Safe Weight reduction

[Kasumi]

i do track my car SCCA autox and have gone to acouple of track days.

i would also like to start tracking my bike

and really why don't you just let me do what i want to do

How much extra performance are you expecting to gain? 

Is this excercise really going to increase the "enjoyment factor" for you? There are far more worthwhile and beneficial mods you can carry out that will improve the rideability and performance of your bike and if you are going to take it on the track there are higher priorites to address than weight-saving.

Exactly, we arn't even talking about trackdays here, its not even worth it for that. We are talking about pro racing, 100ths of a second difference that you could make by removing everything but the engine and handle bars from your bike.

Put the money you clearly have to waste on weight saving into improving front and rear suspension, putting on better tyres and making the exhaust system more free flowing. Then you will have made significant gain and i would more than happily support that. But even acknowledging weight saving is just rediculous.

[Mdow]

i do track my car SCCA autox and have gone to acouple of track days.

i would also like to start tracking my bike

and really why don't you just let me do what i want to do

How much extra performance are you expecting to gain? 

Is this excercise really going to increase the "enjoyment factor" for you? There are far more worthwhile and beneficial mods you can carry out that will improve the rideability and performance of your bike and if you are going to take it on the track there are higher priorites to address than weight-saving.

Exactly, we arn't even talking about trackdays here, its not even worth it for that. We are talking about pro racing, 100ths of a second difference that you could make by removing everything but the engine and handle bars from your bike.

Put the money you clearly have to waste on weight saving into improving front and rear suspension, putting on better tyres and making the exhaust system more free flowing. Then you will have made significant gain and i would more than happily support that. But even acknowledging weight saving is just rediculous.

done that katana front end is here in my room
searching for a GSXR shock
lunchbox is on the bike
jardine is on order

why can't you just let me do what i want to do?

i have cut almost 300 pounds out of my car without comprimising ANY safety and who knows how much rolling weight since i cut 6 pounds of each wheel and their affective weight increases on a log scale at speed

[sledge]

why can't you just let me do what i want to do?

Errm....who is stopping you exactly? Is someone from this forum standing next to you with a length of 4x2 saying...."If you chop any weight from that bike I am gonna knock seven shades of sh**e out of you"? 

You do what you like pal, its your bike, you live in a free country and no-one is really bothered what you do but consider this....Its a forum and you invited comments, people are going to have differing views and opinions. If you are not going to accept them without spitting out your dummy maybe its better if you dont invite them to start with.

[Mdow]

i know and im know that its not going to make my bike 100 times faster but thats not the point cutting weight is the point