March 10th, 2009, 10:05 AM | #1 |
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Anyone create a '09 streetfighter?
My friend is rebuilding his ninja 500r into a streetfighter and wondering if I should do the same. What would be the steps into the 250 to do this? New headlight. Take off the whole front, fairings. what else?
http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...t-fighter.html thoughts? |
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March 10th, 2009, 11:35 AM | #2 |
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everytime I see a "streetfighter", all I see is some smuck who rashed/crashed his bike and doesn't have the money to fix it properly. If you want to do this to a brand new bike, why did you buy a new bike to begin with? What's wrong with the bike as is?
Is this for cosmetic purposes?? if so, my vote is that it makes the bike ugly compared to what it is stock. |
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March 10th, 2009, 11:41 AM | #3 |
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Have to say, based on the link you showed, I would say "pass". It isn't attractive at all. The Ninjas are one of the nicest looking bikes around. Why ruin a good thing?
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March 10th, 2009, 11:54 AM | #4 |
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Do it to a pre-gen.
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March 10th, 2009, 12:06 PM | #5 |
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Please don't the 250R, especially the 08+ is just so beautiful as it is, IMHO you will be ruining the Ninja if you do that
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March 10th, 2009, 12:09 PM | #6 |
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okay, ill leave it as is. no harm no foul
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March 10th, 2009, 12:09 PM | #7 |
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Question on that
IMHO, that looks like what I have seen called a "naked" or "standard" bike, its not a cruiser, its not a sport or super sport, ie "crotch rocket", or anything special, a motorcycle, like the bikes we rode in the MSF course, Honda Nighthawk 250. A base motorcycle, so to speak.
My question, why get a bike that you have do things to or remove parts from, when a bike like that is already available? nb
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March 10th, 2009, 12:13 PM | #8 |
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I think some of them look ok, especially with two smaller headlights like the Buell Lightning.
That said I also think that in most cases it is because someone crashes the bike and doesn't want to pay to buy all the new fairings, so if you really would want to do this then I would say find a wrecked bike or use an older bike. If you take the fairings off your bike you will notice that there are some tabs and indentations along the tank that would make it obviously out of place. |
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March 10th, 2009, 12:36 PM | #9 |
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I'm pretty sure 'street fighters' were born after a crash, like Kelly said. You remove the banged up fairings and patch it up with bailing wire and duct tape... and call it a street fighter to justify the fact that you're riding around on a trashed bike. Somewhere, somehow, someone did that, and they were so convincing that other sheep followed.
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March 10th, 2009, 12:45 PM | #10 |
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I like the 500 and pregen 250's as streetfighters, but it's hard to believe anyone would want to make a new 250 naked. All I get is compliments on my bike. From cruisers to liter bike riders. It's a gorgeous bike stock. Don't mess with a good thing.
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March 10th, 2009, 01:19 PM | #11 |
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^^ indeed to do this with a new 250 would be a travisty
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March 10th, 2009, 01:59 PM | #12 |
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maybe it is just me, but I really like the cafe racer look. Maybe ill buy a triumph speed triple instead of a cbr 600 as my second bike some day
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March 10th, 2009, 02:22 PM | #13 |
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^^ i too like the look of a good cafe racer, that or a tough naked sounds like something I could own
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March 10th, 2009, 05:40 PM | #14 |
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A cafe racer is a beautiful thing. I totally agree. But a Ninja is not a cafe racer, was not meant to be, and should not ever be. That's the great thing about these bikes. They aren't 600's. They aren't Standards. They aren't cruisers. They are Kawasaki Ninja 250's.
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March 10th, 2009, 05:59 PM | #15 |
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I'm not a fan of street fighters but I kinda like the look of this:
almost like a Buell Lightning in the front end. |
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March 11th, 2009, 01:41 PM | #16 |
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March 11th, 2009, 01:54 PM | #17 |
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That is a great looking bike. What countries does Kawi sell that version in, or is it just a fantasy photoshop? Only link I could find online was this one.
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March 11th, 2009, 02:49 PM | #18 |
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Actually, I think if one done something with the fairings, so it didn't just look like a Ninja with no fairings, then it could look quite good, the like the picture above.
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March 11th, 2009, 06:25 PM | #19 |
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It's photoshop
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March 11th, 2009, 07:04 PM | #20 |
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no, i actually parked right next to one on my campus.
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March 11th, 2009, 07:07 PM | #21 |
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Someone created one that looked like that? Kawi sold a Z750 that looked sort of like that, but there's nothing in their catalog that looks exactly like that.
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March 11th, 2009, 07:07 PM | #22 |
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Kyle, I really couldn't tell it was a photoshop...
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March 11th, 2009, 07:10 PM | #23 |
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here is where i found the pic http://www.2fiddy.com/2008/04/ninja-250r-streetfighter/
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March 11th, 2009, 07:41 PM | #24 |
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i'm not sure this would be considered a street fighter or not, but i think this SV looks pretty badass:
click for more picts
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March 11th, 2009, 07:53 PM | #25 |
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that is a pretty bad ass lookin sv, but i think the '07 sv 650 already had a street fighter look to it with the exposed headers.
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March 11th, 2009, 08:08 PM | #26 |
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true, they've always had a streetfighter look, and this one isn't too far off from stock i suppose, but it is different enough to look a hell of a lot cooler than most other SVs i've seen.
i think the biggest problem trying to get a 250 to look like that is the motor. the SV motor looks pretty cool.. like a ducati or something.
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March 11th, 2009, 10:12 PM | #27 | |
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Quote:
Why do they call these types of modded bikes 'Streetfighters' anyway?
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March 12th, 2009, 08:38 AM | #28 |
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probably cause they've been beat up by squids on the street that needed a good name for their trashed rides
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March 12th, 2009, 11:09 AM | #29 | |
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March 12th, 2009, 11:25 AM | #30 |
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Jon i agree, and I didn't know that there was an sv650s version that looks awesome 'till this morning when I saw one on campus. For some reason those tail lights are purdy cewl
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March 13th, 2009, 11:41 AM | #31 |
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As a former Buell rider, they do look cool, but unless you love being wind whipped, go with the fairings.
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March 13th, 2009, 12:16 PM | #32 |
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Ducati Streetfighter...enough said.
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March 13th, 2009, 01:59 PM | #33 |
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Ryan, I am at work here... Please inform us if you plan to post images such as that...
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March 14th, 2009, 08:42 PM | #34 |
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i like the look of custom streetfights WAY more then that ducati.
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March 14th, 2009, 11:59 PM | #35 |
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^ I agree, don't really like the look of the Ducati. Looks too complex.
But with that said, LOVE THE PHOTOSHOP'D ZX-250R
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March 15th, 2009, 06:12 PM | #36 |
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That 500 in the OP link looked pretty butch.
However, I've seen my bike with the fairings off... not too impressive. |
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March 27th, 2009, 10:32 PM | #37 |
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Not on the new gen, but I kinda like this on the old gen.
I think it's Almost there...
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March 27th, 2009, 11:27 PM | #38 |
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wow... where is that from? looks a lot like what Erin was up to the last we heard.
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March 28th, 2009, 03:52 AM | #39 |
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Wow, to me it looks so much like a dirt bike!
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