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Now after reading this thread this in pomgolia is a real street fighter (link borrowed from another site)

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RonnieG

MiG wrote:Calling a Z1000 a streetfighter is like calling a stock Harley a custom chopper. It's not, you're just being lame. The name doesn't refer only to the end result, it's the process of getting there.

this is the best description so far......MiG you have hit the nail fair on the head.




I remember the first time I picked up Streetfighter magazine many years ago......the common denominators of a *streetfighter* were these:

1-piece tube bars, generally with a really ugly bend, instead of clipons;

2-pissant little twin-headlight arrangments, generally flogged from some MX shitter;

3- single-seat conversions with a ducktail that pointed at the heavens......some look great, most look fully shithouse;

4 - a sick-as paint job.

5 -all other mods commonly found - engine swaps, big s/arms, etc etc - they all start looking the same after a while ..

Most of these mods were always found on trashed sportsbikes - not bikes that started life as a 'naked' bike.....

Zeddie owners seem to be more 'lovers' than 'fighters' LOL

IsleofNinja wrote:Zeddie owners seem to be more 'lovers' than 'fighters' LOL

l don't own a Zed but l'd rather fuck than fight

jewjew wrote:Neka,

If [in January ] i put a Belly Pan on my Z750 it is no longer Naked, right? Then when i put the tidy tail, hugger and windscreen on it wouldn't that make it a fighter? If not do the new tyres (pilot road 2c's) since they are not reccomended by the manufacturer become a performance enhancement?

I really need this cleared up before i spend a fortune on bits....

nup.... it will still be a naked...

if it bolts on..its a naked...

if its fabricated/cut/drilled/bashed/made to fit...then u can call it a fighter...

a fighter is a bike which is significantly modified from its original form...


oh..my bellypan was due to go on soon..but i need tyres now... grrrr

i personally wouldn t call a Z a streetfighter, just nicely NEKID

Yeah I agree Mick.

ZR750 = A Standard bike
Z1000= A naked bike
ZX9R minus fairings, plus MX bars and other mods = Street Fighter

Well, that's how I see it anyhoo, not that it makes any difference, there all fun for different reasons!!!

mmmm..... streetfighters are crashed sportsbikes aren't they?

Grasshopper wrote:mmmm..... streetfighters are crashed sportsbikes aren't they?

mostly

Strika wrote:Yeah I agree Mick.

ZR750 = A Standard bike
Z1000= A naked bike
ZX9R minus fairings, plus MX bars and other mods = Street Fighter

and the ZRX is a muscle bike

Phil wrote:

Strika wrote:Yeah I agree Mick.

ZR750 = A Standard bike
Z1000= A naked bike
ZX9R minus fairings, plus MX bars and other mods = Street Fighter

and the ZRX is a muscle bike

muscle?? ...i thought it was a bodybuilder bike??

A streetfighter has to be custom.... and if its not nearly impossible its just not custom.