Nurburgring bike lap times RC30 still hot

[cheshirecat]

Motorcycles

Racing
Length Time Make Model Rider Date Source Notes
20,832 m 7:49.71 Honda RC30 Helmut Dähne 23 May 1993 [54] [55] [56] As motorcycle contests were discontinued after 1994, this remains the fastest officially timed motorcycle lap ever on the 20,832 m variant (159.7 km/h). Done in a single lap time trial run during Zuverlässigkeitsfahrt series on road legal VFR750R RC30 and Metzeler ME Z1 tires.
22,835 m 8:22.2 Suzuki 500 Marco Lucchinelli 24 August 1980 [57] [58] [59] 1980 German motorcycle Grand Prix (163.6 km/h), fastest motorcycle lap even on 22,835 m variant, last Moto-GP held there
Length Time Make Model Rider Date Source Notes
19,100 m 7:17.0 P3 Suzuki GSXR600K7 Andy "AndyPath" Carlile n/a Fast Bikes Magazine March 2009 Road legal project. Built by Richard Vanags at P3 Unlimited for Fast Bikes Magazine. Based on a Suzuki GSXR 600K7.
19,100 m 7:21.8 MV Agusta F4 R 312 Andy "AndyPath" Carlile 15 Oct 2007 Performance Bikes Magazine January 2008 n/a
19,100 m 7:28.8 Yamaha YZF-R1 "The Baron" n/a Performance Bikes Magazine October 2007 n/a
7:32.1 Yamaha YZF-R1 Brendan Keirle n/a Sliders Guest House video lap Aug 2006 n/a
7:32.6 Aprilia RSV1000R Factory "The Baron" n/a Reported in PB Magazine August 2007 n/a
7:35.7 Suzuki GSX-R1000K7 Dale Lomas (Ex-Roadtest Editor of Performance Bikes Magazine) n/a [60] n/a
7:50 Suzuki GSX-R1000 vs Aprilia RSV1000R Fausto "Faustone" Severi & Helmut Dähne 2002 [61] n/a
Length Time Make Model Rider Date Source Notes
20,832 m 8:12.62 Honda CBR1000RR Helmut Dähne September 2007 [62] Comparison with Ferrari Enzo (7:25.3)

[imdying]

As motorcycle contests were discontinued after 1994, this remains the fastestSays it all really :(

[MaxB]

Helmut Dähne was a works rider for BMW and he has some ridiculous times for the older twins. Superquick times on bikes with fook all power.

The Ring is definitely a learned course. One guy briefly held a record on an R65 (all 50hp of it). Turns out he was a course riding instructor.

AFAIK the RC30 record is for the Nordschleife, still in use today (but not the remodelled F1 track). A great bike in its time, the unkitted Honda put out about 110 hp. Compared to a ZX10 or Gixxer, its pretty tame.