street fighter, and others

[iloveriding]

Can you clear this up for me with pics. What makes a bike a street fighter or sports bike.. I have a faired bandit the wife has a un-faired bandit. Is mine or hers a fighter
Tony
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[Dalemac]

a streetfighter is unfaired, has aftermarket headlights (twins mainly) Streetfighters are supposed to look mean.



A unfaired bike is not a streetfighter.

streetfighters usually have some performance upgrades too.

something like this:
https://www.whaccessories.com/XPOStreetGSZR1100.jpg
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[lllN30lll]

What is a streetfighter?

A streetfighter is a motorcycle that has been modified from the original, usually because it's been wrecked and the owner either didn't have the funds or didn't want to restore it to stock condition. What you end up with is a custom bike, usually one that doesn't look like any other. A streetfighter can be good and beautiful, ugly and full of attitude, or just plain ugly. Imagination is the only limiting factor when it comes to making a streetfighter, that and some cash, which is why most streetfighters fall into the second or third categories.

These shots show the progression of the streetfighter. They're not all EX250's, but you get the point. On the left is your basic '03, fully-faired stock bike. Next is the "wrecked, put back together enough to ride" concept. Right center is the Frankenstein/nearly-rat-bike look, followed by minimalistic, 'frame & guts'. The final picture is what Jim Race calls "when streetfighters go wrong".
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The way I see it, no, not at all.

A sports bike to my mind is a bike that was /designed/ for sports riding, usually with a full fairing, fairly high pegs and low clipons.

A streetfighter, to my mind, is a sports bike that has been adapted for urban use, by taking fairings off and sticking some wide bars on, possibly with some other mods to make it quicker steering with more usable power at low speed.

However, some people think that if they stick renthal bars and some small lights on a bandit it will be a streetfigter. If it has an expensive paintjob, then it's a very good streetfighter. I generally have a low opinion of the people that think this .

A streetfighter:
https://secure.wisconsinwebwriter.com/mm5/graphics/00000003/scorpion.jpg

A custom bandit:
https://www.profilprofi.de/Galerie/Bandit600_1.jpg

[iloveriding]

So basically its a naked bike thats had money spent on it? What did the bike in the pic start life as..
Sorry for being thick on this
Tony
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[iloveriding]

The red Bandit looks no different to the wifes Bandit apart from not having the plastics above the light.. What bike is the purple 1,
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[Kal]

A Streetfighter is a custom bike reflecting the choices, opinions and riding/etc of the owner.

Just the same as a lowrider, rat, chop etc reflect the personalities of their riders.

Streetfighters as a rule are naked, built around hidiously torquey motors and are supposed to be quick. IMO they aren't supposed to be pretty, they are supposed to be muscle bikes.

Nitro was a common mod, I'm not sure if it still is.


Look at the Bandit again and you'll see random shiney bits which probably don't appear on your Wifes bike. He isn't saying that the Bandit is a 'fighter, he is saying the bolt on parts make it a customised Bandit.

I guess another rule of thumb could be it isnt a streetfigther until someone has taken an angle grinder to it.
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[hmmmnz]

a streetfighter is want ever you want it to be, i doesnt have to be powerful, it doesnt have to be engineered to eyeballs,
ive seen just about everything fightered,
here are some of my favs
this is slamdog from nz r1 fighter, in my opinion the best r1 fighter ive seen

https://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/13947505089493.jpg
rsgibbo from uk hornet 900

https://www.streetfighters.com.au/images/gallery/honda/hornetuk/Hornet1%20900.jpg

motocyco girl from the us gsxr1100
https://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l154/Motocyco_Girl/raptor5_hi.jpg

kmp gsxr1000
https://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/21583711168737.jpg

iceman from oz turbo'd and injected gs500
https://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/55237050591647.jpg

marc from belguims b12
https://img105.imageshack.us/img105/488/mybandit510nq0.jpg

i swear it becomes an addiction, it just starts with wanting a more comfortable riding position and pulling the fairings off to accomodate the wide bars, next thing you know you have hacked off the subframe,
not all that often engine work is done on a fighter, they are mostly stock engines,

but every one has there own idea what a fighter is, but chances are if someone points out that a bike isn't a fighter, they fucken have never made one them selves, so should shut the fuck up.
the guys who have built fighters know that they come in all shapes and sizes, just like women some are ugly but some how still manage to get ridden
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[Kal]

I can't find a picture of my favorite Streetfighter - based on a Goldwing lump...
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[TimT]

[yzf750r]

Yeah, people take the fairings off their bikes, stick an aftermarket light on and claim its a street fighter.No way.

A street fighter is modded excessively, a few quid spent. Heres a pic of my mates '79 Z1R.

https://z1ownersclub.co.uk/useralbums/albums/z1pinboard/cotty_008.jpg
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[ram_doom]

So if one was to remove the fairing, replace with a simple round headlight, tidy away the wiring and get rid of the faffy bits, keep the sports riding position and alter the sprocket sizes on the final drive in order to give a lower top speed, would it be acceptable to call that bike a "roadster"?
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[iloveriding]

now getting really confused
Tony
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[hmmmnz]

there is no acceptable definition, every one has there own ideas as to what it should be,
timt your bike looks like a fighter to me although some knobend will say its not,

mabee yours could be a "tard fighter" G i like the crutch holders,
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[TUG]

i agree me and hmmmz have already had this arguemnet lol. everyones definition if different.
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[LeeWat]

I remember when the first streetfighters appeared in BSH, at the time they were usually sportsbikes that had been crashed and then brought back to life without the fairings, usually had renthals stuck on em, a polished frame and sometimes a nice paintjob but nearly all had the fook tuned out of em, sometimes with nitrous kits. As i remember most of the early ones were based on the GSXR's. As with most things they evolved from the basic rebuild and tunes into the beautiful machines we see in streetfighters mag and dotted about the place. So in effect, everyones right

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[yambabe]

I have a bit of a soft spot for a well-engineered streetfighter. Love to look at them, hate that I will probably never be able to ride one cos of my short legs!

I think this is possibly the nicest 'fighter I have ever seen, spotted at the Faro rally last year.

https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/Yambabe/Faro/Jul06107.jpg

Whereas if I was to actually build one I'd kinda like this one!

https://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a229/Yambabe/maxfighter.jpg
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[hmmmnz]

where'd you get that stubby can
dont forget the harris swingarm
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