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The Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird is a
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, part of the CBR series made from 1996 to 2007. The bike was developed to challenge the
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 The ZZ-R1100 or ZX-11 is a sport bike in Kawasaki's Ninja series made from 1990 to 2001, as the successor to the 1988–1990 Tomcat ZX-10. With a top speed of , it was the fastest production motorcycle from its introduction until 1996, surpass ...
as the world's fastest production motorcycle, and Honda succeeded with a top speed of . Two years later the title passed to the
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, which reached . The Blackbird is named after the
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, also a speed record holder. It has the largest-displacement engine in Honda's CBR range of motorcycles.


Development

In the mid 1990s, Honda was determined to produce the world's fastest production motorcycle and to take over the associated bragging rights and marketing impact, at the time held by Kawasaki's Ninja ZX11. This led to the creation of the CBR1100XX Super Blackbird. The Blackbird name is a nod to the Lockheed SR-71 aircraft, the world's fastest production aircraft. In the February 1997 issue of ''Sport Rider'' magazine, the CBR1100XX was tested at a top speed of , compared with for the ZX-11. Its supremacy over the ZX-11 was confirmed in April 2007 by ''
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'', although the speeds achieved were slightly lower and the margin was narrower. In 1999, the Suzuki Hayabusa overtook the CBR1100XX. It was listed in the 2000 Millennium Edition of ''
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'' as the world's fastest production bike with a top speed of Hayabusa is the Japanese term for the Peregrine Falcon, a species of raptor which preys on blackbirds.


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CBR1100XX The Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird is a Honda motorcycle, part of the CBR series made from 1996 to 2007. The bike was developed to challenge the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 as the world's fastest production motorcycle, and Honda succeeded with a top spe ...
Sport bikes Motorcycles introduced in 1996