Rizla Suzuki Grid Girl, 2007 MotoGP World Championship, Round 7, Catalunya, Spain, 10 June 2007

The highest speed for a MotoGP motorcycle in 125cc category is 249.76 km/h by Valentino Rossi in 1996 for Aprilia and the top speed in the history of MotoGP is 349.288 km/h (217.037 mph), set by Dani Pedrosa riding a Repsol Honda RC212V 800cc during Free Practice 1 at the 2009 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.
The top speed ever achieved in MotoGP was set by Dani Pedrosa in 2009 at the Italian MotoGP: He rode a Repsol Honda RC212V 800cc to 349.288 km/h (217.037 mph).
On December 11, 2009, the Grand Prix Commission announced that the MotoGP class would switch to the 1000 cc motor limit starting in the 2012 season. Maximum displacement will be limited to 1000 cc, maximum cylinders would be limited to 4, and maximum bore would be capped at 81 mm. Carmelo Ezpeleta, the CEO of Dorna Sports indicated that the projected changes were received by the teams favorably.