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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 .
Nobody disputes the existence of the Kawasaki press release. We know Kawasaki made the announcement. What we lack is an independent reliable source that says this bike had an 11.95 second 1/4 mile time. We have nothing but a press release, and a couple other sources that attest to the fact that, yes indeed, Kawasaki did issue this press release.
[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 ...
2 Motorcycle Consumer News. 3 comments ... 3 GSX-R photos. 2 comments. 4 GSX-R 1000 performance. 4 comments. 5 ... 6 Potential source of quarter mile times. 1 comment ...
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 ...
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 ]
1992 Kawasaki ZX-11 C Model. The ZZ-R1100 or ZX-11 is a sport bike in Kawasaki's Ninja series made from 1989 to 2001, as the successor to the 1988–1990 Tomcat ZX-10.With a top speed of 272–283 km/h (169–176 mph), it was the fastest production motorcycle from its introduction until 1996, surpassed by the 270–290 km/h (170–180 mph) Honda CBR1100XX.