Streetfighter

Street Fighter is a name for a type of motorcycles without disguise, so-called naked bikes. Street Fighter differ from standard trim loose motorcycles in that they are powerful engines and their appearance to be particularly aggressive.

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In addition to the offered by some manufacturers, motor cycle, style lean against Street Fighter, there are a variety of custom vehicles.

As the basis for conversions so-called athlete or super athletes are usually utilized. Often used vehicles with repairable accident damage, but sometimes new vehicles, in which the intact cladding is removed for the conversion. The aim of the Street Fighter scene is to build a custom motorcycle from the various sections and to drive. It is characterized by a shortened, mostly steeply upturned tail ( " hump " ) without pillion seat as well as the removal of existing full panels in conjunction with mostly wide handlebars instead of the usual sports bikes handlebars.

Besides the usual modifications such modifications of the rear swingarm, widened rims, unusual headlight fairings, others turn signals and taillights are both typical and unusual paint with airbrush elements or references with faux fur and matching color anodized aluminum parts among other things, to the engine, screws and wheels are also used in Street Fighter. The replacement of the standard telescopic fork by an upside -down fork, upgraded brakes and motors, and the laying of parts of the exhaust system under the tail are more changes in Streetfighters.

As usual in the custom section, also motorcycles to be expanded to produced in small series frame. The rest of the necessary technology but then comes back from series motorcycles and accessories vendors. When motor changes with the goal of performance improvement using turbochargers, compressors, N2O ( nitrous oxide ), increased displacement, sport camshafts are possible.

History

The origins lie in Britain in the late 1980s, where ousted supersport riders went over to not repair their defective full fairings, but instead completely remove it from the motorcycle. The same was true also with broken seats / rear panels and / or clip-on handlebars, which were used parts (also other brands ) or accessories replaced inexpensively.

The name Street Fighter (English lit.: " street fighter " ) was created by the publisher and editor Steven Myatt of British special interest publishing for motorcycle title " Myatt McFarlane plc " in the early nineties. Thus, the first special edition " Street Fighters " of the 1983 magazine " Back Street Heroes," but at the same time, this new motorcycle genus was named, not only in 1991. The scene grew, and the Street Fighters became the stand-alone title with regular appearance.

In 1993, the German journalist Marcus Broix the first German edition of the Street Fighters for the Myatt McFarlane plc on the market. Since then, a scene that is today considered the largest developed in Germany. As a result of separation from the British Broix published with its publisher "cockroach Media GmbH " in 1999 the first edition of Fighters, the Street Fighter disappeared a short time later on the German market and the English Mother magazine in 2013 was again reduced to a supplement of the Backstreet Heroes. 2011 had Broix ` " cockroach media GmbH " declare bankruptcy and was liquidated in the bankruptcy settlement. The term Fighter is now synonymous worldwide with Street Fighter.

Street Fighter Movement

Optical elements that were originally derived from the Street Fighter scene, have now also be found again in different series motorcycles (various Buell Lightning models such as the XB12S and the XB9S, Triumph Speed ​​Triple, Kawasaki Z1000, Yamaha FZ1, KTM Super Duke, Aprilia Tuono KTM 990 Super Duke, BMW K 1300 R, Ducati Monster, Suzuki B-King, Ducati Streetfighter, MZ 1000 SF ( Street Fighter ) ).

The scene itself is defined both Street Fighter meetings as well as through clubs. The meetings are often associated with vehicle exhibitions and stunt shows. A typical feature is the so-called focal plate in the middle of the square, are carried out on the frequent burn- outs, where the rear tire of the motorcycle, by turns until it bursts.

The German streetfighter scene became already the world years ago to quantitatively greatest. Street Fighter or Fighter has become an established motorcycle genus, the terminology has been adopted in the parlance of the mainstream press, and motorcycle manufacturers abusing the term as a marketing tool.

Since 1996 there were their own Street Fighter meetings, early events were the Hesa Parties, the show Fighter reunion or Street Fighters (later Fighters ) Custom & Trade Shows. As of 2000, the number of participants and number of meetings grew, today the number of events has increased so dramatically that they have a more regional character and the number of visitors have down-regulated accordingly.

2001 held the Fighters Magazine, the first pure streetfighter show in Rheinberg, the Fighterama. This evolved over the years to the international trade fair for the scene as well as for the conversion of Street fighters and sport motorcycles and also offered cultural events, such as stunt shows and dragster or a huge party with live gigs and beauty contests. Other trade fair organizers - including almost all major regional fairs or customizing trade fairs such as the Custom Bike & Street Fighter Fair in Nuremberg or the Custom Bike in Bad Salzuflen - the waters of the Fighterama made ​​like advantage and evaluated their events with the Street Fighter theme on.

Name issue in Germany

After the German retail chain Detlev Louis, the term " Street Fighter" as a brand for motorcycles and parts protected it, as well as legal action against the companies operating in the scene companies for trademark offenses, the term used in a commercial context, it is only for the so- called Garment and accessories (helmets, gloves, T -shirts, jackets, pants, exhaust, etc. ) are used the trademark owner.

The scene still calls itself continues to Street Fighter scene or Fighter scene, in this regard whose motorcycles are also still referred to as " Street Fighter", and " Street Fighter Tag / Fighter- conversion ". This is also critical as long as the term is not used in a commercial context, eg at a ( private ) Used vehicle display for a motorcycle which designates its owner as Street Fighter, or in a public invitation (posters, website of a motorcycle club, etc.: "To all Street Fighter ") at a biker weekend with registration fee or chargeable beverage serving.