Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird Test Ride and Specs 

I got up to 170 mph on a 1997 Black Bird coming back from Lake Somerville, Texas. I noticed the Washington County sheriffs department on the other side of the road. Crap !! The police officer turned on the lights and drove through the grass and came after me. I thought about running it. Good thing I didn’t there was a Texas DPS officer just 2 miles up the road waiting for speeders. I got pulled over and it was a female officer that looked like my wife. I started talking to her saying that my speedometer was off and she told me oh bull sh#t that her husband had a bike like this and he speeds all the time. Anyway she gave me a warning. Much respect for the Washington County sheriffs department.

Just picked a super clean and low mileage 1997 model! So happy to have one! Love these bikes!

My dream bike! Im getting one next summer!

One mean machine!! Great video as per usual. 🤘🏻 Ride safe man!

Woah, same as I expected in your community post! Damn man you're so lucky can ride that legendary bike! The exhaust sound was so Incredible to hear! Great vid DV! Ride safe!

It sounds amazing. I have always wanted a Blackbird. Awesome bike.

I've ridden this bike once, it's great. And the video is too! =)

Are... that beautiful warm purr! AMAZING

One of my all time favourite bikes. Had 2 of them, regretfully sold my 1996 version last year..

The reason why hayabusa exists. Love the inline 4 sound.🔥🔥

Nice video! Love watching it. I have a '00 blackbird,my third one. Before I had a '97 and a '99.

Best Motorbike ever made and was top of the range in its day and the Flagship of Honda. She has a twin personalty, theres the nice and effortless, gracefull and smooth low speeds where she plods along and yawn's. But.... Get her up around 6k you quickly begin to understand why it has C.B.R stamped on the bike. Hold on friggin tight because she eats up roads far faster then you can speculate! The blackbird Probarly one of the most powerful bikes to streetfighter to date. Honestly slap on straight bars, Re-gear and 4-1 exhaust system, loose a tonne of weight and shes a lightspeed Rocket indeed... young or new riders criticise the Big bird, But at the end of the day no matter how fast your modern bike is you ant shifting the 20yr old bird from your rear view mirror that easy my friend! Legends are called Legends for a reason and earnt the title and respect...

Love the sound.... And the looks.... I got a baby version cbr 600 f3

According to the info I have found in various websites the CBR1100xx has either 164hp or 152hp, depending on what year you are talking about. The early years (1997-1998) had carbs whereas fuel injection was introduced in 1999 models onward. Catalytic converters were introduced I believe in 2001 and that's when horsepower numbers seem to have fallen to 152hp, although torque remains the same.

Dark visor I have subscribed to you, you are a legend

I've had a 2000 model for 10 years and still love it. I want to open it up fully but I need my licence, so much power on tap!

Such a cool older bike, I nearly bought one too. Great vid mate👌

Love the raw exhaust sound

great bike . an i love that name . dark visor

satt inatt och tittade på ett reportage om just Honda Blackbird och sedan släpper du denna videon.. vad är oddsen för det. :D :D :D :D bra video som vanligt....

I like it exhaust voice 👍👍

My favorite from 2001 to today2021.like no other.

Thumbs up I nearly fell out of my chair when you rolled back on the throttle LOL take care catch you later

beautifull bike

Essa é braba!

Mantap selalu lah berkarya

I bought a 2003 XX3 two years ago that had only covered 22k miles. Absolutely love it, will unlikely ever sell it

Vilken raket! Inget för mig :-)

Wow. An actual ridealong review without the fluff to pad out the video

I love these bikes.... Had a 1997 and sold it.... Regretting it about a year later.... So I picked up a 1999 fuel injected one a few months back and I'll never let it go

Awesome 😎

That’s a very sexy bike and she likes to scream at those higher revs 😁. It sucks when the nicest roads have gravel on them. Be safe bro.

Great camera angle and awesome sounding blackbird! Also good riding aggressive but still careful and responsible. That said top speed for a stock blackbird is 174 to 178 mph as tested by countless pro riders and sport bike magazine editors! I'm talking real GPS verified speed not what it says on the speedo which is always somewhat off on all bikes. With a good tailwind a stock blackbird can go 180mph or maybe couple of mph above that. This all being said the Limited edition Anniversary red, gold, and white bird can do 200mph. Also turbo and supercharger kits for the blackbird do exist. But what's best about the blackbird is they are so smooth! so reliable! very comfortable--VFR800 bar risers help) and make excellent touring bikes that still have good performance. Yes Busa's are faster and corner better.. but they are nowhere near as comfortable and have over 8 major things that go wrong with them. Yes Zx14/R are much faster and slightly more comfy, but are very expensive and a nightmare to work on and keep maintained. No other 1100cc plus, actual sport bike can combine the blackbirds fairly good cornering and top speed with such affordability, reliability, comfort, and cheap easy maintenance. All this combined together makes the blackbird possibly the best, 1100cc and above, Overall, best sport and touring bike ever made.

Ce l'ho da anni oramai ed è fantastica. Difetti la capacità di carico per essere una super GT. Il piacere di guidarla è esagerato.

