The Streetfighter Blog

Once again the discussion of "what is a streetfighter" has sprung-up on the web. It seems like this particular issue is never fully explained, and so, keeps bubbling up to the surface of discussion. People - particularly those here in the states - just can't quite settle on what makes a bike a streetfighter.

So I know I missed my entry yesterday for the Wednesday rant-day post, but it was for good reason. I was checking out my local bike nights calendar and saw that Quaker Steak & Lube, in Clearwater, was doing something that I just couldn't pass up.

Daytona77 Photo 01There are times when writing about bikes is the best thing in the world. This was one of those times. I have been fortunate enough to interview one of the best builders in Germany, Rainer Budnik, of Budnik Cycles. Rainer is from Germany, and english is not his native language, but we had a chance to communicate via e-mail and I was able to get in a quick Q & A session with the man. So read-on for pictures and the interview.

Portland, Oregon - Spring 2008 – ThaSick1 has taken his love of the performance machines and the lifestyle that follows alongside it, and has begun his search for brothers and sisters that also value the commitment to the streetfighter lifestyle. Thus is born STREETFIGHERS MC. Continuing in the original dream of a streetfighter-based MC club, ThaSick1 has laid down a foundation of solidity & brotherhood, along with specific By-Laws and Rules towards prospects and membership.

We have a new venue for you guys. It's rant-days. Every Wednesday here at The Streetfighter Blog we will be posting up one or two articles ranting about various motorcycle related topics. We then open-up the floor to you guys and invite you to chime-in with your opinion on the matter.

For anyone who has built a custom bike, it is really really cool to see your own bike featured in a magazine. Even though I post my own articles here at TSB, and have posted my bike on several other websites, it is still an awesome thing to see my bike featured in a real magazine.

As a streetfighter fan, I am also a big fan of unique helmets. For years I have drooled over some of the sweet "Jet" style helmets and fancy full-face helmets that our brothers across the pond have had access to. Well Finally, we get our moment to shine. The amazing folks over at WebBikeWorld have posted a very thorough review of Givi's X.01 modular helmet.
I think this is such a great idea for a helmet. The flip-up "modular" helmets I've seen seem to me to have made too many compromises to do the whole flip-up thing. The X.01 looks pretty amazing.

A fellow member on Custom Fighters, by the username "goon73" has just recently finished qualifying for the "Bun Burner" certification with the Iron Butt Association. His story, has inspired me to at least consider qualifying myself.

Front view of the GM68 with tinted visor closed

So I received my new helmet back on the seventh, it’s the GM68 by Gmax. Let me tell you now that I've had a chance to use it for a while, this helmet ROCKS!

One of our favorite sites on the web – Custom Fighters – is undertaking a really cool project for charity. It is a collaborative build where all the members of Custom Fighters contribute resources to build a custom streetfighter which will be auctioned off for charity.

So let me tell you a little about the new site and some of the features we now have.

First, we have a much better blog system, which makes adding comments to our posts much easier.
Second, our Image Galleries are much more user friendly, and are searchable.
Third, we have a much more robust contact form system to allow you to get in touch with us.

Wow! So what the heck happened around here!?!?

Well the short version is that I was really getting fed up with the previous system I was using to create The Streetfighter Blog. So, I did what any self-respecting computer geek would do. I archived everything up into a zip file, and started over.