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Energica Ego+ RS

Energica limits the Ego+ RS to 240 km/h. The page's 150 mph is that limiter rounded, not a second figure.

Also known as Ego+ RS, Energica Ego
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Top speed

Published as 240 km/hPublished as 240 km/hPublished as 240 km/h

Energica states a limited maximum of 240 km/h for the Ego, including the Ego+ RS. The same page prints 150 mph beside 240 km/h. 240 km/h is 149.1 mph, so 150 mph is Energica's rounding of that limiter and is not a second measurement. A 0–100 km/h time printed as 0–60 mph is not stored.

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In context

  • 2.3× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • A football field in 1.4 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 23 h 13 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

This list

Why it's so fast

A motorcycle is fast because the air only has to get around a rider and a fairing, not a cabin. The engine still has to stay in its power band, and many of the big numbers are factory limiters.

  1. A small hole in the air

    Less frontal area means less drag for a given speed. The rider's tuck is part of the shape. A sitting-up test is a different motorcycle.

  2. Limiters are common

    A published top speed on a modern sport bike is often an electronic cap the makers agreed to, not the speed the engine would reach with the cap removed.

The capped one people mean is the Suzuki Hayabusa.

This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 240km/h149mph66.7m/s130knRanked figure

    Energica states a limited maximum of 240 km/h for the Ego, including the Ego+ RS. The same page prints 150 mph beside 240 km/h. 240 km/h is 149.1 mph, so 150 mph is Energica's rounding of that limiter and is not a second measurement. A 0–100 km/h time printed as 0–60 mph is not stored.

    Claimed
    Energica (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Model
Ego+ RS
Limiter
240 km/h
Not ranked
A 0–100 km/h time labeled as 0–60

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