**The Fastest Motorcycles in History**

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Motorcycles are too fast and it's making me sick. Today we're gonna talk about some of the fastest motorcycles that for some reason, any 16-year-old kid can just go out and buy.

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We all know that bikes today are fast, but they've been fast for like a hundred years, okay. In 1924, the fastest production motorcycle was a British bike called the Brough spelt Brough. The Brough Superior SS 100. Now at the time they called it the Rolls Royce of motorcycles because it cost a whopping 170 quid.

This beautifully hauled madearound 50 Hertz purse and put down at top speed of 110 miles per hour. Do you know what hospitals were like in 1924? It was mostly saws, yet people were somehow totally okay with going that fast.

Fast forward to 1949 - i.e., the future back then, penicillin was finally invented. And so was the Vincent Black Lightning, Great frickin' name, possibly the best name on this list, but you're gonna see a lot of cool names on this list. So I don't know, it's only the second one.

The Black Lightning had a twin push-rod engine, they cranked out 70 ponies and because it was super light, it could hit 150 miles per hour instead of land speed record at Bonneville and to reduce drag, this is how the guy did it, that's right. It's laying down perpendicularly but you know what's even crazier.

It would take another 35 years for another bike to touch that sideways speed record. That means we're not even gonna mention the BSA Rocket 3Ducati 900 SS or even the Laverda Jota. The first motorcycle to threaten the Black Lightning's record was the 1984 Honda VF 1000R.

My math teacher in high school, had one of these and he tried to sell it to me. And in hindsight, I think that was wildly inappropriate. This bike was the showcase of all of Honda's race-winning technology at the time and had a 16 valve V4 engine, whiny straight cut gears in an 80s fairing.

A fairing is a motorcycle's brassiere, and a bra is a lady's top underpants. All at all, it made 122 horsepower. That is a lot for a vehicle smaller than a horse, but unlike the Black Lightning, the VF 1000R was heavy.

It weighed over 600 pounds or two nolans, and that's before you even put a dude on it, that's the third Nolan. So it maxed out at 150 miles per hour, tied the record, still stands, but not for long because Kawasaki thought that a 35-year-old British hog shouldn't be faster than a modern Japanese sports bike.

Enter (whooshing sound) The Ninja. The GPZ 900R A.K.A The Ninja 900 debuted in this crotchrocket was revolutionary. Also, a little Mr. Thomas Cruise drove one in a little movie called

