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Tom_b


Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The streetfighter is just a modern version of the old brit cafe bikes. Tough looking bikes to run and race around on the streets. Not really stripped down completely. Just enough to get the tough look. I always thought a wrecked bike with no stuff, was just that. A streetfighter had stuff removed on purpose. I like the pitbull analogy also.
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Firebolt020283


Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 09:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

im with u tom that was my thoughts. Basicly a modern cafe racer. A bare essential street pavement pounding beast (buell).
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Tucsonxb9s


Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pit bull is a great analogy. I was actually thinking of getting PTBUL for my license plate.

Believe me Stealth...I know Van Dumm has nothing on Sonny Chiba.
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X1tx


Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 09:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

IIRC, Van Damme got into a fight in a bar a couple years ago and got his azz kicked pretty good.......
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Djkaplan


Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 09:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...by this guy.

http://www.chuckzito.com/default2.htm

I read his book on a lark a couple years ago and was quite amused. This guy is so tough, he left the Chinga-Linga MC because they were too mild for him. He's a bad mofo.
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Glitch


Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 01:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Anything that can't be abused is too pretty to use.

I like that.

And I'm with SealthXB.
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Stealthxb


Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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Rick_a


Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The biggest difference between cafe racers and streetfighters is that the cafe racers have historically used low clip-ons and rearsets while streetfighters have traditionally used a more upright riding position and dirt bike bars.
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Lornce


Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here's Godzirra! my old Gixxer 7/11 street fighter. '88 GSX-R 750 chassis with Yosh modded 1186cc GSX-R 1100 mill providing the urge. It was a fun and entertaining bike.

Godzirra! Godzirra!

Cooling off with Godzirra!
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Krassh


Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Ingemar is that for Deer hunting or some other varmit?
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1320
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 09:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here is my version...
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Reepicheep
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 09:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Why the ZTL front wheel? I would think they want as much mass as possible hanging up there...
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Lornce
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 09:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Joe,
Great shot!
I've been meaning to ask you about the collector on your exhaust. What IS that?
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Lovematt
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 01:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

not when the wheel is off the ground and it comes back down at over 100 MPH...the energy shock of getting the wheel to spin again is pretty hard on steering and stability I would imagine with a big 'ol fat Exile wheel on there.
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Stealthxb
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 07:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine:

streetfighter

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Rockbiter1
Posted on Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That collector is a "FAIC", or Forced Air Induction Collector" exhaust system. It forces higher cylander scavenge at speed, by producing a venturi effect (air goes theu the intake, and out the back, sucking exhaust out of the engine)

Seems several of the NHRA racers use the pipe (Shreveport/Bossier HD had one on thier Vrod drag bike)

It can be had for standard HD models for about 700-900

Comes with a plug for the intake hole (for tuning), and once the bike is tunes, you remove the plug, and supposed to give just a bit more hp, and all of thier systems are ceramic coated.

http://www.faic.cc/
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1320
Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 07:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Everyone will have their own idea of what a streetfighter is...mine is stop light to stoplight..

Lornce, yes that is an F.A.I.C. pipe. Jeff Lampert is a fan and friend. To clarify a little on the tuning aspect..the plug is used for the baseline..you then remove the plug and actually tune by blowing air at the induction with a leaf blower or whatever to simulate the bike at speed. There are also chrome versions available now. The unfortunate deal is that he doesn't make a pipe for my Buell.

What is an "Exile" wheel? The Hayden boys and most of the others don't seem to have much of a problem bringing that front wheel down at WELL over 100mph when they really gag it in the straights...
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Lovematt
Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 11:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

By Exile I meant a certain chopper shop that likes using thick tires on their builds...they can be seen here:

http://www.exilecycles.com/custom_bikes.htm

A light front wheel is good for dragging but it seems to me the physics of taking a wheel that is spinning 30 MPH and making it spin 150 MPH in less than a second has some serious forces going on...maybe not an issue but seems like in this case the less the better.

I know for cars it is a good idea...
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1320
Posted on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 02:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The front wheel in the pic is a Pirelli Dragon Super Corsa(green compound)works really well in all applications I have done. For drag racing I usually run 55psi in the fronts for the reasons you mention..less rolling resistance for short bursts. This bike is tagged and registered for real street use. For the corners it is not...
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Koz5150
Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 06:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

1320...

Is it just me or is the tail pipe of that bike facing forward on the bottom? If so, may I ask why?
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Tucsonxb9s
Posted on Monday, February 21, 2005 - 08:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here's a TL i could see myself riding. This one's done right!

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