Sports motorcycles have something enigmatic, like acceleration, laser-like precise handling, minimalistic momentum, agility, etc.
Since the beginning, motorcycle brands have competed in the consumer market and on professional racing tracks.
Regardless of aesthetics, marketing, and brand equity, superbike engineering’s true potential can only be displayed on tracks.
Thanks to the premier class of motorcycle racing events like MotoGP, WorldSBK, and road racing events like the Isle of Man TT for showing us what these modern engineering marvels can do if throttled up freely.
But speed comes at a price; these motorcycles are also some of the costliest and potentially dangerous vehicles you can buy.
If you are a biker by heart and afford them or want to know more, here is the list of the top 10 fastest bikes in the world in 2024:
10. Suzuki GSX-R1000R
The GSX-R1000 was introduced in 2001 to replace the GSX-R1100.
The Suzuki GSX-R1000R is a special edition sport bike with a 199 horsepower inline four-cylinder engine featuring Suzuki’s Variable Valve Timing (VVT) system.
The bike also features several high-end components, including a bi-directional quick shifter, lean angle-sensitive 10-mode traction control and ABS, launch control, three power modes, and a Yoshimura exhaust with an R11 silencer.
The GSX-R1000R is visually distinctive with gloss black decals, contrasting gold wheels, and gold Showa Balance Free front forks.
It has a lower primary gear ratio for stronger acceleration, as well as Showa’s more premium Balance Free Front Fork (BFF) and Balance Free Rear Cushion Light (BFRC-Lite).
The motorcycle is technologically advanced and features several unique technologies, such as the Motion Track Brake System, Launch Control Mode, and Bi-directional Quick Shift System, making it stand out from other sport bikes on the market.
9. MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR 2023
The MV Agusta Brutale 1000 RR is a powerful and stylish hyper-naked model.
It features a 1000cc inline four-cylinder engine with titanium valves and con rods, producing 208 horsepower.
It has optimized torque at medium/low rpm for improved efficiency.
The Brutale 1000 RR has an eye-catching aesthetic, described as “muscly, angry looking” like a “gym junkie in a dinner suit.”
It is one of the most expensive mass-produced naked bikes on the planet, costing $33,800.
Although this world top speed bike boasts a top speed that ranks among the best in the world, its raw and muscular design comes at the expense of practicality, making it excessively aggressive for everyday use.
Despite this, it offers excellent high-speed manners when tucking into a crouch and slicing through corners.
The Brutale 1000 RS comes with a conventional single-piece seat and more real-world functionality for those who want something more traditionally crafted.
8. Ducati Panigale V4 R
The 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R is one of the fastest street bike with a powerful Desmosedici Stradale R engine that can produce up to 240.5 hp.
The Panigale V4 R variant is the closest production model to a competition motorcycle with technological features derived from MotoGP and WorldSBK Championship bikes.
It features advanced components such as titanium connecting rods, pistons with DLC surface treatment, new piston geometry, an aggressive intake cam profile, gearbox ratios from World Superbike bikes, and a lighter dry clutch.
It also has updated Quick Shift software and an adjustable suspension system for improved riding dynamics.
The Panigale V4 R features a mechanically adjustable suspension system, which includes an Öhlins pressurized fork and shock absorber for optimal performance.
Additionally, it has a single-sided rear swingarm made of aluminum, which contributes to its overall strength and stability.
It also has a 4.5-gallon fuel tank with a profile that optimizes support for the rider’s arms and legs when braking and cornering.
Ducati offers various accessories for the bike, such as Akrapovič titanium complete exhaust systems and lighter magnesium rims.
7. Yamaha YZF-R1
The Yamaha YZF-R1 is the company’s flagship motorcycle, offering riders a rare opportunity to experience the thrill of MotoGP DNA on a street-legal bike.
This bike is renowned for its impressive performance, generating a peak power of 197.2 BHP and a torque of 112.4 Nm, thanks to its advanced four-inline 998cc petrol engine.
The R1’s aluminum chassis with a diamond structure provides excellent strength and rigidity, while the forward telescopic forks and backward double swing leg suspension system ensure controlled stability and precise handling.
The bike’s advanced electronics package includes a six-axis IMU, traction control, and wheelie control, providing riders with a high level of customization and control.
6. Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade
The CBR1000RR Fireblade is Honda’s flagship sports bike for the masses, bringing racetrack technology to the road.
Since the 2019 version, the fastest honda motorcycle has now improved in power and innovation.
It receives a range of most advanced racing elements like Wheelie Control, Rear Lift Control, Powerful Engine, Braking, Riding Mode Select System, Power Selection, and a new ABS gyroscopic mechanism.
The new CBR1000RR weighs 195 kg using magnesium and other lightweight materials, about 15 kg lighter than the previous one.
