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New Hayabusa corners on rails
What do Suzuki's hyperspeed blaster and the latest Japanese bullet train have in common? It's more than just a name...Before those tragic events the train had been making the 675km journey in just over three hours, and was periodically reaching speeds of up to 300km/h. From 2012, pending the recovery of the Japanese economy and the stricken nation's rail infrastructure, engineers hope the train will reach speeds of 320km/h.
The name 'Hayabusa' itself comes from the Japanese term for the peregrin falcon, a creature able to attain speeds of up to 320km/h when diving from great heights towards its prey. While the new train's droopy nose section is a world away from feathers, beaks and talons, it is perhaps a little reminiscent of the wind-cheating bodywork of the Suzuki Hayabusa, which, upon its launch in 1999, was said to be capable of just over 300km/h. That made it the fastest production motorcycle in the world at that time, bettering the top speed of Honda's CBR1100XX Super Blackbird by 16km/h.
The following year an agreement between the major bike manufacturers effectively saw high-speed machines limited to 300km/h, reducing the likelihood of a regulatory backlash against such high performance machines.
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