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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.
The fastest production motorcycle for a given year is the unmodified motorcycle with the highest tested top speed that was manufactured in series and available for purchase by the general public. Modified or specially produced motorcycles are a different class, motorcycle land-speed record .
In a March 1973 article Cycle magazine called the TX750 "one of the ten fastest production motorcycles in the world" based on its quarter-mile speed. [7] Testers reported noticeable driveline lash, and clunking and lurching when shifting out of neutral. [ 3 ]
Its top speed gave it the title of the fastest production bike at the time, [1] [3] [11] [12] and standing quarter mile times of 10.976 seconds, [1] [11] or 10.55 seconds recorded by specialist rider Jay "Pee Wee" Gleason.
Motorcyclist recorded Rickey Gadson's quarter mile time of 9.64 seconds at 149.83 mph from a bone-stock bike, on a 50-degree morning, at an altitude of 2100 feet. [12] Cycle World recorded a quarter-mile time of a record 9.47-seconds (corrected) at 152.83 mph, and also hit 60 mph in just 2.6 sec. [ 13 ]
The Kawasaki H2 Mach IV is a 750 cc 3-cylinder two-stroke production motorcycle manufactured by Kawasaki.The H2 was a Kawasaki triple sold from September 1971 through 1975.. A standard, factory produced H2 was able to travel a quarter mile from a standing start in 12.0 seconds. [4]
[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 ...
Its Ninja H2R track-only variant is the fastest and most powerful production motorcycle on the market, producing a maximum of 310 horsepower (230 kW) and 326 horsepower (243 kW) with ram-air. [1] The H2R has 50% more power than the fastest street-legal motorcycles , while the street-legal Ninja H2 has a lower power output of 200 hp (150 kW ...