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1997 Honda NSR500 engine: Liquid-cooled 499 cc V4. 6-speed transmission. 185 PS / 12,000 rpm Shinichi Itoh, riding his Honda NSR500 in the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix. The Honda NSR500 is a road racing motorcycle created by HRC (Honda Racing Corporation) and debuted in 1984 for the Grand Prix motorcycle racing's 500 cc class.
The engine was generally regarded as the most powerful in F1 at the time, producing approximately 1,100 hp (820 kW) in qualifying trim by 1985, and Piquet took nine pole positions in 1984 alone. However, the engine's mechanical reliability and durability under full workload suffered severely, with engine blow-ups and turbo failures becoming ...
The Yamaha TZ750 is a series production two-stroke race motorcycle built by Yamaha to compete in the Formula 750 class in the 1970s. Motorcyclist called it "the most notorious and successful roadracing motorcycle of the 1970s". [1] Another journal called it the dominant motorcycle of the era, noting its nine consecutive Daytona 200 wins ...
Kawasaki selected the literbike platform for its top-of-the-line Ninja H2 model, rather than continuing with the higher-displacement Ninja ZX-14 hyperbike. Cycle World's Kevin Cameron explained that the literbike class is "the center of the high-performance market", attracting the best development in racing, with the best chassis and suspension design, so it made sense for Kawasaki to create a ...
The Hayabusa has been used in sanctioned closed course road racing, [59] [60] drag racing, [61] and top speed competition. [62] Top speeds of over 270 [62] mph, engine outputs of over 700 [63] horsepower, and performances in the standing quarter mile as quick as 6.9 seconds and as fast as 209.14 [64]
Otherwise, first electric vehicle to be considered for the position of the world's fastest street-legal production motorcycle, [37] [38] [39] to have won against ICE motorcycles in a professional road-based event and to have won any such race using only solar power. [40] Ducati Panigale R: 2013-2017 V-twin: 1,198 cc (73.1 cu in) 202 bhp (151 kW)
At the time of its release Ducati claimed that the 1199 Panigale was the world's most powerful production twin-cylinder engine motorcycle, with 195 bhp (145 kW) at 10,750 rpm, and 133.0 N⋅m (98.1 lb⋅ft) torque at 9000 rpm on an engine test stand. [5] With a claimed dry weight of 164 kg (362 lb) and a curb weight of 188 kg (414 lb). [6]
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.