Turbocharged motorcycles come with baggage. Anyone who remembers the early 1980s can picture the bold graphics and the promise of easy speed, followed by the reality: heat, lag, complexity, and price.

The best things in life come in pairs - and so does turbocharging. Two decades after the first turbocharged car, the Oldsmobile Jetfire, Maserati debuted an engine with two turbochargers, which gave ...