Most powerful motorcycles

Top 40 most powerful bikes ever made. Updated May 2025.

Progress in motorcycle engines has been dramatic over the past few decades. Precise computer-aided design, manufacturing, material science and improved lubrication have allowed motorcycle engines to reliably operate at very high RPM. Advanced fuel injection and increase in compression ratio has also lifted torque output per each revolution.

Due to lower load and endurance requirements over the lifetime of average motorcycle, these small engines can achieve very high specific output, without compromising service intervals.

Some manufacturers, namely Kawasaki, are even offering supercharged motorcycle engines, producing more than 230 horsepower and enough torque to rival even some small car engines.

Traditional motorcycle manufacturers are also entering the electric vehicle market, where specialist manufacturers have already been experimenting for several years and now are achieving torque and power rivaling best combustion engines.

# make & model Power (hp)▼ Image
1. 2016 MADMAX Turbine Bike 542 Photo of 2016 MADMAX Turbine Bike
2. 2019 Marine Turbine Technologies 420 RR 416 Photo of 2019 Marine Turbine Technologies 420 RR
3. 2014 PGM V8 334 Photo of 2014 PGM V8
4. 2015 Honda RC213V 252 Photo of 2015 Honda RC213V
5. 2014 Honda RC213V 252 Photo of 2014 Honda RC213V
6. 2013 Honda RC213V 252 Photo of 2013 Honda RC213V
7. 2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 248 Photo of 2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR
8. 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R 241 Photo of 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R
9. 2006 Ilmor X3 240 Photo of 2006 Ilmor X3
10. 2002 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 240 Photo of 2002 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR
11. 2002 Gurney Instigator 238 Photo of 2002 Gurney Instigator
12. 2014 Honda RCV1000R 237 Photo of 2014 Honda RCV1000R
13. 2015 Suzuki GSX-RR 232 Photo of 2015 Suzuki GSX-RR
14. 2020 Ducati Superleggera V4 231 Photo of 2020 Ducati Superleggera V4
15. 2020 Bimota Tesi H2 228 Photo of 2020 Bimota Tesi H2
16. 2021 Kawasaki Ninja H2 228 Photo of 2021 Kawasaki Ninja H2
17. 2014 Suzuki GSX-RR 227 Photo of 2014 Suzuki GSX-RR
18. 2011 Honda RC212V 227 Photo of 2011 Honda RC212V
19. 2003 Moriwaki MD211VF 226 Photo of 2003 Moriwaki MD211VF
20. 2002 Suzuki GSV-R XRE0 225 Photo of 2002 Suzuki GSV-R XRE0
21. 2003 Suzuki GSV-R XRE1 225 Photo of 2003 Suzuki GSV-R XRE1
22. 2011 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2 225 Photo of 2011 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2
23. 2010 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2 225 Photo of 2010 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2
24. 2009 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2 225 Photo of 2009 Suzuki GSV-R XRG2
25. 2008 Suzuki GSV-R XRG1 225 Photo of 2008 Suzuki GSV-R XRG1
26. 2007 Suzuki GSV-R XRG0 225 Photo of 2007 Suzuki GSV-R XRG0
27. 2006 Suzuki GSV-R XRE4 225 Photo of 2006 Suzuki GSV-R XRE4
28. 2005 Suzuki GSV-R XRE3 225 Photo of 2005 Suzuki GSV-R XRE3
29. 2004 Suzuki GSV-R XRE2 225 Photo of 2004 Suzuki GSV-R XRE2
30. 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 S 225 Photo of 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 S
31. 2010 Honda RC212V 222 Photo of 2010 Honda RC212V
32. 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R 218 Photo of 2019 Ducati Panigale V4 R
33. 1981 Alfa Romeo KM37 217 Photo of 1981 Alfa Romeo KM37
34. 2009 Honda RC212V 217 Photo of 2009 Honda RC212V
35. 2025 BMW M1000RR 215 Photo of 2025 BMW M1000RR
36. 2020 Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade 215 Photo of 2020 Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade
37. 2020 Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade SP 215 Photo of 2020 Honda CBR 1000 RR-R Fireblade SP
38. 2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory 214 Photo of 2019 Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory
39. 2024 Ducati Panigale V4 S 213 Photo of 2024 Ducati Panigale V4 S
40. 2024 Ducati Panigale V4 213 Photo of 2024 Ducati Panigale V4

Sources

All data sourced from manufacturer's official figures.

List authored by Christian Zelcs. Last updated on 05/23/2025, last addition - Gurney Instigator.