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Re: streetfighter or not?

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Originally Posted by wow (Post 1969579)

Have you won any prizes with it?

Pull a pig competition?

Re: streetfighter or not?

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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 1969586)

I think it's a Brit thing or a European thing, look at a proper one from over here, or a German wierd spine-destroying thing, and compare it to the yanks putting an 11 foot long swingarm on another 'busa...

I suspect a lot of the difference came out of what streets you're intending to fight - the post war american stuff seems to come out of finding what they could get their hands on cheap (ex-army hardleys), realising they weighed the same as small buses, and unbolting anything that wasn't helping it go. If you've got no corners, I guess you don't have to worry about handling.

This side of the pond, we were stuck with reasonably powerful (for the time) brit engines needing a little help in the frame department which begat combinations based on the Norton featherbed, which carried over into the Japanese era.

I have no idea where the slammed busa thing came from, mind - everything I've read over the years seems to suggest customising is done to improve some weak aspect (yes, even the raked chops - they're optimised for cruising on straight highways). I can't see what aspect is made better by adding half a ton of chrome and a 300 section rear tyre, then making the headlight drag on the ground ;)

Re: streetfighter or not?

To me , a streetfighter is an aggresive looking bike , urban and blue collar in character . The aggressive lines can be attained by opening up the rear end , which makes the rear look higher , and moving what you can down on the front end . Were i to try an "s" sv , i would lower the windshield line and install bar end mirrors , fab a liscence plate mount and lose the rear fender , and cut off the toolbox from the undertail . This gives the aggresive lines without changing the suspension . Pick ur own theme to get the blue collar bit . Judicious use of thin diamond plate , for example or as i chose on my sv , drilliing the heel guards. Above all , make it your own , and the compliments will come naturally , but if u seek them in the build , no one , including most importantly you , will be happy . You would not believe the attention my sv gets sitting next to bikes costing twice as much!

Re: streetfighter or not?

Bottom line is, if you think you can define what a streetfighter is or isn't, you have no idea what a streetfighter is :D