Streetfighters?

**ready4whatever** · 6th August 2009, 16:05

sorry im very new to bikes is that the same as a cafe' racer? dont suppose i can make one out of a cbf250? lol

**imdying** · 6th August 2009, 16:14

Originally Posted by avgas

What about all the Bandit fighters, the Z900 fighters, the RD350 fighters, the CB900 fighters, the hornet fighters, Speed Triples, Monsters.......i could keep going on forever.

He's correct... they're not fighters, they're modified naked bikes. A streetfighter has and always will be a bike that once had a fairing. Traditionally they're rebuilt crashed bikes, but that's a small point imho.

**boomer** · 6th August 2009, 16:15

Originally Posted by batboy

If you class them as steetfighters, then thats how you perceive them.

I just feel the true essence of a streetfighter should be a modified fairing bike.
i mean a streetfighter cant just be bought brand new off the showroom floor. they are made with blood sweat and cheques

isnt that what the manufacturers are doing.. the rc8 into a duke.. the duc sf from a 1098... there are others, the honduh thing :fag: .... etc etc

**Big Dave** · 6th August 2009, 16:46

Originally Posted by boomer

Is mine a street fighter or a motard or just nakid.

im keen for a list of definitions please to enable me to pigeon hole mine bike.

'Fuckin' noisy' with those cans on it.

**boomer** · 6th August 2009, 16:55

Originally Posted by Big Dave

'Fuckin' noisy' with those cans on it.

Indeed and lover boy didnt like the baffles either, i can still hear Duran Duran on the touch tho..

**Big Dave** · 6th August 2009, 16:57

Originally Posted by boomer

Indeed and lover boy didnt like the baffles either, i can still hear Duran Duran on the touch tho..

Pack 'em up dawg. Does it backfire?

Ordinary world is on my playlist.

**phoenixgtr** · 6th August 2009, 16:59

A 'streetfighter' can not be a stock bike. It's a one off that should bear little resemblance to what it started out it's life as and it cannot have fairings. You could argue about the "used to be faired but now isn't thing", but that's typically the idea.

That's my view anyway. Everyone has their own...

**The Pastor** · 6th August 2009, 17:00

Originally Posted by sarge

theres recently been a lot of noise made about "streetfighters".

N ow .. Dont get me wrong .. I love these bikes .... When they are thoughtfully engineered, rebuilt, customized and/or updated

not...

A beat up 120,000 km pos cbr600 that been rolled, bowled and assholed.. Crashed and the fairings are too expensive to fix so you strap a few $29.95 plastic aftermarket headlights to the forks and hand some bar end mirrors to it to make it look like some retarded boi-racer with a wing on the back of a fucking front wheel drive..

Correct me if im wrong...

real streetfighters

you need a history lesson methinks, streetfighters are not pretty or works of art, they are ugly fighters.

**boomer** · 6th August 2009, 17:01

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Pack 'em up dawg. Does it backfire?

Ordinary world is on my playlist.

she pops when i want her too but shes running well. Noisy but well.

**SARGE** · 6th August 2009, 17:17

Originally Posted by renegade master

you need a history lesson methinks, streetfighters are not pretty or works of art, they are ugly fighters.

disagree .. They may start out like that .. But look at the bobber / chopper / cafe racers .. They all started out as 'modified' bikes.. Yea .. At the beginning of the art form, they were ugly ass dunger bikes that you didnt mind thrashing.. But now its the 21st century and the bobbers / choppers and etc have evolved into custom painted, hand fabricated works of art..

As i stated .. I really like the streetfighter look.. When its done right .. Anything less and im checking its service history

**The Pastor** · 6th August 2009, 17:24

Originally Posted by sarge

disagree .. They may start out like that .. But look at the bobber / chopper / cafe racers .. They all started out as 'modified' bikes.. Yea .. At the beginning of the art form, they were ugly ass dunger bikes that you didnt mind thrashing.. But now its the 21st century and the bobbers / choppers and etc have evolved into custom painted, hand fabricated works of art..

As i stated .. I really like the streetfighter look.. When its done right .. Anything less and im checking its service history

streetfighters are and always be, a crashed sports bike brought up to wof standards at minimum cost.