 2011, riding a highly modified turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa, Bill 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 at the Loring Timing Association's Land Speed Race, held at the Loring Commerce Centre (the former Loring Air Force Base) in Limestone, Maine. [65] [66 ...
Mike Akatiff with the Top 1 Ack Attack. The TOP 1 Ack Attack is a specially constructed land-speed record streamliner motorcycle that, as of March 2013, has held the record for world's fastest motorcycle since recording a two-way average speed of 605.697 km/h (376.363 mph) on September 25, 2010, in the Cook Motorsports Top Speed Shootout at Bonneville Speedway, Utah.
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5: P: 8: 5: 5 Alstare Suzuki Corona: ... Jonathan Rea has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of ...
The race attracted road racing world champions such as Mike Hailwood and Kel Carruthers, and attendance began to surge with a record 30,000 spectators in 1970. [7] At the 1970 Daytona 200, Grant was in first place at the 20-lap mark and appeared to be heading to victory, when his motorcycle ran out of fuel one lap before his scheduled fuel stop.
Ari Vatanen's 1988 Peugeot 405 T16 Nobuhiro Tajima's Suzuki SX4 during his 2011 record breaking run. Overall winners can compete under any division, although the majority come from the open wheel and more recently the unlimited division. A time in italics indicates this was a previous course record, a time in bold indicates the current course ...