Hayabusa the fastest sport bike

The Suzuki Hayabusa (or GSX1300R ) is a sport bike motorcycle made by Suzuki since 1999. It immediately won acclaim as the world's fastest production motorcycle , with a top speed of 188 to 194 miles per hour (303 to 312 km/h). Hayabusa ( 隼 ? ) is Japanese for " peregrine falcon ", a bird that often serves as a metaphor for speed due to its vertical hunting dive, or stoop , speed of 180 to 202 miles per hour (290 to 325 km/h), the fastest of any bird. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In particular, the choice of name was made because the peregrine falcon preys on blackbirds , [ 8 ] which reflected the intent of the original Hayabusa to unseat the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird as the world's fastest production motorcycle. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Eventually, the Hayabusa managed to surpass the Super Blackbird by at least a full 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). [ 4 ] [ 12 ] The media-reported value for the speed agreement in miles per hour was consistently 186 mph, while in kilometers per hour it varied from 299 to 303 km/h, which is typical given unit conversion rounding errors. This figure may also be affected by a number of external factors, [ 13 ] as can the power and torque values. [ 14 ] In 2000, fears of a European regulatory backlash or import ban [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] led to an informal agreement between the Japanese and European manufacturers to limit the top speed of their motorcycles at an arbitrary limit. [ 18 ] The conditions under which this limitation was adopted led to the 1999–2000 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Hayabusa's title remaining, at least technically, unassailable, since no subsequent model could go faster without being tampered with. [ 19 ] Thus, after the much anticipated [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R of 2000 fell 4 mph (6 km/h) short of claiming the title, the Hayabusa secured its place as the fastest standard production bike of the 20th century. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] This gives the unrestricted 1999–2000 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] models even more cachet with collectors. [ 26 ] Besides its speed, the Hayabusa has been lauded by many reviewers for its all-round performance, in that it does not drastically compromise other qualities like handling, comfort, reliability, noise, fuel economy or price in pursuit of a single function. [ 5 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Jay Koblenz of Motorcycle Consumer News commented, "If you think the ability of a motorcycle to approach 190 mph or reach the quarter-mile in under 10 seconds is at best frivolous and at worst offensive, this still remains a motorcycle worthy of just consideration. The Hayabusa is Speed in all its glory