Suzuki Hayabusa

Suzuki Hayabusa, Koji Yoda for Suzuki
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A motorcycle shaped in the wind tunnel that became the world’s fastest production model.

Hayabusa means peregrine falcon in Japanese. It exceeded 300 kilometres an hour, and the makers then agreed to limit top speeds.

Materials: Aluminium frame, four-cylinder engine

Manufacture: Made in Japan.

The rounded fairing with the headlamps one above the other.

The long, humped tail.