Streetfighter Beginning

[firecrackerboom]

This is what i have done so far on my streetfighter project!

[Bowtied]

Thats pretty cool!


But what the heck is a streetfighter? I played the video game?

[geniusloerts]

i like how the seat turned out, did you cut the seat pan?


you need to get some cafe bars or a drag bars or something besides the buckhorns.......

like....



or

[firecrackerboom]

I think the definition of a streetfighter is a bike that is pretty much a crotch rocket, without all of the pretty fairings.

Check out the 2002 Honda 919, that is somewhat the look I am going for.

[firecrackerboom]

Superbike bars on the way from MikesXS.

[psycoreefer]

Wikipedia says:
A streetfighter is a superbike that is customized by removing the fairing, and making other changes that result in an overall more aggressive look. Made popular by European riders, this type of custom motorcycle is gaining popularity all over the world.

Sort of like a modern day cafe racer.

[xschop]

Tail

The next fighter I do, I want to use the tail from a Ducati monster. It flows into the seat area and lower tank of the 11 nicely....
http://www.ducatimonster.org/feature...aug/debut8.jpg
http://peepculture.com/wp-content/up...onster_695.jpg

[psycoreefer]

The next fighter I do, I want to use the tail from a Ducati monster. It flows into the seat area and lower tank of the 11 nicely.... http://www.ducatimonster.org/featur...4aug/debut8.jpg

That bike = pure sex!
Love it!
My new desktop!

[stoked]

Re: Streetfighter Beginning

Originally posted by firecrackerboom
This is what i have done so far on my streetfighter project!

Digital photography really fuxes with my eyes. That rear looks like it's been photoshoped.

[petejw]

Id hate 2 b behind you in the wet. lol :-)

What else do u plan on doing to the bike?

[strippedFJ]

Originally posted by psycoreefer


Sort of like a modern day cafe racer.

Sod off the wiki****, that's the best overall description for a StreetFighter.

Essentially a stripped Big Jap 4 (or equivalent) with beefed up handling, braking and engine performance intended for hooning around cities and open roads. The original streetfighters were 80's Suzuki GSXR's stripped of tupperware, flat bar conversions, later model suspension and brakes, raised rear ends, lowered front ends, and more attitude than any H@nda could muster. The style originated in England, but the Germans are definitely at the front of the game these days, you should see the wild **** that they're building.

Upside down front ends, single side swing arms, and turbo's are the current popular mods.

There has also been a growing 'straightliners' form of streetfighters, primarily stretched, slammed and glammed busa's with turbo's, and the like, coming out of the US

[yamahansolo]

i think they were born in the 80's it's what the british cafe's mutated into once sport bikes were made. i have several streetfighters magazines. some of them are very xtreme. some are really cool looking. some are too wild looking. you can get a cool bikini fairing for the front like i had on my 86 radian. if you look at the bike photo's i have it on there.
also i used daytona bars to replace my xs11 bars they work great and look sportier. you can also go to airtech streamlining and find a plethora of different fiberglass parts to make your own style bike.

[strippedFJ]

Originally posted by yamahansolo
i think they were born in the 80's it's what the british cafe's mutated into once sport bikes were made. i have several streetfighters magazines. some of them are very xtreme. some are really cool looking. some are too wild looking. you can get a cool bikini fairing for the front like i had on my 86 radian. if you look at the bike photo's i have it on there.
also i used daytona bars to replace my xs11 bars they work great and look sportier. you can also go to airtech streamlining and find a plethora of different fiberglass parts to make your own style bike.

Do you guys get the British Streetfighters magazine over there?

http://www.streetfightersmag.com/

It's the premier (if not the only) streetfighter publication. One of the German builders sent me a list of all the companies in Germany manufacturing streetfighter components, and there were hundreds of them, from frame manufacturers to xtreme bodywork to hot-up bits.
Streetfightering bikes is still as new here as it is in the US, and we generally buid bikes along the English style, due to so many Poms migrating out here and bringing their bikes with them.
You guys in the US though are developing your own 'straightliner' style of fighters, lots of bling, huge power boosts, stretched out swingers and lowered, what some might call 'tarted up' drag bikes. And it's in this style that the stremlining bodywork is mainly aimed at.
There's a US parts supplier called Angry Guy who has some pretty wild kit, he's a builder himself and know's what he is doing.

http://www.angryguystreetfighters.com/

[yamahansolo]

yep i love the bikes in the streetfighter mag... lot's of good pics.

this months came with streetfighter stickers. the only downside is they are about 9.00 bucks us money!!!

[firecrackerboom]

Re: Re: Streetfighter Beginning

Originally posted by stoked


Digital photography really fuxes with my eyes. That rear looks like it's been photoshoped.

Good Call. But not photoshopped, MSPainted, lol!