Arrow Exhaust Honda CB 1100X-11

Advantages: Comfort; power; reliability; torque; brakes
Disadvantages: Handling; weight; low bars

...This is an amazing machine. Produced between 1999 and 2002, the Honda CB1100 X-11 comes with an impressive specification. We\'ll start with the engine: 1137 cc gives 134bhp and a top speed of 160 mph. There\'s huge torque, but one thing the guy who sold it to me pointed out was that it doesn\'t have any many balance shafts as the Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird. My friend bought one at the same time and found problems as a result with the reverbs but I\'ve never really noticed a problem. In terms of reliability, you can\'t do much better - problems are rare. I\'ve had mine for two years and never had a bad experience. The Honda CB1100 X-11 looks as powerful as it is: some people don\'t like the aesthetic but it\'s a matter of personal taste. Overall it looks rather like an armoured rhinoceros, but a surprisingly comfortable one. Just... Read review

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Advantages: Fun, speed, excitement, big grins
Disadvantages: could loose your licence

...I used to own a Honda X11 blackbird about 2 yrs ago, and I have to say it was bloody brilliant. I needed a big bike for commuting 90 miles round trip into London - well that was my excuse. I bought it because I worked with a fellow biker who owned a red one and I was envious about him having fun while I owned a sluggish BMW. The X11 was capable of doing 75 mph in 1st, 130 in 2nd - you get the idea, although I was never loony enough to try and achieve these stats. It was very very quick, in fact I don't remember anyone beating me away from the lights. My friend who had one asked me to try something, he said on a straight piece of dual carriageway, in top gear and at 100 mph, snap open the throttle hard and feel the acceleration. I will never forget the feeling, the front wheel lifted a little and the bike pushed forward so hard I could... Read review

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Advantages: A sit up Blackbird.
Disadvantages: licence loosing Fast!!!

...Due to work related accidents I needed a sit up bike (for more on my health/bike problems read "My T-Bird, under TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD SPORT). My bike befor the X11 was a Kwaka Z13, the BIG 6, or should I say 666 the BEAST. The Z was fast for a late 70's bike, but the X11 was from another planet with the accelloration and speed to get you back there. For what it was, a big tourer sport bike it did everythig very well, it's a HONDA what else would you expect. Jumping from a late 70's bike to what is almost a BLACKBIRD I was rather careful. So careful that I fell off three times, always when turning right at slow speeds. The problem was me not the bike's, as I was failing to give her enough gas, so she stalled. My brother-in-law was very eager to come on the back of the X11. As we live near the infamous "CAT & FIDDLE... Read review

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