Are StreetFighters Really Cool?

**Slingshot** · 22nd December 2005, 11:00

I'm thinking that my next bike needs to be a bit on the unique side...I'm thinking StreetFighter!!!

In some of the pics I've seen, the StreetFighters look mint, in others they just look like tacky pieces of crap!

So, I've got this idea in my head that if a StreetFighter is done properly it's a piece of art and an expression of individuality. Am I right or do people just think they're ghay?

If you've got a pics of StreetFighters that either fit into the Cool or Ghay category...post them with your thoughts about what makes it cool or ghay.

**Coyote** · 22nd December 2005, 11:07

I think StreetFighter's are awesome! I just wish I had the money to make one

http://www.streetfighterstore.com/

**mattt** · 22nd December 2005, 11:12

Nah - I reckon they're GAY. I discard them the same way I do harleys. IMHO

**Slingshot** · 22nd December 2005, 11:23

This is the kind of thing that I'm thinking of:

**kerryg** · 22nd December 2005, 11:29

Originally Posted by Slingshot

I'm thinking that my next bike needs to be a bit on the unique side...I'm thinking StreetFighter!!!

In some of the pics I've seen, the StreetFighters look mint, in others they just look like tacky pieces of crap!

So, I've got this idea in my head that if a StreetFighter is done properly it's a piece of art and an expression of individuality. Am I right or do people just think they're ghay?

If you've got a pics of StreetFighters that either fit into the Cool or Ghay category...post them with your thoughts about what makes it cool or ghay.

I guess it's a personal thing. If they ring your bells, why not? It's a free world.

Personally I think they're stupid, sorta same category as those dumb farkin cars that have got suspension that let's them jump up and down (WHY???) or lowered turbo-charged Japper hatcbacks with blow-off valves and dustbin sized mufflers....all about "look at me".....but that's just a personal opinion..and WTF do I know? I'm old......................

**Postie** · 22nd December 2005, 11:48

Originally Posted by Slingshot

ghay?

spelling gay with an h makes anything truely gay.
to the point, streetfighters look really good if they are done right, just don't make it look too much like one of those pieces of crap from biker boys or anything equally as lame else we will have to dismantle the bike with a shotgun and shove back up your arse. ]

**In The Breeze** · 22nd December 2005, 11:51

Originally Posted by Slingshot

This is the kind of thing that I'm thinking of:

fa*k! Go for it mate,looks wicked and better still unique,no baa baa'n

**T.W.R** · 22nd December 2005, 12:21

Streetfighters have to be done properly to be effective, most of the serious ones are way more than just cosmetic show pieces & have some serious hotrod motors & the trickest running gear available.

heres a couple of links
www.streetfighters.nl
www.streetfighters-usa.com

the black speedtriple in the collection below would be my choice

**pritch** · 22nd December 2005, 12:28

Originally Posted by Slingshot

In some of the pics I've seen, the StreetFighters look mint, in others they just look like tacky pieces of crap!

You get that.

A good place to start looking for your potential streetfighter would be the wreckers.

Around the 'net you will find stories of guys doing creative stuff, eg putting SP1 forks, dropped bars, and twin headlights on a Hornet but you would need a waaay higher level of mechanical competence than I posses to get involved with that.

**rc_36_rider** · 22nd December 2005, 12:37

hay man i say go for it they are so much fun to ride way more emotion then a fully faired bike and if your like me and some retart in a cage rams you off the road and you cant afford to repair the bike so you pull the fucked shit off and away you go off to work next week and these saddists that bag streeet fighters obviously have never ridden one because they are just sooo much fun and isnt that what riding is all about on the plus side you dont look the same as every one else on the bikes that theres hundreds of on the road when i first did mine my mates were unsure about it but after they saw me out on the road they were stunned every one i know loves to see me ride my grandmother also said my bike looks like inpending doom coming up behind her cage so i say go for it youll love it or atleast get a ride on one and see and feel for your self.

**Eurodave** · 22nd December 2005, 12:41

Just out of interest heres an FZR that I did one piece 'glass bodywork & a seat for,for a customer a while ago, I never saw it finished, but I reckon it had potential

**Slingshot** · 22nd December 2005, 12:48

Originally Posted by rc_36_rider

hay man i say go for it there are so much fun to ride way more emotion then a fully faired bike and if your like me and some retart in a cage rams you off the road and you cant afford to repair the bike so you pull the fucked shit off and away you go off to work next week and these saddists that bag streeet fighters obviously have never ridden one because they are just sooo much fun and isnt that what riding is all about on the plus side you dont look the same as every one else on the bukes that theres hundreds of on the road when i first did mine my mates were unsure about it but after they saw me out on the road they were stunned every one i know loves to see me ride my grandmother also said my bike looks like inpending doom coming up behind her cage so i say go for it youll love it or atleast get a ride on one and see and feel for your self.

Have you got a pic of it???

**skelstar** · 22nd December 2005, 12:50

Aye corumba Sling. I have spent a very large amount of time researching this and have def tastes and the pic you posted doesnt come close

. Each to his own.

The kind that I like is pictured below. I really dont like the pointy up tail thing, and just dont understand why they do that. I like the very short tail (like XB12S) but more tidier lines than what they can be.

I find the twin headlight triumph styles a bit boring too. Now the Z1000 stock looks good.