Have you heard of Ghost Rider? Not the comic book character that was turned into a movie starring Nicolas Cage last year, the other Ghost Rider, Patrik Furstenhoff, Swedish motorcycle stuntman extraordinaire. The Ghost Rider video series features some of the most extreme motorcycle action that you will ever see. In part of the 2002 release, Ghost Rider: the Final Ride, the 70km from Stockholm to Uppsala is covered in 14 minutes 55 seconds. His bike of choice, you guessed it, a Suzuki Hayabusa. The bike used in the videos was heavily modified in order to average a speed of 276 km/h (168 mph) for the entire trip.
To get an idea of the speed and power that is involved; the 2007 Suzuki Hayabusa 1300 had an unlimited top speed of 315 km/h. The 2008 model is 1340cc and features 12% higher engine performance from its four stroke, four cylinder, liquid cooled engine. With a dry weight (no fuel) of 220 kg, this is a monster. This is the bike to drive if you want to leave a Ferrari in your rearview. A turbocharged version set the street bike speed record of 411.68km/h. Just remember, at over 300 km/h with no seatbelts, airbags, roll cage or vehicle body to protect you, your body is the crumple zone and inertia is not your friend. If you have the skills and the insurance to handle one of these, you are in for a wild, wild time.
Price: $11999 (about $150,000 cheaper than a Ferrari)
Sources: The Knee Slider, Ghost Rider
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Aug 3, 2007 at 10:01 am
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Aug 4, 2007 at 12:27 am
[...] pounds and goes from 0-50 miles per hour in “a flash.†This is not a bike to compete with the 2008 Suzuki Hayabusa; it is, however, an extremely cheap way to commute. It costs less than a cent per mile. It [...]
Mar 7, 2008 at 4:00 pm
ITS HARD BUT WAT TILL I GET MINE
Aug 12, 2008 at 4:58 am
hi all, i’m from Viet Nam. I see this picture that guy sit on the bike in a showroom? anybody please tell me where is the showroom? and how,where can i buy that yellow bike? please show me the way… thanks to everybody. love!
Oct 9, 2008 at 5:18 am
hi this a fabulous bike i like to have …..
Sep 8, 2009 at 11:01 am
The bike that Ghostrider used for the “Uppsala Run” was a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K5, tricked out yes but not like his monster machine, the hayabusa…brutally fast, but certainly not agile like the gsx-r, his bike of choice for carving around traffic…check it out…it has a pretty impressive list of high-end mods. Carbon fiber everything, and the best mechanicals in the world…light and agile…The King Kong Hayabusa would probably have run out of fuel anyways before the run was over anyway.
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