It seems like we really beat to death, all the available ways to make more power out of the engines, has anyone tried any experimentation with shaving weight off the bike (weight, the other half of the power-to-weight ratio)?? Yeah, I know, these aren't competitive crotch rockets where every pound is meted out, and that losing weight off my fatazz would prolly be the biggest improvement, not to mention the easiest, but here are some possible weight loss candidates that I've come up with:
a)Bobbing the rear fender
b) Aluminium Rear Sprocket
c) freak, instead of stock airbox
d) Possible 520 chain conversion from 525 chain
e) shorter aftermarket pipes (the stock pipes look heavy)
f) replace pumpkin turn signals with aftermarket LED
g) Replace Stock rear peg hangers with solo finishers
h) remove lower fork shrouds
i) Lighter aftermarket front rim
j) One-off billet aluminium rear brake caliper mount
anybody got any other ideas or musings? Just messing around with 1/2 hour left till knock-off.
