Motorcycles Faster Than Honda's CBR1100XX, Once The Fastest Factory Bike Ever Built - Jalopnik

Honda’s CBR1100XX “Super Blackbird” helped reset motorcycle performance benchmarks when it debuted as a top-speed-focused superbike. The article notes the bike was nicknamed after the Lockheed SR-71 and claimed a top speed of 178 mph, backed by 149 horsepower from a 1,137 cc four-cylinder engine. It says Honda sold more than 17,000 units and that the Blackbird’s stability at high speed drove much of its success. The piece also claims the Blackbird exceeded the contemporaneous NSX’s top speed by 10 mph, and that only a handful of motorcycles later surpassed it.