streetfighter why?

[-Ali-]

why do people take lovely looking bikes like an r1 and take the fairings off? it just seems stupid why not buy something like a monster instead?

[phantomtek]

All a matter of taste

[McGee]

I quiet like some street fighters you find alot are built from a parts bike. For a long time i wanted to build a mates wrecked zxr 600 into a Nitrous Monster of a street fighter fashion my own underseat exhaust every thing but... Budget wouldnt allow it.

I think its okay as long its not a minter of a bike b4 hand like i said most are built from a salvage bike.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Silver]

Some people prefer the look, but a fair amount end up looking like that because they've been crashed and not had the fairings replaced.

[Villers]

Many probably because of a crash! I imagine theres alot of Blackbirds waiting to become an X11!
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[yzf750r]

[priller]

Probably because they've crashed them and cant afford to fix it.

[McGee]

Ask most people who have made a street fighter is cause they cant afford new plastics.
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[G]

It's usally because they've crashed.

However it could also be because they think they're going to crash. None of the naked bikes have naer the performance of the top sports bikes.

And, I personally get really annoyed with people saying how they've 'treetfightered' a bandit. From my view the act of changing a bike to a street fighter involves getting a sports bike and making it more useful for an urban environment.
Taking a naked bike and adding tarty bits is another matter altogether in my opinion.

[-Ali-]

they don't look bad as such its just that they never bother to finish them so all the brackets n cables are on show, it just looks so untidy. Has anyone got any good examples of a streetfighter?

[Silver]

Bloody hell...!

[stinkwheel]

Or alternatively, you want an R1 but can't really afford it. Buy one brand new, flog the fairings, bars, lights, exhaust and clocks straight away so they are brand new. Fit streetfighter parts and an aftermarket exhaust.

You now own a brand new bike with the performance and handling of an R1 and have paid a net £3,000 less than they cost new.

Like this one of my mates. The reason he didn't get a bandit is because he didn't want a crappy bandit, he wanted an R1:

https://www.ednet.co.uk/~pmsolutions/Tramps/images/Bikes/moles_r1.jpg
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[Silver]

[stinkwheel]

You are never going to see it from the front except briefly if he is going in the opposite direction. At most you get a rapidly shrinking view of the back-end.

The reason it has a big, round headlight is so he can see where he is going in the dark.
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[Paracaine]

stinkwheel

I love streetfightered bikes, they look great, but in my opinion streetfightered naked bikes are the best because the radiators dont look funny and there arn't fairing bolts everywhere!
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[Rookie]

It's certainly a different look, I'm not keen, but each to their own.

[Silver]

[instigator]

Streetfighters are for men, none of this girly fairing rubbish.

[-Ali-]

when in france i saw a monster and absolutely fell in love with it. that good streetfighter looks cool, but why not just buy a 2nd r1?

[stinkwheel]

[0ddball]

If it's going to be done it's got to be done properly. Any excess brackets and lugs ground off, all wires hidden ect.

The one a couple of pic up looks a monster.
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[Paracaine]

[dodsi]

Well compared to an R1 they are!

There are too many bandits about with shit bolted onto them to make them "streetfightered"

IMHO they just look shit.

[Paracaine]