Thursday, February 18, 2010

Custom Fighters

Quite stoked, just found this site called CustomFighters.com and it just rocks. Lots of great links, resources and builds to showcase all there is love about streetfighters. The beauty of these bikes is function over form. A lot of people will just call them naked bikes because of the fairings and extra ecoutrements removed for the sake of style and attitude. I ask you to dig deeper. A lot of people look at choppers or production customs to be the true "custom" builds but thats just too damn easy. Streetfighters are in a league all their own as they can whoop your ass in the turns, the straightaways and then wheelie away, yeah they are bitchin.

Here is one example of a killer bike I found on customfighters.com along with the spec sheet.
2002 TL 1000R Motor
Custom Built Trellis Frame (23-Rake, 93-Trail)
Triumph 1050 Single Sided Swingarm
955 Rear Rim Widened and Heightened from 17 x 6″ to 18 x 8.5″
ZX14 Front Forks with GSXR 1000 Valving and Springs
ZX636 Front Wheel
ZX14 Front Rotors
R6 Rear Shock with 900RR Spring
R6 Radiator
Aluminum Fuel Cell
Custom Body Work – Wet Layout Carbon Fiber
Custom Seat and covering
One Off Top Triple Clamp (ZX14 bottom/stem)
Triumph Headlight with Harley Davidson Trim
Ducati 996 Velocity Stacks and PC3 with Custom Mapping
Custom Exhaust and with Matching Tail Light
Billet Aluminum Grips, Bar ends, Gas Cap, Brake / Clutch Reservoirs, etc
Paint and Fiber work all layed by Roman at FOH Cycle Fab

Custom Fighters