Honda also has the CBR1000RR Fireblade SP besides the standard model with extra facilities such as semi-active Ohlins Electronic Control (SEC) steering at both sides and Brembo four-piston Monoblock radial calipers with high-performance brake pads.
It’s been a long time since Fireblade has retained its position in MotoGP & market with the new 1000RR as one of the finest and best bikes in the world.
Honda will update the CBR1000RR with a new name, CBR1000RR-R, for 2020, with redesigned upgraded bodywork and a new engine based on RC213V MotoGP technology.
5. Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory
The Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory is a 217-hp street-legal motorcycle that weighs just 445 pounds, giving it an impressive weight-to-power ratio of 2.1:1.
This makes it one of the lightest and highest-speed bikes in the world.
The Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory is faster than the other Aprilias because of its increased engine displacement from 1078cc to 1099cc, which provides more power and torque.
It has a powerful engine with over 217 horsepower and is equipped with advanced electronics such as the Bosch 6-axis IMU and APRC (Aprilia Performance Ride Control) system.
It also features an adjustable aluminum chassis, quicker steering geometry, a braced swingarm, longer travel suspension, Sachs suspension, a nonadjustable steering damper, and cast alloy wheels.
The bike has revised bodywork with a larger windscreen and new winglets built into the double wall, fairing for more wind protection.
4. BMW S1000RR
Unlike Japanese big automotive brands, BMW Motorrad receives its racing DNA technology directly from its parent corporation, BMW.
BMW S1000RR’s top speed is 303 kph (188.2 mph), making it the fastest BMW bike.
So far, BMW has had an eye for advanced aerodynamics for this version’s new feel.
The solution was a new 2019 S 1000 RR, an entirely restructured motorcycle from its previous editions.
THE 2019 BMW S1000RR’s most prominent element includes twin LED projector headlamps with LED DRLs, which substitute for the unique asymmetric headlamps its predecessors used to have.
This engine is a newly developed, four-cylinder piston inline 999cc engine. The engine produces a 13,500rpm 204 HP and 113Nm of torque at 11,000rpm.
Thanks to smaller engine parts and exhaust systems, the new version weighs around 197kg (11 kg lighter).
3. Suzuki Hayabusa 2022
Suzuki’s flagship, the big daddy Hayabusa, is probably the most popular bike globally that is still in production in 2024.
Hayabusa also has been the fastest production motorcycle for a long time before Suzuki’s rival launched our top two-speed bikes.
Hayabusa’s twin headlamps are stacked vertically, and that’s how you instantly recognize the boss of superbikes on the streets.
Suzuki has updated it for the 2023 model year with three new colorways and no mechanical changes.
The bike is powered by a 1340 cc in-line four-cylinder liquid-cooled DOHC motor that puts out 190 PS of power at 9,700 rpm, and 150 Nm of torque at 7,000 rpm.
It features an advanced version of the Suzuki Intelligent Ride System (S.I.R.S.) with electronic rider aids such as Cruise Control and Bi-directional Quick Shift.
The 2023 Hayabusa is offered in a trio of two-tone body color schemes: Pearl Vigor Blue/Pearl Brilliant White, Metallic Mat Black No. 2 & Glass Sparkle Black, and Metallic Thunder Gray & Candy Daring Red.
No mechanical changes have been made to the bike, but it continues to be the flagship model of Suzuki’s motorcycle division.
2. Lightning LS-218
The Silicon Valley brand Lightning Motorcycles has launched a fully functioning motorcycle focusing on electric superbikes.
Brand’s flagship, Lightning LS-218, has been in production since 2014 and is engineered, designed, and produced in the US.
Since 2014, Lightning LS-218 has been the fastest electric motorcycle, with a top speed of 218mph.
The electric motor is a liquid-cooled IPM unit (Interior Permanent Magnet) with a capacity of 150kW, a torque of 228Nm, and 203PS power.
That’s hyperbike territory!
This Superbike is to Ducatis and Kawasakis of this world, just as the Tesla Roadster is to Bugatti’s Chiron.
This means that all-electronic power is used at its best, with unrelenting speed and torque in a package that always delivers huge benefits, efficiency, and economic and environmental efficiency.
Perhaps the first to define the electric revolution.
1. Kawasaki Ninja H2R
Street legal H2:
Kawasaki Ninja H2R is the fastest bike in the world in 2024, holding the speed record of reaching the speed of 400kmph (250mph) in record-breaking 26 seconds.
The combined lightweight and powerful engine of the track-only variant Kawasaki is the pinnacle of the engineering marvel that the world hasn’t seen before.
Because of the overwhelming power, this liter-class model was a purely track-only motorcycle, not legal on public roads, and is the only bike to get supercharging technology on track.
Thankfully, there is a street-legal variant, Kawasaki Ninja H2, and a highly rigid, lightweight CFRP trim, Ninja H2 Carbon.
