Baddest straightline mofo out of the box?
Toss up between the Busa and the ZX12R.
Honda's XX always gave a few mph away to the GSXR1300 and the ZX12.
Yamaha have never really had an all out MPH king.
20 years ago, Honda ruled for a short time with the CBR1000 Aero, but Kawasakis GPZ1000RX (the TRex
) toppled that horse cart when it blasted onto the scene.
That was really the start of the all out MPH race and just when the FZR1000 and GSXR1100 thought they had Kawasaki beat, the ZX10 arrive. In those years the CBR900 never really had the legs to run for top MPH honours stock.
Until the Hyabusa showed up Kawasaki pretty much had free reign for probably 10 years.