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MEGAFAST MOTORCYCLES by John Farndon Illustrated by Mat Edwards and Jeremy Pyke
CONTENTS Megafast Motorcycles That Was How Fast Flying Tomahawk The Dodge Tomahawk Kawasaki’s Ninja of the Night Kawasaki H2 and H2R Ninja Superfast Suzuki Suzuki Hayabusa Shimmering Lotus Lotus C-01 Jet-Powered Stormer MTT Y2K Honda Humdinger Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Electric Lightning Lightning LS-218 On the Fast Track MotoGP Racing Fast and Dirty American Dirt Track Racing Dirt Quick KTM 450 SX-F and Other Dirt Bikes Want to Know More Index and Glossary 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32