Unusual Sightings

[davenay67]

I think it's that single piece aluminium frame that does it. I don't know everything else he has, but I've seen him on a Vincent, a Desmosedici, and an RC30...

I hope they aren't all 'butchered' like the poor Tesi..!!  

[Croak]

I think you mean "Crashed Bimota Tesi 1D?"

It looks like something someone crashed anyway.

That's the whole schtick behind streetfighter styling, amigo.  

[davenay67]

That's the whole schtick behind streetfighter styling, amigo.  

Bollocks..!!

That's a full-ass (way worse than half-ass) repair job on a beautiful bike. That kind of crappy work work is simply turning a bike into a rolling POS.

Street-fighters are supposed to be beautifully built and executed bikes, usually naked conversion from full sportbikes. Polished frames, stunning paint jobs, billet accessories. Not duct tape and matte-black paint.

Perhaps Triumph should just kick the sh!t out of a new Daytona, leave it out in the rain to rust for a couple of months, yank off the fairings and brush-paint it with some left over paint and sell it as the newest latest Speed Triple.  

Or maybe the British street-fighter scene is different from the US scene..,??

[CosmicCowboy]

If he thinks THAT looks good, his other bikes must be v-stroms.  

 

[ToadRide]

You want ugly? you want to pay the big buck for engineering gone in the wrong direction? Well, for a paltry $120000 you can have this.
http://www.bikeexif.com/van-veen-ocr-1000

[Croak]

Street-fighters are supposed to be beautifully built and executed bikes, usually naked conversion from full sportbikes. Polished frames, stunning paint jobs, billet accessories. Not duct tape and matte-black paint.

Um, no.   That's not the way the streetfighter was born.  Originally it was a way to stand up a wrecked/rashed fully faired bike, but on the cheap BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR IT PROPERLY.  

Custom paint and billet and carbon fiber?  All that shit comes from show bikes inspired by proper streetfighters. Needless to say, the current factory built streetfighters got a lot of that show bike DNA, and only a little of the real streetfighter DNA.

[davenay67]

 Originally it was a way to stand up a wrecked/rashed fully faired bike, but on the cheap BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO REPAIR IT PROPERLY

Completely agree, but there is still a pride of ownership aspect. You can still make a beautiful / tasteful streetfighter on a small budget, or you can choose to not give a crap and make it a 'ratted' street fighter instead. The aftermarket frames and billet parts are definitely the pinnacle of evolution in terms of looks and cost.

I see you ride a faux street fighter yourself.    

Just kidding, it's a beautiful bike, would love to own one myself someday....