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Re: VTR Cafe Fighter Project

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alanfjones1411 wrote:I got a 1200 bandit that i streetfightered

How did you do that, isn't it already that style ?!... wack a couple of cheap tacky twin headlights on, some renthal bars and call it a streetfighter :roll:

Not meaning to offend but the term "streetfighter" grates me, one of those over used terms that came from a crashed sportsbike that was cheaper to throw cheap tat at just to get it back on the road, then it imply that it was planned.

Just customised will do me, most faired bike don't really come out well when the fairings removed, Firestorms are one of the worst unless you put a front mount radiator, then they can look ok if done very well.

Interested to see if this one turns out to be one of the very few that look good, I believe it can be done just not really seen it much yet.


Back to the Bandit, Well you cannot "streetfighter" a Bandit, you can modify one though :wink:


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popkat wrote:
alanfjones1411 wrote:I got a 1200 bandit that i streetfightered

How did you do that, isn't it already that style ?!... wack a couple of cheap tacky twin headlights on, some renthal bars and call it a streetfighter :roll:

Not meaning to offend but the term "streetfighter" grates me, one of those over used terms that came from a crashed sportsbike that was cheaper to throw cheap tat at just to get it back on the road, then it imply that it was planned.

Just customised will do me, most faired bike don't really come out well when the fairings removed, Firestorms are one of the worst unless you put a front mount radiator, then they can look ok if done very well.

Interested to see if this one turns out to be one of the very few that look good, I believe it can be done just not really seen it much yet.


Back to the Bandit, Well you cannot "streetfighter" a Bandit, you can modify one though :wink:


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We are all entitled to our own opinion as to what is classed as a street fighter.
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alanfjones1411 wrote:We are all entitled to our own opinion as to what is classed as a street fighter.
Yeah they are all shite... :lol:

Just my opinion like...
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It's been sold now anyway. Got lotsa beer vouchers for it. :beer:
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MacV2 wrote:
alanfjones1411 wrote:We are all entitled to our own opinion as to what is classed as a street fighter.
Yeah they are all shite... :lol:

Just my opinion like...

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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This is mine, This is NOT a Streetfighter. This is the real deal, not some crashed bike with bits ripped off, not some retro Bandit or similar with catalogue bolt on tat :lol:, Not some half knackered Firestorm with the fairing ripped off.. Just tastfully modified :cool2
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This is as closest to what I could term a streetfighter. Spondon porn :cool2 Shows what's possible with a v twin engine.
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That tl has way to much anodised tat fitted , really cheapens it me thinks .
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Yup the Anodising should be toned down a bit.. At least it's not purple anodising though :sick:


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popkat wrote:This is mine, This is NOT a Streetfighter. This is the real deal, not some crashed bike with bits ripped off, not some retro Bandit or similar with catalogue bolt on tat :lol:, Not some half knackered Firestorm with the fairing ripped off.. Just tastfully modified :cool2
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This is as closest to what I could term a streetfighter. Spondon porn :cool2 Shows what's possible with a v twin engine.
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Seem to remember both of them featured in a mag named 'street fighters'. Epic mag R.i.p
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This member had some strong views on "street fighters" -

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 59#p221059
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Sir-knob-head wrote:
popkat wrote:This is mine, This is NOT a Streetfighter. This is the real deal, not some crashed bike with bits ripped off, not some retro Bandit or similar with catalogue bolt on tat :lol:, Not some half knackered Firestorm with the fairing ripped off.. Just tastfully modified :cool2
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Seem to remember both of them featured in a mag named 'street fighters'. Epic mag R.i.p

:lol: :lol: :lol: Now there's the irony, My GSX appeared in streetfighters mag back in 2003.. I've owned it for 10 years but don't have that copy of the mag, although I used to like it in it's early days.


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lloydie wrote:That tl has way to much anodised tat fitted , really cheapens it me thinks .
My thoughts exactly.... And the angle of the tail is just for show, not for function or flowing lines
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AMCQ46 wrote:
lloydie wrote:That tl has way to much anodised tat fitted , really cheapens it me thinks .
My thoughts exactly.... And the angle of the tail is just for show, not for function or flowing lines
Unless the owner is a hunchfront*, and it's like that for orthopaedic reasons.
Don't mock the afflicted, he can't help his condition.
We should try to understand, offer sympathy, and spare fairings.

You can just imagine the TV ad:
(Earnest middle-class voice): " John dropped his bike, and no-one will ride with him, as he can't go over 50 without neckache. Just one blue infill panel a month will help John overcome his shameful condition.......Please give what you can; every nearly-straight fairing bracket or purple anodised bolt for a screen well helps".






A surprising number of people know someone who likes streetfighters.
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poor John.. :lol:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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