The majority of them are relatively new and on sale, so you may want to check out these bad boys for your upcoming summer road trip. If any of those motorcycles we drew as kids made it into production, they would be as crazy as the MTT RR. The Rolls-Royce Allison C20 Series gas turbine engine produces a monstrous horsepower and pound-feet of torque — a ludicrous figure for a bike. In addition to the gas turbine engine, the MTT RR has lightweight carbon fiber fairings, light inch carbon fiber wheels, and an aluminum alloy frame.
It was the first street-legal, turbine-powered motorcycle on the market. At one point, it was the most powerful motorcycle on sale. Its light body and aerodynamic design meant the Y2K Superbike glided through the air and onto a top speed of mph. MTT gave owners a guarantee that the Y2K Superbike would hit mph, though we doubt any owners requested a refund after trying and failing to hit that figure.
In addition to its insanely high top speed, the MTT Y2K held two records from Guinness World Records: the most expensive production motorcycle on sale and the most powerful production motorcycle. Without the need to meet any road restrictions, the H2R looks like an extraterrestrial spacecraft and flies down a track like one, too. The supercharged inline-four puts out a claimed horsepower and pound-feet of torque, good enough to nip at the heels of mph flat out.
The fully-adjustable suspension, MotoGP-inspired transmission, and slick Bridgestone tires also help the H2R outperform nearly every other motorcycle on a track. The company has come a long way since its first electric bike in and now sells the Lightning LS, which is the fastest electric motorcycle on sale.
The green bike has a top speed of mph thanks to a horsepower electric motor. Around the As much as we love the track-only Kawasaki Ninja H2R, the track-only part of the motorcycle is a bummer. Kawasaki stunned the world when it introduced the supercharged H2 in , as it was one of the first motorcycles on the market to use forced induction in decades.
Lightning was formed to offer consumers the highest performance, best quality and value in each product segment. Lightning is dedicated to developing exciting new products that will attract new motorcycle riders based on ease of operation, superior user experience, and accessible performance.
Community Videos. View Videos. The first challenge was to develop technology that is equal or better than gasoline powered motorcycles. Lightning Motorcycle took the new hyper bike with their new inverter and motor to El Mirage Dry Lake for Southern California Timing Association standing mile time trails on Sunday, July 16 to do a test run before they go to Bonneville in August which they hold the electric motorcycle land speed record of mph. They set a new electric motorcycle world speed record of In August Lightning brought its new electric super bike to Bonneville speed week and left with a record two-way average speed of miles per hour making it the fastest production bike in the world.
In June Lightning brought its electric super bike, the LS to Pikes Peak to compete in the Iconic Race to the Clouds and succeeded in beating all the other motorcycles to the top, electric and ICE, by a margin of over 20 seconds. RR to El Mirage, for a first ever shakedown run.
The With this first, record setting test completed, Lightning is now targeting SpeedWeek at Bonneville, August , to determine just how fast this new production RR edition of the Lightning production HyperBike will go. Lightning is targeting the replacement of the two question marks in their new bikes name, with maximum speed numbers from the official time slip.
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