Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird, A Naked Street Fighter!

We discover a painstakingly modified Honda Blackbird in Delhi.

For the chosen few, life is definitely not about what they have but more about what they do with what they have and Vikrant Singh is certainly one of those ‘chosen few’. Not content being a mere consumer of motorcycling; he began a journey of metamorphosing his already amazing machine into something beyond that. That of converting his all black and menacing Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird into a naked street fighter! And what began as a vision turned into a 3 year long battle of converting ideas into physical form, something which needed all his passion, skills, a big chunk of resources and invaluable support from his family, friends and the customfighter.com community to complete.

Even for a man who was not new to automobile styling and detailing, the Blackbird did turn out to be quite a challenge. Motorcycles are inherently densely packaged and any little change has repercussions along a number of tangents. It needs not just sound technical knowledge but innovative thinking of the highest order to actually bring about changes that truly reflect the original idea. Vikrant made some striking changes to the shape and profile of the bike which, when finished, can barely be recognized as the fully wrapped up Blackbird it took birth as in Japan more than a decade ago. The whole stance has changed; the headlamp has evolved dramatically in form and function, the seat looks magically suspended and the exhaust a sinuous venom spitting serpent! Some radical technical changes like shifting the oil cooler behind the exhaust bend-pipes require loads of technical confidence and rationale. And those crazy touches like the steel-mesh round tea sieve that forms the cover for the tail lamp or those loony twisted mounting brackets for the RVM’s.