Honda CBR1100XX, Hyperbike Duly Dethroned Kawasaki’s ZZ R1100 As The King Of Speed

Launched in 1996 and named after the Cold War’s fastest spy plane, the Blackbird was a bold move by Honda from an era when speed was something to shout about. The Blackbird was a bike whose purpose was to transport a rider across vast distances in comfort while doing stratospheric speeds. Something it accomplished, in typical Honda fashion with an incredible amount of style and sophistication. To prove the point the Blackbird had its world press launch at Paul Ricard, famous for its then Mistral Straight, the longest in bike sport. Honda’s new hyperbike duly dethroned Kawasaki’s ZZ R1100 as the king of speed, a title it retained until Suzuki’s Hayabusa came along in 1999 after which the Japanese marques had a gentlemen’s agreement restricting speed to 300 kilometer per hour. However the Blackbird was also much more than just the king of speed, Can you really build a bike with a genuine 170 mil per hour top speed that doesn’t feel like a total hooligan, Honda managed it. The Blackbird is also comfortable, classy, durable and hugely reliable so much so, in fact that after an update in 1999 which brought fuel injection, a larger fuel tank and built in immobiliser, then a final tweak in 2001 which added a catalytic converter, updated dash and slightly taller screen, Honda actually gave up plans to update the bike entirely.
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I remember it had a good run at one nag , 178 vs 176 on the zx11. , thing is the 11 was more consistent on its speed . Most runs on the Honda hot about 174-75, I will say the Honda was better looking !