not that i really need to drop weight on the bike (though i could stand to lose 10 lbs), but i was thinking about ways to get the weight off and came up w/ just a few ideas, which are already done, at great cost.

but hey, every other ht forum has 20 weight reduction threads, so may as well make one in /26.

anyway so far i've thought of:
wheel$
520 convo
removed headlight/lights (for track bikes)
CF bits which probably save you mere grams
removed hugger

what i'd like to see/fab myself:
CF/Al subframe
CF triple tree/clip ons
CF gas tank (resin + gasoline = lose?, guess it depends on the resin.)
CF tires (ok jk)

 

full titanium exhaust
fill tires with nitrogen
lighter race plastics/or cf
lighter battery
renthal aluminum sprockets
take off center stand if u have one
rear footpegs
fender eliminator
make all brackets outof aluminum or cf
wave rotors

 

companies out there now already making CF gas tanks.

 

Magnesium Triple clamp
Magnesium Fork parts (bottom/caps)
Titanium bolt kit
titanium Axles
Magnesium or Carbon Rims
Carbon carbon Brake set up
and a partridge in a pear tree

 

Anorexia.

 

Convert to a bicycle.
You will loose some Acceleration and Top Speed, but you will loose a TON of weight.

 

Do what this guy did.

 

Lots of people at the track remove the fan and just don't let it sit at idle. Personally I think it is dumb to spend tons of money on lighter parts.

 

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no matter how much i like to mod stuff i half to admit that spending a ton of money to drop 10 lbs is kinda dumb. even if it was 20 or even 30 lbs, you would get more out of your money spending it on track days.

 

your money is better spent on a properly set up suspension and track days. if you cant ride, all that **** is a waste of money

 

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I agree. I think that most riders (unfortunately including myself) aren't quite up to par to take advantage of the current available technology's full potential to warrant any form of performance enhancing modifications.

 

If you manage to get a considerable amount of weight off (your belly and/or bike), don't forget to recheck your sag

 

I say if you have the money - buy what you want. If it makes you more comfortable on the bike - go for it. Yamaha isn't looking at any of us to decide who will replace Rossi in a couple of years so have some fun with your bike.

 

not that i'm riding it to its full potential, but the F4i in track form (basically with a bunch of **** removed) rides much different bike than its streetable self. not sure if it's a better bike, per se, but it's interesting.

 

People with CF tanks say that it take a lot of the weight off the top off the bike = easier side to side transitions. If I had money, I'd do CF/composite tank, aftermarket wheels, and Ti exhaust.

 

Replace your stock seat with a thin foam piece.
Remove all your smog crap.
Remove your horn.
Remove blinker and headlight controls from clipon.
Remove stock dash and replace with only a tach.

 

I say... No Fat Chicks

 

^^thats just wrong.

 

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I fully agree. With my next statement, I'm not referring to the dude who started this thread at all. I think a lot of the new riders dive into the whole bike modification right off the bat before even properly learning how to use what they have. You can be the blingking but it's useless if you couldn't use the stock bike well enough.

 

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chopper charlie thinks otherwise

 

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chopper charlie thinks otherwise



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A 7ft. **** is not bling, it's a necessity in life.

 

You could probably shorten your subframe up a bit

 

Full Ti bolt kit
CF or Fiberglass body work
Remove one or both headlights
Magnesium or Ti Hubs
Carbon fiber wheels
Ti subframe
Carbon tank with rubber bladder
Carbon fiber calipers with Carbon brakes
Replace every mount and bracket with Ti, carbon fiber, aluminum or magnesium
Ti triple clamps
Full Ti exhaust with no canister
Remove rad or use a smaller rad
Lighter battery or remove battery
Aluminum sprockets
Remove all passenger items (pegs, seat and cowl, some of the rear subframe)
Remove all unused electronics and guages
Magnesium or carbon engine parts

 

^^now we're talkin motogp money

 

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well we havent even gotten into rotational mass caused by the engine.

titanium con rods
ti valves
short skirt pistons
lightened/balanced crankshaft.
hollow cams
ti retainers
single valve springs (replacing any duals)

other than that,
cf airbox
cf tank
cf/magnesium rims
wave or carbon rotors
cf frame/subframe
ohlins forks (can save up to 8 lbs over stock)
cf swingarm
cf fairings (or none at all )
slicks
billet aluminum for all the little bits (triple clamp, blah blah blah)
remove lights
custom wire harness
remove mirrors

soooo much more but im lazy.