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en(logo whooshing)- Motorcycles are too fastand it's making me sick.Today we're gonna talk aboutsome of the fastest motorcyclesthat for some reason, any 16 year old kidcan just go out and buy.I'm joined by my esteemedsentience colleague,The Mono-list.(static electric sound)Hi, I'm Jamesand this is the show wherewe put random crap on trial.The D-List.- Thank you to The Zebra forsponsoring today's episode.We here at Donut respect theimportance of being an expert,which is why we likeworking with The Zebra.They're the nation's leadingcar insurance comparison site,where you can easily compareover 100 insurance companiesside by side withindustry leading expertiseand to approve how importantthat expertise can be,We're gonna have a goodold fashioned piano duel.Austin here is a professional pianistwith over 15 years of experienceand Jeremiah, while hetook one or two monthsof piano lessons andstopped because he thoughtthe instructor smelled weird.- I can smell him to this day.Moth balls and icy hot.- Austin, kick it off.(piano music)See using their experts skills.The Zebra makes the overlycomplicated task of securingcoverage faster and hassle-freeby not spamming yourpersonal cell phone.(piano music)In fact, Zebra doesn't evenwant your phone number.They're experts just wantto help you find the perfectpolicy.Plus the Zebra saves driversan average of $440 a year.- I think he might be a professional.So head on over to TheZebra.com/DListto compare quotes for free today,begin your car insurancesearch on the right note.- We all know that bikes today are fast,but they've been fast forlike a hundred years, okay.In 1924, the fastest production motorcyclewas a British bike calledthe Bruff spelt Brough.The Brough Superior SS 100.Now at the time theycalled it the Rolls Royceof motorcycles because itcosts a whopping 170 quid.This blindly hauled madearound 50 Hertz purseand put down at top speedof 110 miles per hour.Do you know what hospitalswere like in 1924?It was mostly saws and yetpeople were somehow totally okaywith going that fast.Fast forward to 1949,i.e the future back thenpenicillin was finally invented.And so was the Vincent Black Lightning,Great frickin name, possiblythe best name on this list,but you're gonna see a lotof cool names on this list.So I don't know, it's only the second one.The Black Lightning hada twin push-rod engine,they cranked out 70 ponies andbecause it was super light,it could hit 150 miles per hourinstead of land speed recordat Bonneville and to reduce drag,this is how the guy did it, that's right.It's laying down perpendicularriding, but you know,what's even crazier.It would take another 35 yearsfor another bike to touchthat sideways speed record.That means we're not evengonna mention the BSA Rocket 3Ducati 900 SS, or even the Laverda Jota.The first motorcycle tothreaten the Black Lightning'srecord was the 1984 Honda VF 1000R.My math teacher in high school,had one of these and hetried to sell it to me.And in hindsight, I thinkthat was wildly inappropriate.This bike was the showcaseof all of Honda's racewinning technology at the timeand had a 16 valve V4 engine,whiny straight cut gears in a 80s fairing.A fairing is a motorcycles brassiereand a brassiere is alady's top underpants.All at all, it made 122 horsepower.That is a lot for a vehiclesmaller than a horse,but unlike the Black Lightning,the VF 1000R was heavy.It weighed over 600 pounds or two nolansand that's before youeven put a dude on it,that's the third nolan.So it maxed out at 150 miles per hourtied the record, still stands,but not for long because Kawasakithought that a 35 year oldBritish hog shouldn't befaster than a modern Japanesesports bike.Enter(whooshing sound)The Ninja.The GPZ 900R A.K.AThe Ninja 900 debuted thesame year as the VF 1000R,but it blew it out of frickingwater with a 908 CC inlinefor the put down 115 Hertz purz no,that's not quite as manyHertz purz as the Honda had,but the Ninja didn't weigh 600 pounds.Number one rule 'boutbeing a ninja don't weigh 600 pounds,unless you're BeverlyHills Ninja or Panda Ninja.Everything about this crotchrocket was revolutionary.Also a little Mr. Thomas Cruisedrove one in a little moviecalled "Top Gun" not the airplanes.So how fast did the Ninja go?I don't know, maybe 158 miles per hour.We're only talking aboutfour motorcycles so far guys.There's a bunch more! Stay tuned,but that record wouldn't last long,The Ninja kicked off a goodold fashioned speed warand things were about to get nuclear.(fire exploding)Just two years later,Suzuki came along anddropped the GSXR 1100,I'm talking, The GSXR, baby.This bike is notoriouslyuncomfortable to ridebecause Suzuki sacrificedall of the comfy stuffin order to make itfaster, lighter, and easierto rip through the canyons.It also had Suzuki advanced cooling systemor SACS for short, it mademore power than The Ninja.It was also a hundredpounds lighter allowing itto hit a top speed of 160 miles per hour.But just one year later,Honda stepped back into thearena with the CBR 1000 FA.K.A, The Hurricane.This big, bad hog of a heftor was heavierthan the Ninja and the GSXR,had more comfortableupright riding position,and it had a reputation forbeing bland in comparison,but it still managed torip its way to the topof the leaderboard, the topspeed of 164 miles per hour.They always want to talkabout you when you're on top.Ask me, I know.Now I think we can all agreethat that is legitimatelyfast as heck but sport bikeswere starting to get attentionfrom a little place that I'dlike to call the frickingGovernment.The motorcycle safety act of1987 claim that these streetbikes were the moralequivalent of selling drugsthe adolescence.Feds were trying to shutthe speed part down,but the Gods of Speed had other plansAnd this bill failed andthus bikes got faster.The 1988 Kawasaki TomCat ZX-10,165 miles per hour.1989 Yamaha FCR 1000 EXUP,a 172 miles per hour.1990 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11,176 miles per hour.And that's where the recordstood for another six years.Remember how it took 35 yearsto beat that old speed recordbike manufacturers in the'80s with absolutely bonkers.But the '90s,the '90s were about toget even more bonkerswith the introduction ofthe Honda CBR 1100 XX,better known as the Super Black Bird.They called it theBlackbird after the Sr-71,the world's fastest plane at the time.Do you think that planesneed to chill out?Let me know