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It doesn't matter just please don't mess your 1000. Its a beautiful bike. If you are wanting to build a streetfighter you can find a better suitable platform for not much $$$.

Well there you have it! Even more definitions of what a streetfighter is?

I know my LTD is in no way a streetfighter, nor do I have any intentions of making it one. I simply was looking for insight to what a streetfighter is. I probably could have made two separate posts, one about my ltd and one with the streetfighter question.

As for my LTD, I am in the process putting a 200mm tire on the back. I already put on dragbars which I particularly just love. My first long ride was so much more enjoyable with them.(personal preference) It needs a paintjob. I plan of tearing the whole motor down over the winter and cleaning everything. In the meantime, it's just me and my 28mm Mikuni's having it out until my new V&H 4 into 1's get here in two weeks.

The Gringo wrote:

On second thought maybe the reason I always liked that paint scheme was this poster.

That top and shorts are most definately painted on!

IMHO, you could place just about anything in the background of that poster and it would look great.


I almost forgot, welcome to KZr cgray34!

Post edited by: RetroRiceRocketRider, at: 2007/08/18 14:27

RonKZ650 wrote:

Your LTD definately is not a streetfighter. Streetfighter to me is kind of what the words imply. It would be a bike that has fought a lot of battles, been beat to a pulp numerous times, all the stock equipment is broken off from wrecks and/or other abuse. Repainted badly afterwords multiple times, then all unnessessary equipment removed that hasn't already been removed by prior crashes such as fenders, emblems, turn signals ect. That's pretty much it in a nutshell. There are some nice streetfights like Dougs KZ1000, but 99% of the time streetfighter=used up, wrecked, abused motorcycle that has seen it's life pretty much used up and has a misguided owner to match. Sorry if that offends anyone as your mileage may vary. To each his own, just my personal ramblings.

no offense but i think you just described a "rat" bike. i am in the process of turning my gpz into a streetfighter. to build a nice streetfighter is very expensive(see shift1313's bike that is a streetfighter) a bike that you spend $150 plus on a headlight bracket and then put a $200 headlight on is not used up,wrecked ,abused and definately does not not a misguided owner. sorry not trying to argure or anger anyone but the term streetfighter is very dear to my heart, might have just pulled on it a little bit.

Streetfighter is a bike that has been changed is someway to make it more sporty; or more like a factory race bike. thats my .02

This could go on for a while, I think the street fighter "look" is something like the Z1 above, fender eliminator, lowered in the front looking, more sporty, cafe like.

Oh yeah, sorry bout the link above, I should have included a disclaimer:
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Well a Streetfighter can be a number of things. It could be a newer bike striped of most of the bodywork and most often a twin headlight mounted or it can be an older bike with modern suspension added and a hopped up motor to go with the aggressive look of the new suspension. I can't see what color or the quality of the paint matters although most of the older Streetfighters have a cool re-paint and the newer ones have a trashed paint job to go with the stripped down look. Here's my idea of a Streetfighter. Although I started with a wreck I only used what was still good and replaced the rest including the frame with one that was the same year and model. Not cheap, I could have gone back to stock way cheaper.
Mark

Zx7 front forks GPZ mono-shock rear and Yoshimura 716cc Yoshimura cams Yoshimura pipe ported and polished head and 29 smooth bores.











Post edited by: N0NB, at: 2007/08/18 22:19

RetroRiceRocketRider wrote:

The Gringo wrote:

On second thought maybe the reason I always liked that paint scheme was this poster.

That top and shorts are most definately painted on!

IMHO, you could place just about anything in the background of that poster and it would look great.


I almost forgot, welcome to KZr cgray34! <br><br>Post edited by: RetroRiceRocketRider, at: 2007/08/18 14:27

RRRR you have no idea. That poster was a giveaway item back in the day when I was selling these bikes new. I had one hanging in my bedroom for quite awhile. That gauze shirt barely concealed a really spectacular set of ta-tas. Of course that was 27 years ago, nowadays they probably hang down to her knees.

I have to agree that what Ron described falls into the definition of a rat bike.

To me a streetfighter is a carefully upgraded older motorcycle that routinely spanks the squids on their new Gixxers.

What's wrong with just saying that a "streetfighter" is a bike that has been modified in such a way that it acts and looks aggressive and intimidating (ready to take pink slips!!)?

Rat bike, street fighter? Any difference? Not that I can see. All wrecks, misguided owners with no taste or sense ect. Not all of them, just the majority of them. Same idea as a mexican lowrider 62 Chevy or a truck with 4 ft wide tires sticking out 3.99 ft outside the fenders. Looks stupid to put it mildly.