The Streetfighter experience begins even before inserting its key. It looks downright menacing sitting cocked left on its sidestand, although it's a bit dense and cluttered, especially compared to the tidier air-cooled Monster lineup. It's not exactly what we'd describe as beautiful, but its stripped-down appearance of industrial art gives it a real sense of purpose and machinery-ness.
New, compact switchgear includes a fighter pilot's “trigger catch” that covers the starter button until you're good and ready to fire up this Italian missile. On the downside, the sharp-edged and plasticky controls feel cheap, especially the turn signal switch, which is unbecoming for an expensive toy such as this.
Once triggered into life, the liquid-cooled V-Twin emits a burly rumble through a pair of stacked muflers that portends near-Superbike power production. We brought our bike down to legendary tuner Carry Andrews' Hypercycle Speed Center where it spat out 133.2 roaring ponies at 9800 rpm. Combined with a pavement-rippling 72 ft-lbs of torque, this is a contender for the most powerful naked sportbike on the planet
Engine Brand Name | Desmodromic | |
Engine Type | Longitudinal Twin | |
Cylinders | 2 | |
Engine Stroke | 4-Stroke | |
Horsepower (bhp/kW) | 155 / 114 | |
Horsepower RPM | 9500 | |
Torque (Ft Lbs/Nm) | 85 / 115 | |
Torque RPM | 9500 | |
Cooling | Liquid | |
Valves | 8 | |
Valves Per Cylinder | 4 | |
Valve Configuration | DOHC | |
Bore (mm/in) | 104 / 4.09 | |
Stroke (mm/in) | 64.7 / 2.55 | |
Displacement (cc/ci) | 1099 / 67 | |
Compression Ratio | 12.5:1 | |
Starter | Electric | |
Fuel Requirements | Premium | |
Ram Air Induction | No | |
Fuel Type | Gas | |
Carburetion Brand | Marelli | |
Fuel Injector | Yes | |
Carburetor | No | |
Carburetion Type | Fuel Injected | |
Transmission Type | Manual | |
Number Of Speeds | 6 | |
Overdrive | Yes | |
Primary Drive (Rear Wheel) | Chain | |
Primary Drive (Engine / Transmission) | Gear | |
Gear Ratio (1/2/3/4/5/6) | 2.47 / 1.76 / 1.4 / 1.18 / 1.04 / 0.95 | |
Reverse | No | |
Final Drive Ratio | 2.53 | |
Wheels & Tires: | ||
Wheels Composition | Aluminum | |
Tube / Tubeless | Tubeless | |
Front Wheel Width (in) | 3.5 | |
Rear Wheel Width (in) | 6 | |
Chromed | No | |
Tire Brand | Pirelli® | |
Front Tire Width | 120 | |
Front Tire Aspect Ratio | 70 | |
Front Tire Speed Rating | Z | |
Front Wheel Diameter | 17 | |
Rear Tire Width | 190 | |
Rear Tire Aspect Ratio | 55 | |
Rear Tire Speed Rating | Z | |
Rear Wheel Diameter | 17 | |
Front Tire (Full Spec) | 120/70 ZR17 Pirelli Diablo Corsa III | |
Rear Tire (Full Spec) | 190/55 ZR17 Pirelli Diablo Corsa III | |
Brake Brand Name | Brembo® Monobloc | |
Front Brake Type | Dual Hydraulic Disc | |
Front Brake Diameter (in/mm) | 13 / 330 | |
Front Caliper Pistons | 4 | |
Rear Brake Type | Hydraulic Disc | |
Rear Brake Diameter (in/mm) | 9.7 / 245 | |
Rear Caliper Pistons | 2 | |
Front Suspension Type | Inverted Fork | |
Front Suspension Size (in/mm) | 1.7 / 43 | |
Front Travel (in/mm) | 5 / 127 | |
Front Adjustable Fork Pre-Load | Yes | |
Front Adjustable Rebound Damping | Yes | |
Front Central Suspension Strut | No | |
Front Suspension Brand Name | Showa | |
Steering Damper | Yes | |
Rear Suspension Type | Single Sided Swing Arm | |
Rear Travel (in/mm) | 5 / 127 | |
Rear Adjustable Shock / Spring Pre-Load | Yes | |
Rear Adjustable Rebound Damping | Yes | |
Number Rear Shock Absorbers | 1 | |
Rear Suspension Brand Name | Showa® | |
Rear Suspension Material | Aluminum | |
Air Adjustable | No | |
Technical Specifications: | ||
Wheelbase (in/mm) | 58.1 / 1475 | |
Rake (degrees) | 25.6 | |
Trail (in/mm) | 4.5 / 114.3 | |
Dry Weight (lbs/kg) | 373 / 169 | |
Fuel Capacity (gal/l) | 4.4 / 16.5 | |
Engine Displacement to Weight (cc) | 2.95 | |
Horsepower To Weight (hp) | 0.42 | |
Seats: | ||
Seat Type | Two-Piece | |
Adjustable | No | |
Seat Location | Driver and Passenger | |
Folding | No | |
Seat Height (in/mm) | 33 / 840 | |
Exterior: | ||
Frame | Steel | |
Body Material | Plastic | |
Hand Grip Material | Rubber | |
Foot Peg Material | Steel | |
Foot Peg Location | Driver and Passenger | |
Chain Guard | Yes | |
Drive Shaft Guard | No | |
Fork Guards | Yes | |
Saddle Bag Guard | No | |
Tank Guard | Yes | |
Front Fender Material | Plastic | |
Rear Fender | Standard | |
Top Crown | Standard | |
Stand Type | Kick | |
Spoiler | Standard | |
Handlebars | Standard | |
License Plate | Standard | |
Instrumentation: | ||
Digital Instrumentation | Standard | |
Clock | Standard | |
Tachometer | Standard | |
Trip Odometer | Standard | |
Trip Computer | Standard | |
Lap Timer | Standard | |
Speedometer | Standard | |
Temperature Warning Type | Light | |
Fuel Level Warning Type | Gauge | |
Service Reminder | Standard |