Seventeen years ago, when the world was fixated on
the Y2K bug, a little-known company dubbed Marine Turbine Technologies (MTT)
started to build its turbine-powered superbike, appropriately dubbed the Y2K.
Fitted with a 320 hp turbine engine from a
helicopter, the Y2K Turbine Superbike had a top speed of around 227 mph and
become familiar to gearheads around the world thanks to Jay Leno, the owner of
the first-ever production Y2K.
Fast forward to 2017 and MTT is back with another
turbine bike, this time dubbed the 420RR. Motorcycle News reports that the bike
will spit out an extraordinary 420 hp and 600 lb-ft of torque at 6,000 rpm
thanks to its Rolls-Royce Allison 250-C20B engine. Although MTT is still developing
the bike, it has every chance of become the world’s fastest production bike and
could become the latest toy for the Jay Leno’s of the world.