Superb bike, superb video! The Blackbird is still the best Sports Tourer ever made. A footnote. The engines are rated to 150,000 miles and are one of the most reliable still. V&M made a tuned version that was faster than the Generation 1 Hyabusa. Standard suspension a match for the best adjustable in their day. With a Power Commander and good cans (or Dynajet kit for the faster 1st carb version) they are a match for a ZX12R and close to a Gen 1 Hyabusa, and much more comfortable. Most put 25mm bar raisers on which will solve your back problem LOL! My daily ride is in fact a 2001 V&M Blackbird and have a couple of standard in the collection (Gen 1 & 2)

Namaste bro ! I liked before watching full video because exhaust sound is lit 🔥👍 and video as always awesome 🤩. 🤔 why did you changed your video schedule 😮?

Damn that bike sounds good, every time your key strap would blow in the wind i thought was a snake or something. ha

Очень крутое видео! Динамика мотоцикла просто поражает) однозначно лайк! Жду yamaha mt 01!)

Mine is 97 and I love it.

My next purchase.

Perghhh bunyi ekzos die ermmm sedap

I've got one exactly the same 99 model FI. The Beast godt 164 HP.

I have a 97 bb and I love it!!! True gift from God and I thank Jesus for blessing me with it!!

You ask a commet about the exhaust and in my opinion I would rather set the OEM exhaust. That pops and sounds great but its already a classic bike, the less modifications the better

Good quality vid shame about a couple of silly mistakes in the specs(188 mpg)lol 😂

زوزهء دنده رو درآورد، دمش گرم به این میگن موتور سوار♡

Lovely exhaust sound man!!!?

Makes me miss mine! Had a 99' with over 92,000mi on it when i sold it. Still regret it to this day. Great video, what exhaust do you have on this one?

I have a 97’s one with 39800 kms. It very stable but you can’t drive it like and R. It is another kind of motorbike and the rears are usually sport tourism. I think it should be better mounting road tires for getting more agility but I enjoy it anyway.

I had a race exhaust on my first bird. It killed fuel range and was tiring on the ears long distance. My current bird is a late registered 1999 carb model with standard exhaust but aftermarket cans to save weight. Much more relaxing, if this is possible!

I currently have my third XX and have to say I never considered it a sport tourer and don't believe Honda ever marketed it as such. It's a big SMOOTH sport bike. It may be a popular choice in European countries for taking long trips on , especially when equipped with luggage, but here in the states it's a large sport bike and is rarely seen with a top box. I doubt a ZX-14R Ninja or Hayabusa would be considered as "sport tourers", and the XX is in the same category as them ( at least here in the US).

That can sounds great, what is it? I have a full Yoshimura race system on my '98 bird, it sounded really raw when it was new around 20 years ago but it's gone much quieter now......unless I've gone deaf! Pardon???

The Hayabusa prey😂

99-00 years is the best👍👊

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What exhaust is it I have the same bike love the way it sound

I own a 2006. Changed to smaller windscreen and added bar rises/helibars. I can ride for 2 hours before bike starts becoming uncomfortable to ride.

Jelkevic:) haha

Thoughts on one of these for a first bike? I’m 24 stone and built like a tank so need something big to carry me.

😉

0-100? spoko filmik pozdrawiam :d

Honda CBR1100XX has got 164 Horse power (HP), it might be really quick off the line, my dream motorbike is a Harley Davidson livewire in orange

Is it good for long terms of riding because my dad is planning to buy somekinda sport touring bike

Is there a huge riding experience between riding the carb vs injection models?

The British police tried to have it banned in the uk and it once held the record for the fastest road legal bike in the world and the most reliable engine you will find plus build quality of the best bike company on the planet I give you the double xx the super blackbird maybe not the best bike in the world but definitely in the top 10 top 2 in my eyes one carbureted the other injection

Was there a lot of backfire when you rode this? In the video it sounds like there was.

I'm about to pull one From a local junkyard and rebuild it

Had to posters as a teenager pamela andérson and a honda black bird

what screen is that mate?

Like the style of review. Just one thing, 175cm is not 5,9 lol.

guys! what do you thin abou cbs.. I am curious about that.

change the pipe you will go a lot further in more comfort

totalt drømme cyklen pt køre jeg CBR600f 88 pga A2 kort kan opgradere til sommer så finder jeg en grå eller metal rød fugl muligvis den fra 2001

good motorcycle riding in the city?

Is the bike factory turbo?

It has DCBS.....exactly

wonder about this bike reliability and the maintenance

188 mpg at 303 kph? I'm buying one.

Инжекторный переходной не 152 лошади, а 164

Mine was a '97 and would do 190mph easy..Smashed several Hayabusa's in the area at the time.

Superbike steer, and a high windshield, then I think it will be a nice tourer.

Real top sped speed around 285km/h, if someone is 75kg and nothing on the bike!! 300km/h not posible with stock bike!

My dads had 20k he blew it up on way home doing 198 mph and tore blew up but it be home in not long rip moter

This bike seems really slow, it has to have some problem, accelerates very slow.

1:45 188mpg lol

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Капец я скажу из тебя ездок еще тот Не умеешь совсем ездить то, разгоняется а потом сцепление выжимает и катится на сцеплении?