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Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: passive357 on April 23, 2004, 09:47:28 PM
i have a vague idea of what a streetfigher is. i know i may be showing my dorkyness here but can somebody tell me excatly what it takes for a bike to be a streetfigher. i could use a little knowledge on this style of bike. show me pics if anyone has some too. i think i may be streetfightering my bike without even knowning it. kick a little knowledge my way and hook a pretty fly white guy up.  :dunno:
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: Isotech on April 23, 2004, 10:10:18 PM
A streetfighter concept originated in Europe where hooligan rider would strip all the plastic off sportbikes (usually due to a crash), and fit after-market headlights, turn signals etc. Think high-performance naked sportbike.
The streetfighter concept has caught on with the general public as well. Factories has started producing from the factory streetfighter style bikes, for example:

Buell XB9S
Triumph Speed Triple
Ducati Monster 900
Kawasaki ZRX1200R
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: newbieone on April 23, 2004, 10:12:51 PM
Hey dude,
don't feel to bad, I dont get the concept of squids and all that. Not a term used here in the south. but glad you know what streetfighter means now.
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: GRU on April 24, 2004, 04:36:23 AM
Quote from: IsotechA streetfighter concept originated in Europe where hooligan rider would strip all the plastic off sportbikes (usually due to a crash), and fit after-market headlights, turn signals etc. Think high-performance naked sportbike.
The streetfighter concept has caught on with the general public as well. Factories has started producing from the factory streetfighter style bikes, for example:

Buell XB9S
Triumph Speed Triple
Ducati Monster 900
Kawasaki ZRX1200R

may i just add that a streetfighter is a fully customized naked bike...

http://www.streetfighters.nl/suz/suzgsxr01-rheinb2002.jpg
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: newbieone on April 24, 2004, 11:59:38 AM
Dude that has to be absolutly the UGLIEST bike I have ever seen!! You could not give me enough money to ride that thing. I would have more fun shooting it with my shootgun. GROSS
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: Mat on April 24, 2004, 02:34:58 PM
www.streetfighters-usa.com
www.streetworks.co.uk
www.davidcork.com

check those out
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: perfdrug on April 24, 2004, 04:01:28 PM
man, i just looked up the triumph speed triple, and may i say... it's one of the hottest bikes i've ever seen. wow.
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: Cal Price on April 24, 2004, 09:54:48 PM
I think of the concept as the evolution of the Cafe Racer, that's another thread somewhere.
Title: Streetfighter... please explain
Post by: passive357 on April 25, 2004, 01:39:32 PM
nice work mat,

tons of pics to look at on your links. thanks for enlightening me everyone. now that i know what a streetfighter is, i can say that my gs will be streetfighter. this style is right up my alley.

thanks again people of gstwin.com