There was an arms race for decades in the motorcycle industry. Each and every year, manufacturers would outdo each other with more horsepower, more torque, more aero and, generally, more everything.
You couldn't shake a stick without hitting some 1000cc daemon brought forth into this realm ala some Satanic ritual from the likes of Ducati, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, BMW, or Aprilia. These bikes were, and are, still cool, as the technological advancements they brought to the industry and to motorcycles are interesting, exciting, and will warp your sense of speed so much so that your brain will have to rewire what the word speed means.
