Pumping up cars with terrific horsepower is a beloved hobby of many sports and supercar makers. The world today is laden with many examples of cars that achieved unimaginable feats with crazy power that enables them to perform incredible stunts.

The same cannot be said about the world of motorcycles. There are not as many powerful motorbikes in the world and you might exhaust the list with your fingers alone. This is mainly attributed to safety concerns. Motorcycles are swift and sharp. It’s not easy to load them with the same safety features such as airbags found in cars. Pumping too much power in them makes them a double-edged sword.

This notwithstanding, there are bikes in the world carrying so much power that you will always be tempted to test how fast they can go. One admirable feature of the world’s most potent motorbikes such as Kawasakis and Ducatis is that they are beautiful creations impressive to the eye.

There is also a natural expectation that powerful bikes are expensive. But every rider finds a way of balancing the cost of buying and maintaining their motorcycles. This means that the flexibility on the overall cost is precisely something motorcycle owners have control over. To a reasonable extent, this is also true about the safety of a rider. Your efforts to keep safe, whether riding a powerful or less powerful bike, help you achieve your ownership purpose.

In this post, we look into some of the most insanely overpowered motorcycles in the world. Let’s take a ride.

10  2007 Rapom V8 - 1,000 HP

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A bike that gulps alcohol from a humongous 8.2-liter supercharged V8 engine should be cause for alarm. It’s the kind of thing you want to evaluate from every angle and, more importantly, understand exactly what the builder had in mind. But we now know what British engineer Nick Argyle was thinking when he built the Rapom V8 motorcycle. He had just dispossessed off the chassis of his monster truck and had an engine in his hands. With a bit of encouragement from his wife, he went ahead to build an absolutely insanely powered motorcycle called the Rapom V8.

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The Rapom V8 bike sips nothing but alcohol, enabling it to hit a staggering 1,200 hp. It weighs about 900 pounds (450kg) and sprints from 0-60 mph in just 2 seconds.

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9  2003 Dodge 8300 Tomahawk - 500 HP

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The Dodge Tomahawk caused a bit of confusion in its classification as a car or a motorbike. With its four wheels, this was not unexpected. It’s a single-passenger motorcycle built to captivate, charm, and enchant. Created by Chrysler under Dodge, the impact of the company’s insightful approach to vehicles is well pronounced.

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This motorcycle carries a Viper V-10 engine that generates 500-horsepower. It was first showcased at the 2003 North American International Auto Show and instantly caught the public's attention. Weighing about 680kg (1,500 pounds), it’s a true definition of extreme.

8 2017 MTT 420 RR-420

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When you fit a helicopter engine into a motorbike, you expect nothing but exceptional performance. The 2017 MTT 420 RR stands as evidence that it’s indeed possible to get unprecedented power into a bike. It carries a Rolls-Royce Allison Model 250-C18 gas turbine engine. It’s this jet engine that propelled the bike to nearly 227 mph (365 kph) and that’s how it becomes the fastest production motorcycle in its season. It’s paired to a 2-speed automatic gearbox, and this combination makes it generate 420 hp.

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Marine Turbine Technologies isn’t new to the world of hefty machines. They are the creators of the famous Y2K superbikes of the early 2000s. The RR in the 2017 motorbike stands for Race Ready, and this bike is meant to do some amazing theatrics on the road.

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7 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2R - 326 HP

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Among Kawasakis, the H2 is a respected motorbike for its acrobatic abilities. But the H2R is in a class of its own, and it's not surprising that it’s a track-only machine for more experienced and daring riders.

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Delivering 300 HP, the Kawasaki Ninja H2R packs enough power to compete ably with lots of other players in its league and beyond. This horsepower is at least 50% above the most powerful street-legal bikes. It weighs a commendable 476 lbs or 215kg. Hot Cars reported earlier that the 2020 H2R managed 209.442 mph. Yet, with all these talents, this bike remains an eye-candy object to posses

6 MTT Y2K Turbine Superbike - 320 HP

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MTT got into the habit of producing some immensely powerful bikes, and it’s clear they will be doing this for a long time to come. The YK2 Superbike producing a massive 320 hp was just the beginning of a beautiful journey. Along this journey, this bike can push up to 260 mph, yet it is fully allowed to ride on the road. Such practicality is considered genius for good reasons.

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It was initially meant to be a single-speed motorcycle but a second gear was found necessary, much to the appreciation of riders. A ride totally smitten by the Y2K described it as “ the coolest toy man has ever invented.”

5  Munch Mammut - 260 HP

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The collaboration of an experienced CEO Thomas Petsch with a love for motorcycles and a riding legend bore the Munch Mammoth (Mammut). The riding legend was Friedl Munich, a man who had an exciting motorcycling career in the 1960s and a passion for engineering. Several years later, in 2000, this passion bore a bike producing no less than 260 hp. That’s a machine built with ultimate passion. Unfortunately, only 15 bikes were built before the company ceased operations.

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The Munch Mammut carries a four-cylinder turbo engine that raves all the way to 155 mph (250 km/h). With their limited numbers, the Mammuts are classic collectibles worth handsome prices. They were machines built with lots of dedication, and it’s evident in their entire design.

4 2011 FGR FGR Midalu 2500 V6 - 240 HP

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All the way from the Czech Republic comes the FGR Madilu 2500 V6 motorcycle. It kicked off with government support back in 2004 and offered what looked like a very promising alternative to big bike riding.

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Laced with a 6-speed gearbox, which is just good enough for a bike that weighs up to 577.6 pounds, this bike made headlines for the right reasons. This was and remains a very ambitious project for the Czech company and production is in relatively small numbers.

3 2017 Ducati 1299 Panigale Superleggera - 215 HP

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The 1299 was a special project by Ducati unveiled at the 2016 EICMA (Milan Motorcycle Show). With just 500 of them being built, the company claimed nearly all of them had been booked before the launch. It remains a machine with distinct abilities and a well-rounded product.

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This motorbike became the first-ever motorcycle to carry a carbon fiber, subframe, swingarm, and wheels. It was also given Brembo discs and Brembo M50 calipers. The engine is made lighter by making use of titanium connecting rods. It pulls 215 hp and 108 pound-feet of torque. It was Ducati’s most powerful twin-cylinder engine when this bike was released.

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2 2020 Suzuki GSX-R1000R 190 HP

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The GSX series continues to be one of Suzuki’s most enviable class of sporty bikes. It’s powered by an inline four-cylinder engine that is liquid-cooled. This engine has been pushed upwards from 185 ponies to 190 horsepower for 2020 and 86.3 pound-feet.

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Suzuki knows how to fold beauty and performance into one machine and they’ve done exactly that in the GSX-R1000. A motorbike pushing anything above 150 hp on the road is a daring monster and this one is proudly doing magic on the road.

1 2017 Aprilia 1000 RSV4 RR - 201 HP

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Aprilia upgraded their RSV4 series to add up to 16 ponies and make it produce 201 hp. Continuous upgrades have made this bike an enviable success for nearly a decade and it has managed to compete ably with the likes of the BMW 1000R.

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Some commentators note that Aprilia doesn’t get the attention it deserves in markets such as the United States. This notwithstanding, Aprilia bikes have turned out to be substantially powerful bikes that are capable of taking competitors head-on.

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