Considering legality, Kawasaki Ninja H2 is the fastest street-legal motorcycle you could own.
But even so, Ninja H2R is 50 percent powerful and has a 5mm shorter wheelbase than the regular street-legal H2, which produces 197BHP of power.
It looks like an astonishing piece of a motorcycle museum; H2R’s devilish engine produces over 310 horsepower.
However, there is an honorable mention, You guessed it right, MTT Turbine Superbike Y2K.
We did not include it as the world’s no. 1 bike because of street legality, usage issues, and factual grounds.
This motorcycle is equipped with a helicopter jet turboshaft engine capable of producing astonishing 420HP power with a top speed of 250 mph.
It can outperform any of the above top 10 bikes in world.
It can work with any thick fuel like kerosene, diesel & all biofuels as it is a turbine jet engine.
But you might question,
How fast can a motorcycle go?
Considering the fastest land-speed record ever achieved by a two-wheeler, the world record goes to The TOP 1 Ack Attack.
A specially built land-speed streamliner motorcycle was recorded as the fastest motorcycle in March 2013, which officially recorded a top speed of 634.217 kph (394.084 mph).
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Man all those super bikes make my mouth watered. But why people prefer BMW S1000R ? i see most people prefer to it.
It’s the technical aspects that make it so special
because is tecnologe of BMW you now BMW is most popular brand of Cares and now is most brand of Bikes Like…S1000RR
S1000RR IS MY FAVORITE BIKE
KAWASAKI NINJA H2 NORMAL NOT H2R KAWASAKI H2 DRY WEIGHT IS 240 KG IS NOT FOE TRACK BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO MOVE THE HANDEL IS NOT EASY IS NOT FOR TRACK
1:KAWASAKI NINJA H2R IS (PRODUCTION) FASTEST BIKE IN THE WORLD….HE HAVE 310 HP
2:BMW S1000RR IS SECOND FASTEST (PRODUCTION) BIKE IN THE WORLD… HE HAVE 204 HP
I wish i can buy Kawasaki Ninja H2
nice post know the expensive bikes
Dodge tomahawk, hayabusa n ninja h2 are beasts among all motorcycles
Where is the 2000 Kawasaki ZX12R
A 2000 Kawasaki ZX12R will do 192mph stock & 199 mph pipe only, in less than ideal conditions. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2000/08/25aug00muzzyszx12/
If you’ll allow me a moment back in 1966/’67, I was with Kawasaki. We came with the “Mach lll”, a
3 cylinder, 500cc, 2 stroke that cleaned all that came. Up at Reno, which is close to 5000 feet elevation, we took it thru thru clocks at 143. Consider, & that was last Sunday. LOL
I really hope that I can get one of these guys. If I succeed, no one can stop me for the world Race matches.
The H2R is not street legal… the H2 is. The top speeds listed on these bikes seems very arbitrary. A number of them seem to be based on the self-regulation top speed of 300 kph/186 mph, and a number of them don’t. It’s not really comparing apples with apples…
i want to say one more thing that 1st fastest bike is dodge tomahawk
Its only claimed by its brand, Dodge. I would have happily ranked this motorcycle on top, if there are any proofs or evidence claiming it. As a engineer, I think its not possible that a bike with such aerodynamics, extremely bulky (& 8.5 litre big) engine, and 700 kg weight would even cross 200 kph let alone 400 kph speed record.
https://wonderfulengineering.com/a-closer-look-at-dodge-tomahawk-in-high-resolution-pictures/
Dodge Tomahawk is 500 BHP… So yeah, it will do 400 MPH!
Which is the fastest 1000 cc racing motorcycle
Still, Kawasaki H2R, overall but if you want to know about pure racing motorcycle,
Ducati Desmosedici is the fastest MotoGP motorcycle with a top speed record of 356.7 km/h (221.6 mph)
very nice blog Kawasaki Ninja 300 and KTM RC 390 is my fav in top fastest motorcycles
Why did you not include Ducati Panigale V4?
Ducati Panigale V4 R is much faster motorcycle
Honda CBR1100XX challenged Ninjas as the world’s fastest production motorcycle. This beast also inspired Suzuki to introduce Hayabusa
Unlike Dodge Tomahawk, Triumph Rocket 3 has the biggest engine of any production motorcycle, and it’s real.
No one can beat Kawasaki Ninja H2R. Fastest Bike in the World.
In 1958 (AD) I bot a 203cc, single ohc, blue Ducati. I raced it at 5 West Coast tracks of which only Laguna Seca is left. The old “Riverside, Goleta, Colton, Stockton, airport, & “I forgot”, are gone. They were all great because of the guys and Mary Magee that I raced against. The Ducati, down the back straight at Riverside went thru the clocks at nearly 75 mph. After 3 yrs we had it up to 95/96 or 97 depending on who you talked with, LOL.