i was wondering what i need to do to make my bike a street fighter.
what to do with gauges lights and where to get that small plastic for the lights

also if anyone knows what year the rear tire went to 5"

 

I think most people crash their bikes first to make it a street fighter ;-)

Search on google for "cyclopse headlight".

The idea behind a streetfighter is customization, so you will need to be skillfully creative in placing your lights, hiding wires, creating a custom gauge housing etc. Etc.

The F3 has a 5" rear wheel

 

Well... you'll want to pull all the plastics first. Not a bad idea since you can sell them for money. If you've never ridden a streetfighter though prepare for some serious wind. You'd be amazed just how muich good those fairings do, espescially over 90mph. They play a big part into the aerodynamics of the bike and help keep the front wheel down.

At that point it's a popular mod to switch out the stock gauges for a digital guage, and to remove the stock light in favor of something different. This free's up weight (remove fron subframe) and also allows you to mount everything closer to the forks than the stock light, which helps it look good. Plus the stock light is fixed, aftermarket fork mounted lights move with your steering, which some people find desirable.

At that point, you'll want to start tucking everything away and making it look like the bike was design to be the way you have it, and not just a wrecked bike.


All that can be done, but it kills resale value. No one beleives a street fightered bike isn't the result of a crash unless of course you did complete and absolutely bad *** work... and even then they still doubt you.

 

http://customfighters.com/forums/index.php

 

Here's my '94 F2 streetfighter I built to give you some idea's. Wasn't crashed, just was a piece that the previous guy didn't take care of. And jnicola is right about the wind, it takes some getting used to.