77KZ650 wrote:
Duck, As far a my interpretation of a streetfighter goes, its a classic bike like our KZs, with everything upgraded:) such as big bore kits, chassis mods, suspension off of new sport bikes, everything that could make an old bike work waaay better than it was ever intended to:)
Neil, I'm in the process of fitting some ZX stuff to my 650, I should have some updates and hopefully pics by early next week. also check out the "looking for diagram" , "how did you grind the frame for swingarm" , and the "ZX swingarm and shock" threads.
A good writing, but that's not really a streetfighter. Though you are building what I would consider to be a streetfighter influenced bike. I like the idea. That's why I'm in the midst of building one as well!
A streetfighter is quite literally the modern version of the bike builds based on the concepts of cafe racers of the 50's-70's.
You take a newer frame (usually custom for a really good streetfighter... Spondon, Harris, etc.), cram a really friggin big engine in it, lighten it up, add a few personal touches, and you have a streetfighter.
A few common things on them?
1) SINGLE PERSON
2) Superbike bars (on a sportbike front end)
3) A LOT of Gixxer based fighters
4) Kicked asses (high rear end)
5) Polished/Chromed parts
6) Wild paint jobs
7) Bug eye/MIG lamps
8) Color matching
It's basically a really modified sportbike with the aesthetic "oohs and ahhhs" of the chopper world.
Example:
This bike in specific is a very popular streetfighter. If I remember correctly the bike is called "Hans Stahl" and is owned by a guy in a streetfighter club in Germany. PERFECT example of a streetfighter.
NEIL:
There's a way to make anything work, you just need to figure it out. Keep an eye out on the forums and ask specific questions while you go and you can sort anything out