02 October 2019

World's Fastest Harley-Davidsons

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Some Harley-Davidson motorcycles are born fast. Others have reached incredible speeds with a bit of tinkering. We’ve scoured the record books and come up with these stand-out superquick Hogs.

Harley-Davidson VRSCR (V Rod)

During its 16-year production lifetime, the 1,247 cc (76.1 cu in) water-cooled 60° V-twin was The Motor Company’s fastest production motorcycle. The venerable US motorcycle publication, Cycle World, timed the V-Rod from 0-60mph at 3.5sec. Compare this to most current 114ci Softails which run mid-4sec times in standard trim. But hold onto your hats, because the new electric LiveWire is going to wipe that slate clean with 0-60mph times as low a 3secs dead. (Think Porsche GT3 or BMW M5)




The fastest street legal (sit-on) Harley-Davidson is almost certainly Hiro Koiso’s 2006 Dyna Super Glide FXD/I which is powered by a 135ci JIMS131 Twin Cam engine modified by T-Man Performance to produce around 400hp.

At the famous Bonneville Speed Trials his team set two new FIM world and four AMA national records in 3000cc Blown classes. That included a one-way top speed of 193.596 mph without fairings!

Koisi’s team created a streamlined body fairing kit that allowed him to reach a staggering speed of 260mph over the measured mile. His aim is to go faster still.




Let’s not forget that in 1970, renowned racer Cal Rayborn rode the 90ci Harley-Davidson Sportster Streamliner (pic above) to set a new land speed record of 265.492 mph on the Utah Bonneville salt flats, a record that remained unbroken until 1975. The streamlined, stiletto-shaped machine was equipped with a Sportster engine that ran on 70 per cent nitro-methane.

Twenty years later, drag racer Dave Campos smashed the motorcycle land speed record with a specially built 7-metre-long bike called the Easyriders Streamliner. This wild machine was powered by two 1500cc Harley-Davidson engines and reached an eye-watering 519.609 km/h (322.870 mph). This record stood for 16 years.



In drag racing, Australian Nitro Harley racer Adam Layton is aiming to break the world record for nitro V-Twin Harleys. The Australian record is the 6.3s time of Mark Drew, while the world record is 6.1s.

While you may not be aiming to break any world records, your Harkey-Heaven dealer can help you with performance parts to put some hurry-up in your Harley-Davidson.

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