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what are some good ways to cut the pounds aside from passenger footpeg removal and sissy bar removal?
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Re: weight loss
the stock exhaust systems usually weigh a tonthejared said:
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saaz
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Exhaust is the main thing, followed by wheels. Everthing else is not really noticeable.
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robinjo
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Trade in your shaft model far a chain drive, leave the wife at home when you go riding 
Get rid of the HUGE Windjammer fairing...crash bars, engine bars, luggage rack, replace the stock seat with a polyester 1-up racing seat, dump the airbox and asociated gubbins. Take a look at the orange Caf? Racer on my website to give you an idea, I got it down to 440 pounds. And the things mentioned above my post.
Get rid of the HUGE Windjammer fairing...crash bars, engine bars, luggage rack, replace the stock seat with a polyester 1-up racing seat, dump the airbox and asociated gubbins. Take a look at the orange Caf? Racer on my website to give you an idea, I got it down to 440 pounds. And the things mentioned above my post.
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Hoomgar
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Cut back on the carbo's and try to eat less saturated fats. Eat less and wait for your stomach to be saticfied. I find that with this approach I can drop about 50 lbs off the total riding weight before spring without having to rape my bike of parts that belong on it. 
Sorry, I had to
Sorry, I had to
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I dropped 110 pounds off my but in 2 1/2 years in addition to taking stuf of my bike.Hoomgar said:Cut back on the carbo's and try to eat less saturated fats. Eat less and wait for your stomach to be saticfied. I find that with this approach I can drop about 50 lbs off the total riding weight before spring without having to rape my bike of parts that belong on it.
Sorry, I had to
I think the weight loss did more for the times than the engine and exhaust work.
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Jeff Tate
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I agree with Hoomgar. If you're like alot of us, forget buying Titanium fasteners and carbon fiber parts and all and spend the money at a fitness center and lose more weight (I'm basically talking to myself here) I'm at 258 lbs and so far can only dream of how fast my bike would be if it wasn't having to haul around 30-40 extra pounds. I just wish I'd take my own advice sometimes.
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Jeff Tate
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Sorry Slopoke. Forgot to give you credit for the same advice as Hoomgar.
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robinjo
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WAY TO GO YOU WEIGHTLOSING GUYS! Keep it up! =D> I am about average weight so I had to go the other route.
Hoomgar if you take of a part and the bike still goes it's not neccesary. :mrgreen:
Hoomgar said:Cut back on the carbo's and try to eat less saturated fats. Eat less and wait for your stomach to be saticfied. I find that with this approach I can drop about 50 lbs off the total riding weight before spring without having to rape my bike of parts that belong on it.
Sorry, I had to
Hoomgar if you take of a part and the bike still goes it's not neccesary. :mrgreen:
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Jeff Tate said:
The only thing that ever matters to me is that we all make sense while helping one another.
!!!!!EVEN IF I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT A HOOMGAR IS!!
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Hoomgar
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robinjo said:WAY TO GO YOU WEIGHTLOSING GUYS! Keep it up! =D> I am about average weight so I had to go the other route.
Hoomgar said:Cut back on the carbo's and try to eat less saturated fats. Eat less and wait for your stomach to be saticfied. I find that with this approach I can drop about 50 lbs off the total riding weight before spring without having to rape my bike of parts that belong on it.
Sorry, I had to
Hoomgar if you take of a part and the bike still goes it's not neccesary. :mrgreen:
Robin, if I take off the brakes the bike will still go...
he he he
Gotcha!
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Hoomgar
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slopoke said:
That is a long story!
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robinjo
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Hoomgar said:robinjo said:WAY TO GO YOU WEIGHTLOSING GUYS! Keep it up! =D> I am about average weight so I had to go the other route.
Hoomgar said:Cut back on the carbo's and try to eat less saturated fats. Eat less and wait for your stomach to be saticfied. I find that with this approach I can drop about 50 lbs off the total riding weight before spring without having to rape my bike of parts that belong on it.
Sorry, I had to
Hoomgar if you take of a part and the bike still goes it's not neccesary. :mrgreen:
Robin, if I take off the brakes the bike will still go...
he he he
Gotcha!
#-o ](*,) Yes you got me :mrgreen:
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Jeff Tate
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What I do every riding season is get my hair cut, trim my nails and take all the change out of my pockets and all un used keys off my key chain. That's about as far as I get to losing weight and lightening my bike.
I usually keep 36 pounds of air in my tires, so if I want to street race, I just let out some so there is only 10 pounds in each tire. Thats a quick and easy way to knock 52 pounds off the bike and lower my times.
Over the years, I have taken thousands of pounds off my bikes this way.
Earl
Over the years, I have taken thousands of pounds off my bikes this way.
Earl
If you want to reduce weight, reduce UNSPRUNG weight. That's basically the wheels, chain, and swingarm. That makes the most difference apparently. Some of those mods I have included on my bike are GS1000 aluminum rimmed wheels, a slotted Katana rear disc, and I drilled out my front disc. I looked into putting an aluminum swingarm from a larger GS on, but it would have required modification of my frame, which I really don't want to do. [-X It would have also made the wheelbase longer, therefore not as "flickable", as if a '78 GS750 could EVER be called that! I don't know how much difference it has made because I, too am a porker. Last time I stepped on a scale I was about 260lbs. 