What is the Fastest Production Motorcycle?

The fastest production motorcycle is considered to be the stock motorcycle (unmodified) with the highest top speed that was produced for the mass market during a given year.

Other motorcycles that have been modified or that are produced for track/speed-specific purposes are not considered in the official list.

The fastest productions motorcycles over the years can be found in the table below.

Motorcycle Top Speed Gentlemen’s Agreement

Prompted by pressure from regulators and politicians, there was an unofficial gentlemen’s agreement between some of the major motorcycle manufacturers following the Suzuki’s release of the 1999 Hayabusa.

This gentlemen’s agreement stated that motorcycle produced beginning with model year 2000, would not be able to exceed 200 mph with the tampering with speed limiting unit.

Plenty of non-production motorcycle and track-only motorcycles are built to exceed this 200 mph threshold.

What is the Fastest Motorcycle in the World?

Some of the fastest non-production motorcycle in the world include:

• The Kawasaki Ninja H2R, a limited production model with a top speed of 250 mph.
• The Dodge Tomahawk, a concept motorcycle with a top speed of 420 mph.

How Fast Can a Motorcycle Go?

As you can see from the lists above, motorcycles can be built to go fast.

However, most production bikes that the average motorcyclists rides and buys will typically fall in the top speed range from about 110 to 150 mph.

Motorcycle Land Speed Records

The motorcycle land speed record measures top speed over a fixed distance averaged over two runs in each direction of the course, with other nuanced rules depending on the governing body.

The motorcycles used to achieve these speeds are often heavily modified and are not street legal nor are they produced and sold to the public.

The table below shows the motorcycle top speed records over the years.