The top seven streetfighter bikes on the market

Image courtesy of Triumph

Streetfighters. Super Naked. Whatever you call them, these stripped down, powerful machines are some of the most fun you can have on two wheels, while still being practical for everyday use. 

Here we take a look at some of the best streetfighters available on the market. 

Ducati Streetfighter V4

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Big shoutout to Ducati for cutting straight to the point with their offering. Its straight to the point name might seem a bit presumptuous if it wasn’t able to walk the walk too, but its 1103cc engine adapted from Ducati’s Panigale racer gives it an incredible amount of heft. 

The stripped down styling is also aggressive and modern, with Ducati making a big deal about how the curve of the LED headlights is designed to resemble the smile of Batman’s arch enemy, the clown prince of crime, the Joker. This will undoubtedly cause heated debate among the comic nerd motorcyclist community about which of the versions of the Joker was the inspiration for this. He’s an 84 year old character! There are a lot of different versions! Ducati, we need to know this stuff. 

Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RS

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Triumph are one of the originators of the streetfighter, with the Speed Triple being one of the first bikes to be produced in this style back in 1994. Three decades on and it’s still a huge name in the streetfighting segment, although Triumph have been innovating and improving their engineering meaning the 1200RS is right on the cutting edge of what motorcycles can be. 

It’s also worth pointing out that the latest version has a headlight with two downward lines that make it look like some very determined eyebrows as you look at it head on. Sadly, if this rather adorable design feature is based on a particular comic character Triumph haven’t shared this information.

Kawasaki ZH2

Kawasaki’s supernaked bike uses their supercharger technology, whatever that means, but it does make for a really fast streetbike built according to Kawasaki’s ‘sugomi’ – meaning aggressive – design philosophy that they’ve become known for. 

It’s a tough and nippy offering to the streetfighter fans who want sharp, modern styling. But by now you’re wondering whether we’re going to explain what the headlights look like and who are we to disappoint, having established this theme early. Well, the twin headlights do kind of look like mirrored sunglasses, which is an appropriately cool touch for such a beast.

Yamaha MT

Forget super naked, Yamaha’s streetfighter takes things one step further and is described as a hyper naked bike. The MT range covers everything from the flagship MT-10, which is super fast and has eyebrow headlights that make it look even more determined than the Triumph, all the way down to the learner friendly MT-125, which has three headlights that make it look like eyes and a mouth.

It’s also vaguely reminiscent of Ultraman, which is Japan’s equivalent of Superman, except Ultraman doesn’t normally have an open mouth.

Lexmoto once again comes through with an affordable option for learners or anyone who just wants a nice simple bike for cutting about the city. The RSS125 is a pretty no-nonsense bike that’ll get you where you need to go economically while still delivering some of the streetfighter experience. 

Being at the more budget end of things they’ve not gone wild trying to make the headlight look vaguely like part of a face, being simply the classic circular reflector, but for what you’re paying you really can’t complain.

Honda CB500 Hornet

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Honda’s CB range is another line of naked – or at the very least partially clothed – street bikes that range in power from 125 all the way up to 1000cc capacity, with something for pretty much every level of ability. The CB500 is all points and angles, fully living up to its insectoid name, with a sleek modern nose containing a hexagonal headlight. Hexagonal! Will wonders ever cease? 

The CB750 has a larger light with an outline that vaguely resembles a stylised, angular cat head. Or, if you squint a bit, you could even say it looks a bit like Batman. Does this mean the Hornet is the arch enemy of Ducati’s Streetfighter? 

Suzuki Katana

The Katana is arguably Suzuki’s flagship bike. Back in the eighties it was the name of its sports tourer, which was one of the fastest production motorcycles on the market when it was launched in 1980, and was massively influential on how sports bikes developed throughout the following decades. 

The modern incarnation was launched in 2019 and is based on the GSX-1000, removing much of the fairing giving it a sharp, minimal modern look with an absurd amount of power making it a worthy successor to the name and legacy of the original. The headlight’s a fairly standard parallelogram shape, but as with the rest of the bike it’s a well judged update on the classic original look.

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