Awsome site

It seems the streetfighter scene is most popular in Europe.  Here is one site that has a lot of pics and references (if you can find the ones in english). http://www.streetfighter.nl/

One ot the pics is of a modified GSXR.  Notice the tail section and the raised handlebars, so characteristic of a typical streetfighter.  I like the shaved front fender (where can I get one in the States?), and the fact that there is no instrument cluster at all.  Turn signals on the bar ends are clean, and the aftermarket rear sets look nice.  The bold on head lamps are a good $250.00 investment, but don’t really tie into the look of the bike.  It’s a good start, but most certainly not polished.

GSXR Streetfighter

A little more imagination, and some simple tweaks would carry this bike a lot further.  Notice that the bottom triple tree is stock (you can see the mount on the left side for the stock stabilizer.  If you look closely at the exhaust, you can see the flange for the bolt on can.  This is a stock exhaust without the can (the owner didn’t even cut the pipe for a cleaner effect.  The stock brake reservoir is prominent on an otherwise clean front end.  A nice low profile billet reservoir would be a huge improvement, or at least paint the thing and re-mount it a little lower on the bar .  Another thing that commands your attention when looking at this bike is the label on the radiator cap.  A quick coat of heat resistant flat black paint would be a cheap easy fix (but perhaps the owner needs a reminder that the cooling fluid gets hot).

I am critical of these things as they are already things that I’ve identified while thinking through my bike.  I must say finances won’t allow me to get a custom lower triple tree, but I can most certainly look to low cost cosmetic fixes for some of the other things.  I like the aggressive positioning of the GSXR, so expect to see my stock clamp-ons still attached as opposed to the typical streetfighter raised bar.