Honda CBR1100XX

{{Infobox Motorcycle

| name = Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird

| image = File:Honda CBR 1100 XX silver vr.jpg

| manufacturer = Honda

| aka =

| production = 1996–2007

| predecessor = Honda CBR1000F

| successor =

| parent_company =

| class = Sport bike

| engine = {{convert|1137|cc|abbr=on}} liquid-cooled 4-stroke 16-valve DOHC inline-four

| bore_stroke = {{convert|79.0|×|58.0|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| compression = 11.0:1

| top_speed = 1997: {{convert|170|mph|abbr=on}}
1999: {{convert|174|mph|abbr=on}}, {{convert|176|mph|abbr=on}}, {{convert|177|mph|abbr=on}}

| power = {{convert|164|hp|abbr=on}} @ 9,500 rpm

| torque = {{convert|126|Nm|abbr=on}} @ 7,500 rpm

| ignition = Computer-controlled digital with three-dimensional mapping

| transmission = Close-ratio 6-speed sequential manual
Final drive: #530 O-ring sealed chain

| suspension = Front: 43 mm HMAS cartridge-type fork, 120 mm travel
Rear: Pro-Link HMAS with gas-charged damper, rebound adjustable 120 mm travel

| brakes = Dual combined braking system
Front: Three-piston caliper with dual {{convert|310|mm|1|abbr=on}} discs
Rear: Three-piston caliper with single {{convert|256|mm|1|abbr=on}} disc

| tires = Front: 120/70 ZR17
Rear: 180/55 ZR17

| rake_trail = 25°, {{convert|99|mm|abbr=on}}

| wheelbase = {{convert|1490|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| length = {{convert|2160|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|720|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|1170|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| seat_height = {{convert|810|mm|1|abbr=on}}

| dry_weight = 1997: {{convert|492|lb|abbr=on}}
1999: {{convert|496|lb|abbr=on}}{{Citation |pages=0.10 |last=Coombs |first=Matthew |title=Honda CBR1100xx Super Blackbird Service and Repair Manual|publisher=Haynes |year=2007 |location=Sparkford, UK |isbn=978-1-84425-752-2}}

| wet_weight = 1997: {{convert|556|lb|abbr=on}}
1999 {{convert|563|lb|abbr=on}}

| fuel_capacity = {{convert|23.0|L|1|abbr=on}} (including the 4 L reserve)

| fuel_consumption = {{convert|39|mpgus|abbr=on}}

| related = Honda X11

}}

The Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird (model code SC35) is a sport bike, part of the CBR series made by Honda from 1996 to 2007. The bike was developed to challenge the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-11 as the world's fastest production motorcycle,{{Citation |pages=216–217, 242–243 |last=Brown |first=Roland |title=The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles |publisher=Parragon |year=2005 |location=Bath, UK |isbn=1-4054-5466-0 }} and Honda succeeded with a top speed of {{convert|177|mph|abbr=on}}.{{cite journal|date=February 1997 |title=Motorcycle Performance Numbers: Honda |journal=Sport Rider |url=//www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_performance_numbers/honda.html |issn=1065-7649 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212190737/http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_performance_numbers/honda.html |archive-date=February 12, 2008 }}{{citation |title=The World's Fastest Superbikes; Built for speed |last=Terri |first=Sievert |publisher=Capstone Press |year= 2002 | isbn= 9780736810609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNOvQH8__CUC&pg=PA25 }} Two years later the title passed to the Suzuki Hayabusa, which reached {{convert|193|mph|abbr=on}}.{{cite book | title= Guinness World Records 2000 Millennium Edition | pages= 179 | isbn= 0-85112-098-9 | publisher= Guinness World Records Ltd | year= 1999}}{{citation|last=Hoyer |first=Mark |title='Busas, Baby! Looking Back at Suzuki's Steamroller of Speed |magazine=Cycle World |publisher=Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. |issn=0011-4286 |location=Newport Beach, California |date=June 2007 |url=http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=381 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822210454/http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=381 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-22 }} The Blackbird is named after the Lockheed SR-71, also a speed record holder.{{cite web |url=http://www.siue.edu/~jvotsmi/votspicts/motorcycle_picts/super_blackbird.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607103212/http://www.siue.edu/~jvotsmi/votspicts/motorcycle_picts/super_blackbird.jpg |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}

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 {{convert|178.5|mph|abbr=on}}, compared with {{convert|175|mph|1|abbr=on}} for the ZX-11.{{cite journal|date=February 1997 |title=Motorcycle Performance Numbers:Kawasaki |journal=Sport Rider |url=//www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_performance_numbers/kawasaki.html |issn=1065-7649 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212190742/http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_performance_numbers/kawasaki.html |archive-date=February 12, 2008 }}

Its supremacy over the ZX-11 was confirmed in April 2007 by Motorcycle Consumer News, 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 Guinness World Records as the world's fastest production bike with a top speed of {{convert|194|mph|0|abbr=on}} Hayabusa is the Japanese term for the Peregrine Falcon, a species of raptor which preys on blackbirds.

References

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{{citation |url=http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/articles/2010JanIndex.pdf |title=Performance Index '10 |year=2010 |magazine=Motorcycle Consumer News |publisher=Bowtie Magazines |access-date=2011-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215104319/http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/articles/2010JanIndex.pdf |archive-date=2010-02-15 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite journal | title= Honda CBR1100XX vs. Kawasaki ZX-11 | first= Big Joe | last= Coonan | journal= Motorcycle Consumer News |date=April 1997 | issn= 1073-9408}}

{{Citation |pages=214–215 |last=Brown |first=Roland |title=The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles |publisher=Parragon |year=2006 |location=Bath, UK |isbn=1-4054-7303-7 }}

Smith, Don. "Honda CBR1100XX 1997-2003: speed king at one time, the biggest CBR drew fans for other reasons." Sport Rider Aug. 2010: 63+. General OneFile. Web. 14 June 2012.

"Hard Numbers." Motorcyclist July 2000: 136. General OneFile. Web. 14 June 2012.

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