The Fastest Superbikes Of All Time – For as long as motorcycles have existed, riders have wanted to go faster on them. However, riding fast can mean many things, including lap times, acceleration or top speed. Of these, top speed is the most easily comparable metric and is also used by record reviewers to determine a motorcycle’s land speed record. These record-breaking machines can reach speeds far beyond anything a production bike can achieve, but even reaching the top speeds of today’s best superbikes requires a level of skill and courage far beyond that of the average rider.
Measuring the top speed of the fastest production motorcycles is not an exact science – some manufacturers choose not to publish top speed figures, and not all officially published top speeds match what riders can achieve in the real world. Nevertheless, these twelve motorcycles proved to be some of the fastest motorcycles …