80 BHP!!!

Man of the future, Please speak about these *80 bhp* Machines u speak off!

Fill the tires with Helium.  No, better yet, Hydrogen.  That should reduce the unsprung weight what, .0001 lbs?   

Lightening holes is where it's at.  Go at your bike with some holesaws and report back.   

Drill the centre out of all your bolts 

Eat a lot of beans for those short bursts of acceleration on overtakes 

Quote from: galahs on January 23, 2008, 01:14:26 AM
Drill the centre out of all your bolts 

The newer GSXR's have a lot of bolts done this way.

I know its a proven weight saving method... just its going to extremes.



What aero mods could be done to a GS to improve its racing ability.

Mods to the rear fender, cowling is often where good gains can be made. Where does the tradeoff between lightweight, and aerodynamics kick in. ie:

No cowling = less weight
no cowling may equal more drag

Here is Moto Guzzi's infamous dustbin fairing ,the only one that will make GS go 150 mph ,no kidding....


They were banned from  '57 GP due to instability in crosswinds...so don't try this at home       

Not that it's a lot of weight, but I removed my chain guard, mirrors (replaced with bar end mirrors), and front fender.  All together maybe 1-2 pounds.  Not only less weight, but I love the more minimalist look of it without all that crap too.   Things are coming together...just thought I'd give an update to the other couple things I found.  Oh, and I got new bars, which are about 2 pound lighter.  They're superbike bars, but I also cut 1.25" off of each side to narrow them in a bit, and now got rid of the bar ends that added a bit of weight also.

Forgot to ask, but does anyone know of a way to get rid of the exhaust?  Let me expand on that.  I'd rather have a cut off pipe that just came out under the bike for looks and weight, but I like the more quite sound of having an exhaust.  Is there any way to have the best of both worlds?  I saw another thread about fitting an muffler under the frame that started right at the front of the engine, but I don't know if that would actually work.  Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this.

Here's that thread I was talking about.  http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=25596.0