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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 ...
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]
The Suzuki K engine family is a series of automobile engines from Suzuki, introduced in 1994. Displacements range from 0.7 L to 1.5 L. All engines have aluminium cylinder blocks with three or four cylinders in-line.
The 2022 Supersport season was noteworthy for the adoption of the FIM's Next-Generation Supersport rules. Prior to the introduction of the Next-Generation concept, Supersport grids consisted mainly of 600cc four-cylinder motorcycles produced by the Japanese manufacturing companies, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda and Suzuki.
Motorcycle Automatic RC 100 JetCooled 100 Motorcycle Automatic RC 110 Crystal 110 Motorcycle Automatic RC 100 GS Tornado 100 Motorcycle Automatic RC 110 GX Tornado 110 Motorcycle Automatic RG/RGV series: 2-stroke sport/underbone: RG50: 50: Sport: RG110: 110: Underbone: RG120: 120: Underbone: RG125: 125: Sport: RG150/RGR150: 150: Sport: RG200 ...
The Yamaha YZF-R6 is a sport bike, [1] produced by Yamaha as a 600 class from 1999 to 2020. From 2021, production availability is limited to a non-homologated race-only specification in most global markets, [2] [3] causing race organisers to realign their engine eligibility criteria to encourage other manufacturers having larger than 600 cc displacements to enter road-race competition from ...
At the centennial EICMA motorcycle show, Yamaha officially unveiled a new generation of R1, [14] similar to the contemporary YZR M1. Yamaha claims a wet weight of 199 kg (439 lb). [ 15 ] Engine changes include a decreased bore-to-stroke ratio , a larger airbox , a finger-follower valve system, and fracture split titanium conrods . [ 16 ]