Need to get there quicker ? Consider one of these record - busting bike . Just do n’t tell highway patrol we sent you .
Two of the libertine motorcycles in the world come from a troupe that ordinarily makes jetturbine engines . MTT stand for Marine Turbine Technologies , a Louisiana - base turbine producer .
TheMTT Turbine Y2 K Superbike , introduced in 1998 and stop in 2005 , has some reasonably telling specification . It offers 320 H.P. and 425 pounds - substructure ( lb - ft ) of torque from its cat valium turbine engine , and its top recorded speed — achieved on an aerodrome runway — is 227 miles per hour [ beginning : Tsantilas ] .
Another of MTT ’s model , theTurbine Streetfighter , extend the same engine as the Y2 K superbike , but an optional raise boosts the approximate horsepower and torsion act to 542 and 450 , respectively . And that ’s skilful for at least 233.7 mph , base on its best record run so far . But bad news for those in the market : This cycle will probably never be sold . Even though it ’s road effectual , the manufacturer thinks it ’s too fast for most people to twit . The Turbine Streetfighter was complete in 2014 after the frame was torn down and redesigned to cope with the engine ’s great power , and its f number record was achieved in May 2015 [ beginning : Tsantilas ] .
Another competition : theElectric Lightning LS-218 , a fullyelectricmotorcycle . Although its exponent and velocity fall a bit short of the pair from MTT , the Electric Lightning LS-218 actually can be purchase , a strong point in its favor . It can also bump off 60 miles per hour in two second flat , another point in its favour . Best yet ? Since it ’s electric , it ’s environmentally friendly and much more effective than it would be powered by petrol . The LS-218 offers 200 H.P. , 168 lb - ft of torsion and a print top upper of 218 miles per hour ( as referenced in the model name ) — although the producer think it can be press even faster . The LS-218 practice a verbatim - drive system , which eschew the clutch pedal and infection in favor of sending power directly to the ground . The twist - and - go fashion entail it accelerates very libertine and sacrifices less major power to drivetrain loss .
Finally , deal theKawasaki Ninja H2 , which Gizmag suppose is the fastest accelerating motorcycle ever [ reference : Hanlon ] . It ’s a supercharged route - worthy adaptation of a former track - only rendering of the Ninja . Kawasaki ’s keeping the Ninja H2 ’s top speed confining to the vest , but with 200 horsepower , it in all likelihood fall unretentive of our aforementioned contenders .
