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LiveWire One

LiveWire states 177 km/h for LiveWire One. The page's 3-second 0–60 claim is not a magazine test.

Also known as LiveWire ONE
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Top speed

Published as 177 km/hPublished as 177 km/hPublished as 177 km/h

LiveWire states a top speed of 177 km/h for LiveWire One. A claimed 0–60 mph of 3 seconds on the same page is a manufacturer claim, not a magazine test, so it is not on the 0–60 list.

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In context

  • 1.7× 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 1.9 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 31 h 28 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.

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Provenance

Every measurement

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

  1. 177km/h110mph49.2m/s95.6knRanked figure

    LiveWire states a top speed of 177 km/h for LiveWire One. A claimed 0–60 mph of 3 seconds on the same page is a manufacturer claim, not a magazine test, so it is not on the 0–60 list.

    Claimed
    LiveWire (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Model
LiveWire One
Claim
177 km/h
Base MSRP
Base MSRP from manufacturer, MY2026: $13,999
Not ranked
Claimed 3-second 0–60

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