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So I have been riding my new to me Honda Hawk, but that is another story.
It nudged me into thinking about removing some weight from my R100.

Lithium battery would save 12 lbs.
Nippondenso starter would save 5 lbs.
Toolkit is 5 lbs. Don't need to carry everything around town all the time.

What do you think the centre stand and passenger pegs would weigh?
Oil cooler/hoses/thermostat? (Probably not much so worth keeping.)
S fairing? (Probably not much.)
Other ideas? (Keep in mind this is a "no money" project, i.e. no fancy wheels etc.)

Easier and cheaper to take the weight from the rider!

You could remove one of the front discs and caliper. There is not that much to loose, BMW snowflake wheels are very heavy, and all the weight removed is unsprung, double points

Drill baby, drill.

Center stand has to be close to 10 lbs., but weight lost in that location isn't felt as much as stuff out more near the perimeter.

In addition: tubeless tires take a few lbs off (again with the unsprung weight removal advantage), you might be able to find aluminum bars and lose a pound or two, lose the instrument cluster and use a bicycle speedometer, almost every after-market exhaust will drop significant weight - some can drop a LOT.


Of the things you've already considered, I don't think losing the toolkit is a wise choice. My Ducati was super light, but I put a BMW tookit in it because it had virtually nothing.

It's worth its weight in . . . tools.

chasbmw wrote:Easier and cheaper to take the weight from the rider!

You could remove one of the front discs and caliper. There is not that much to loose, BMW snowflake wheels are very heavy, and all the weight removed is unsprung, double points

Mine is a Monolever - no snowflakes.

Major Softie wrote:Drill baby, drill.

Center stand has to be close to 10 lbs., but weight lost in that location isn't felt as much as stuff out more near the perimeter.

In addition: tubeless tires take a few lbs off (again with the unsprung weight removal advantage), you might be able to find aluminum bars and lose a pound or two, lose the instrument cluster and use a bicycle speedometer, almost every after-market exhaust will drop significant weight - some can drop a LOT.


Of the things you've already considered, I don't think losing the toolkit is a wise choice. My Ducati was super light, but I put a BMW tookit in it because it had virtually nothing.

It's worth its weight in . . . tools.

I have tubeless.
I have a complete Keihin SS exhaust.

Well, damn.

Sounds like all the easy stuff is already done. Chas is right, though: taking weight off the rider is the best thing, but I can't agree with him on it being the easiest.

Major Softie wrote:Well, damn.

Sounds like all the easy stuff is already done. Chas is right, though: taking weight off the rider is the best thing, but I can't agree with him on it being the easiest.

I only weigh 160 lbs! Amputation?

dougie wrote:

Major Softie wrote:Well, damn.

Sounds like all the easy stuff is already done. Chas is right, though: taking weight off the rider is the best thing, but I can't agree with him on it being the easiest.

I only weigh 160 lbs! Amputation?

There's your difficulty! If you hit the weight room AND the buffet table, you could go from your current 3:1ish bike:rider ratio to 2:1! It's not the weight of the bike, it's your relative weight that's at issue.