in the comments.Now this bike made 162 horsepower,but it's still weighedless than 500 pounds.It had a reputation for gettinghot and making the rideruncomfortable,but nobody ever saidgoing fast was a cakewalk.And also I like how the beinghot is the uncomfortable partabout going a million miles anhour on a fricking 500 poundbike, between the fighter jet aerodynamicsand the insane power to rate ratio,The Black Bird hit a topspeed of 178 miles per hour.That's really fast.But its about to get smoked,cause 178 miles per hourapparently is for babiesaccording to Suzuki.So they released the mosticonic, fast bike of all time,I'm talking about the Hayabusa.Do you know what a Hayabusa is?It's Japanese for Peregrine, Falcon,A bird that eats blackbirdsand the 'Busa did just that.The 1300 CC engine made 175 horsepower.It only weighed 475 pounds.Bridgestone had to make specialtires because it went toofast for regular tires.I don't wanna know howthey found that out.How fast did it go?How fast?Well, I'll tell you how fast,194 completely unnecessary miles per hour.Now that stock, people tunethem to go even faster.People fricking turbo charge these things,WHO! YOURE NUTS!!but the 'Busa was the lastbike to hit speeds like thatfor a while.Thanks to a little thingcalled a gentleman's agreement.Just like how Japanese carmakers didn't produce carswith more than 276 horsepowerin the '80s and '90s,basically a bunch of companyguys got together and decidedto limit the top speeds oftheir motorcycles in the 2000's.Nobody knows exactly whythis agreement happened,but there was a lot of fearthat the government would tryand crack down on sport bikes,like they tried to do in 1987.They decided that 300 kilometers per houror 186.4 miles per hourshould be the limitbecause anything more thanthat would be too dangerous.187 that's way too fast, slow down 186.4,now that's sensible.So when the 2000 Hayabusa came out,it went 8 miles per hour,slower than the 1999 model.Same deal with the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R,even though it was rumored to go over200 miles per hour before theagreement happened, 186.4.So just like that.The great speed war came to an endand there's nothing left to talk about.JK! It didn't!You see, this agreementwas between gentlemenbut the biker life ain'tabout being gentle.Ridin' hogs is about breakin' rules!2007 was the year whenrules would be broken.Firstly, Wild Hogs cameout. It's my favorite movie.I seen it 58 times.Secondly, the Italian motorcyclemanufacturer, MV Agusta,released the F4 R 312.Up until this point,Italian companies didn't reallycare about outright speed.Up until this point,Italian companies had alwaysbeen more focused on handand track performance,but the F4 R despite beingan absolute track weaponalso happened to be extremely fast,so fast that they namedit after its top speedof 312 kilometers per hour.What is that in English?194 miles per hour.Realistically, the speedlimited Japanese bikescould smoke the F4, but on paper,it was the fastest productionmotorcycle in the worldand MV Agusta wasn't theonly company to breakthis gentleman's agreement.Couple of years later,a little Italian firmgoing by name Ducati releaseda little bitty old bikecalled the Panigale R.It was a homologated racebike with over 200 horsepower.And it only weighed 364pounds with the race exhaustthat came with the bike.It can hit a top speedof 202 miles per hour.That's right, boys andgirls we are in the 200's.Sorry gentlemen, there'sa new king on the list.Looks like speed is back on the menu.We're done orderingappetizers, double entrees,and a pancake for the table.For our next course, I'dlike to introduce youto the first electricmotorcycle on this list.The lightning LS 218.I should also mention thatthis is the first Americancompany on this list.This freedom machine has a200 Hertz per electric motorthat can zip zap zoop, allthe way to 218 miles per hour.And again, I'd like to remind you,you don't need a specialpermit to buy or operatea motorcycle like this.You can just go online and order one.No questions asked.The same motorcycle license,that lets you buy a Honda Grom,will allow you to ride thiselectric thing with wheels218 miles per hour.Is 218 miles per hour even that fast?You're telling me that since 1949,we've only gained 68 miles per hour.That's like one mile per houraway from being hilarious.Well guess what you freaking sickos,if speed is what youwant then here you go.I have a few bikes they're even faster.I hope you're happy becausethese next couple of bikesare perverted!In 2015,& Kawasaki released the Ninja H2compared to the Ninjafrom the 20th century,this thing is lighter,stiffer, more comfortableAnd it has a fricking superchargeof a top speed, 186.4.Yes, that's right.The gentleman's agreementstill stands with mostof the Japanese manufacturerseven to this day.So why am I even mentioning this bike?Well, because Kawasaki madeone with an R at the end of it.And R as we all know, stands for Race.It makes 310 horsepower,more than a Moto GP bike.Kawasaki makes owners swearthat they'll only drive it on the track,even though it's streetlegal and there's absolutelyno warranty available for it.However Kawasaki willsell you this motorcyclethat hits a maximum velocity.You guys ready?249 miles per hour on a bicycle.That's number two, we got another one leftand it's way faster.Remember how the first bike onthis list was the Rolls Royceof motorcycles.Well this final bike literallyhas a Rolls Royce engine,but not from a car fromfricking worldly birds.It's got Rolls-Roycehelicopter engine in it guys.Allow me to introduce the MTT 420RR,A street legal turbine engine motorcycle.Alright, turbine enginesaren't really usedin cars or motorcyclesfor pretty good reasons.They're very impractical,but you know what else is impractical?A 420 horsepower jet bike that costsa quarter of a milliondollars and runs on kerosene.How fast is it?I don't even want to tellyou because it makes me more.It makes me absolutely sick,but unfortunately I have no choiceif I don't finish the episode.I am in breach of contract with Maxand he'll sue the pantsoff me and I need my pants.This ridiculous bike apparentlyhas a top speed of 273 miles per hour.Why?- Are you one of the millions of peoplestruggling to stay warmby lathering hot beansall of your body?Are you tired of peoplejudging you for wearing beansand constantly feeling a little sticky?Introducing 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