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...
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