Bestofrivals

Why we call a naked bike " a street bike" ?? What i want to know is that even they have higher cc engines, huge body,they seems big and lot of power too.So what makes them easy to ride in cities or so called Streets??

Yamaha MT01, Honda hornet, Ducati Monster,Suzuki B-wing falls in the same category .Correct me if am wrong.

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phoenixflight

This is an amazing thread...pl keep the info flowing...

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Harmeet

Coz they are made for street use. Any bike made for normal road use can be referred as street bike..they are manufac for everyday riding/touring..Unlike here in India, people like big engines so along comes the huge body, lots of power etc... like busa or zx14. Its not as easy to ride as a ct100 but its just a catagory that they refer to.

Bikes like the R1, GSX-R are specifically made for track use and competition, hence they are referred as race bikes.

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ritocbz2001

the hub is the center of the wheel through which the axle goes.

Bestofrivals

(they are made for street thats why they are called so),It doesn't suffice my query bro, i asked that even after having huge engines and power whats so specific about them that they are easy to ride in cities and why not supersports bikes like R1,Gixxer etc. etc..Is it just because of the fairing and aerodynamics??

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pulsater

AFAIK, a lot depends on riding position. street bikes always have more relaxed and comfi riding position than sportsbike where most of your upper body weight is on your wrist. street bikes are more rider friendly in terms of body positioning for longer riding hours.

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tanay

^^ How about torque? Street bikes concentrate it in the low to mid revs for stop and go traffic whereas sports bikes would make power higher up.

You'd also have a neutral seating position in the street bikes to avoid crouching.

Add in the absence of fairings on street bikes for low-maintenance/low-cost/style reasons.

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pulsater

exactly.....

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nitrosatya

Let us see the different segments of bikes.


Some combinations that are present in the market:

Street +Sport = ER6N,GSXF,CBF
Street + Off-road = KTM Duke 690, etc.
Street + Cruiser = Vmax, MT 01.
Super street or muscle bike = MT 01, Bking, Z1000, CB1300 etc.

I believe the first motorcycle in the world was a street bike. All others are its derivations. And many new categories are created by some manufacturers. As written above.

Here we see the riding triangle. It denotes the posture while riding.


The rake angle and turning radius makes a bike flickable. Larger is unstable. Sportsbikes cannot turn handle beyond certain limit because of the fairing.
Moreover, Superbike, Motocross and Supermoto are name of racing events from which the bikes get their names.

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payeng

Applause.. great stuff Nitro.

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