Posted on 06/02/2014 9:02:32 PM PDT by kingattax
The average motorcycle you see zipping down the freeway beside you doesn’t always hit its top speed, and for good reason. There are speed limits on roads around the world to protect motorcycle riders and other drivers alike.
When you read a vehicle’s speed capacity, it usually is a theoretical figure that may never be attained under real driving conditions.
The actual clocked speed is generally a bit lower, though still impressive enough to make your hair part just from reading it.
However, certain superbikes are designed to hit breathtaking speeds on the racetrack while leaving the fragile human body exposed to potentially deadly crashes. An old saying states that “speed kills.” The following nine superbikes are some of the fastest and deadliest superbikes in the world. They are also some of the most beautiful, well designed and undeniably cool vehicles to ever grace a track.
Some of these are still in production, while others have passed on into motorcycle history and are fondly remembered by those who knew and drove them. Either way, each of these may truly be classified as a legend in the world of high-speed machines.
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The only guy brave enough to ride the TZ-750 road racing engine in a dirt tracker, and it even made HIM nervous!
Mark
I rode a Mach III for a while. It also was a widow maker.
More recently I rode a Kawi Concours (the 1000cc) all over the US. Its a real sleeper with an older Ninja motor under the plastic. Used to beat the young kids on crotch rocket all the time and embarrass HDs easily. Then one day a kid went down trying to catch me. He was okay. I quit trolling at that point.
I too have seen the Sausage Creature...
Indy mile.
He ran it again on same bike a few years ago
I think he did Seca or somewhere on his superbike last year
At 62.
Won all the circuits in his day handily
He’s like the Reinhold Meissner of bike racing
Buddy of mine has a Panigale and a Corse and some yell low striped Duke
He and his daddy race them....yes they have senior races for Dukes
Lol....he took his out the other nite and came home and set it on the stand
Improperly...walked upstairs....crash...new race faring....700 bucks
Its the stupid mistakes
My (ex) used car manager used to race when he was younger and road race for cash later. He could do things on a motorcycle that seemed impossible. Just a few minor scrapes over the years. Got married, had kids. Settled down. A little.
Got the itch and bought a ‘Busa. Lived about 60 miles from the store and could make it home in about 30 minutes(traffic cooperating). He was almost home......running about 20mph in his neighborhood when a deer blindsided him. Broke his leg, shoulder, jaw and tailbone.
You never know.
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