http://www.kawasakininja300.com/for...com/forum/2-ninja-300-news-reviews/1610-kawasaki-z300-naked-coming-america.html

 

Street fighter... aka the old "I dropped my sport bike and can't afford new fairings." Although the redesigned front end looks pretty good on Z300 pics.

 

Yeah I've seen the naked version. But I'm looking to have a more custom bike - streetfighter styled headlight, bar end mirrors, smaller (or none at all) windscreen, chopped fairings, fender eliminator, et cetera...

 

Blue Collar Bobbers rocks a neat 250 cafe-ish one for reference..

http://bluecollarbobbers.com/web/in...irtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=19&Itemid=24&TreeId=3&vmcchk=1&Itemid=24

 

Why would you make a street fighter from a new bike? You could just use any old sportbike since your going to be chopping and replacing everything anyway.

 

^agreed.

I would grab an old bike and do it before I would chop up a brand new one BUT in the end of it all, personal preference plays into this decision.

Just not quite my look

I LOVE a nicely done bobber bike...but not out of a street bike.

 

Yeah, you gotta go with a cruiser if you're going to go in the bobber direction. my idea garage would hold:

Honda Rebel 450 bobber
1970 Triumph Bonneville cafe racer
Ninja 300 naked.. or streetfighter(ish) (only because I already own this one lol)

 

Besides, a 300 is not really a "fighter", but if you are just going for looks and you like it....then do it. Its not up to us what you do, its up to you..... via i'm painting my white ninja a different color because I want it that way.

 

Good point. To be honest, I was looking for ideas more than anything. I just really prefer the look of a naked bike over a bike with full fairings.

 

Pre-gen 250 makes for a pretty good street fighter. Plus if you do a little looking you should be able to find one for pretty cheap.

Find one that's been crashed and has busted up fairings. That way you can talk down the price.

 

That's a good idea. Thanks man

 

Here, check this out.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=117501

 

yeah that's pretty awesome.. still too much plastic for my taste though. i'd even take off the side and back fairings

 

always had naked bikes this is my first dressed one and i like it she looks very sexy.lets ride.....

 

it is definitely a sexy bike.. but i still want to see what she looks like naked... heh heh..

 

save yer money and buy an older bike to mod or one that is already in that style. If you really have the 300 in your sights and money/time to burn then make sure you post pics!

Seriously though, to do it right would probably require a bit of custom modification and headaches. A lot of sport bikes that I see people try and transition on their own end up looking sorta shoddy. I personally have always like the looks of an old Honda CB500 cafe'd the fuck out. I know its not the same as 'streetfighter' but the older CBs are cheap to buy, maintain, mod and much easier to have them turn out looking original and good.

Here's a link I found to a guy in a forum that did his '08 ninja 250. It can give you an idea of what it might end up like...
http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22780

 

Yeah I LOVE me a good cafe racer.. The old Honda CBs are good. I really want a 1970 Triumph Bonneville cafe'd out.. That would be sick. Thanks for the pics

 

One of our guys is deep into Cafe's, and he has noticed that their pricing is creeping up quite a bit. Especially will all the TV shows about them now.
You can still find some out there for some cheap $$, but he says the old " dollar per cc " figure has disappeared.
And agree with Ninja... seems to be some older 250's around for not bad money.

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I thought that a "street fighter" is a chopped version of a racer / sports bike like the original chopper was a chopped version of a cruiser.

Both meaning, get it as light as possible by removing the parts a bike essentially don't need to drive (i.e. no back seat, no lights, no plastics, no counters, etc.)

Naked bike is just a sport model without the plastic.

 

I thought the same thing

 

You should look at the Suzuki S40 Ryca i think you'll like that my hubby sure does

 

oh heck yeah. that's a sick bike. thanks for sharing that

 

I thought that street fighter meant that the bike got in a fight with the street and lost.

 

hahaha that would make sense. that's how the trend got started, from what i understand. it's become more of a "custom look" now though. i started taking off the fairings this weekend. i am digging the potential i see. the engine and headers are too beautiful to be covered up by some shiny plastic, in my opinion.

 

A few well placed bits of aluminum to add some cover to those mounts/holes would go a long way. I smoothed a older Ninja 250 tank back a few years and covered it in Rustoleum spray truck bed liner. Looked awesome. I think it is on Ninjette's pics page, or one exactly like mine anyway. Chopped tail too.

 

Only problem with customizing ur bike to where its very easy to spot as urs and only urs is the cops will remember it and if u ride like I do from time to time that can be very bad.

 

hahaha good point

 

Whoa, there's a lot of streetfighter style here in my country, mostly, it came from the old 250r model.
For inspiration:

Too extreme?

Are u goind to strip your new 300 into the naked one? U better bought the Z250 kit, it's around $699.

 

those look pretty sweet. a little extreme for what i'm going for. i'm also trying to not spend a whole lot of money. i'm thinking more naked than streetfighter i guess. i want to replace the headlight with a single round headlight and replace the instrument cluster with both analog tachometer and speedometer instead of digital. the fairings are off on my bike and the only thing i really don't like is the white plastic fluid jug on the right side, but that's nothing a little black plastidip spray won't handle.

 

wow!!! some of the 250's look fantastic! i wouldn’t own one, but man, the attention to detail is awesome