Making the Roadster lighter..

[albertaduke]

pipes

has any one thought of replacing the two jardine mufflers with two CRM mufflers using the jardine header and the jardine splitter? sweet sound performance and a few pounds removed ! that should do it..

 

[HellFire]

I disagree with Hellfire, I would put Predators at the top of the performance table, but they cost about $1800 I think.

I would have included them in my wish list, but last I heard they weren't available anymore. Did I hear wrong?

 

[Joker]

I would have included them in my wish list, but last I heard they weren't available anymore. Did I hear wrong?

I assumed that's why you had missed them off mate, but last I heard Sam had a few in the pipeline and I'm not sure if all of them are spoken for. I know he occasionally has people dropping out so there may be a set or two to be had. Sam has said a couple of times that "these would be the last", but he seems to be open to persuasion.

Somebody must be bribing him with the offer of midgets or something.

 

[cheekygrin]

Crikey...

The bike is really not light... stand by for ride report in stand alone thread..

 

[matty]

After having my Roadster for a month I have just got a new exhaust by Foran Exhausts put on. I weighed the stock exhausts. They come in at about 17.8kg. The new one is a touch under 5kg. So a weight saving of 13kg overall. If my maths is correct that's already 3.5% of total weight.

I got small exhausts similar to the Zards. Get the bike back tomorrow in time for the Triumph Rally in Bathurst then on Sunday, Wayne from Tuneboy (the bloke who invented it) is doing the bike. In a weeks time it will be an totally different bike already!

 

[cheekygrin]

Fantastic!!

Well done you... cant believe you just dumped 13 odd kilogrammes off the Roadster.. just goes to show you how heavy the stock stuff is.. madness!!

Where did you get yours from? Any pics please!!!!!!

 

[matty]

Will definately put some up on sunday or monday after the rally. Might put a couple up that I took today with the iphone. Only shows the bike being worked on without pipes and the new pipes on the ground but they will give you an idea.

Got mine from a shop in Sydney but won't name them. The service was ordinary.

 

[matty]

If I have managed to figure out this photobucket thing I have some pictures for you to see. You'll see my new exhaust laying on a box after the first coat of paint. Gives you an idea of the side. The exhaust doesn't come out wider than the rear footpegs.

The next photo shows the owner of Foran Exhausts, Dennis, measuring up an exhaust he plans to make a lot of that is specifically for the Roadster. It gives you an idea of the shape. I think it will look good.

The last photo is of the bike intact at home.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

pipes

I know that changing to a Zard gives a bonkers insane amount of lightness added to the Roadster - I know that BST make gorgeous carbon fibre wheels (wheels are best place to lose weight)

But what else can you do to chop weight out of this gorgeous brick shi*house of a bike..

Handlebars - big lump of pointlessly heavy ferrous alloy.. anyone fitted lightweight aluminium ones like Renthals or the like - what about riding position?

My street Triple was VERY light after I had finished with it, it was just fantastic, handled very well indeed (even better than it did already!) after losing about 15kg.

I dont believe customising the roadster to handle better (by making it lighter) will be defeating the point of a roadster. If you look at it this way - a true street fighter is all about customisation anyway isnt it..?

Here we go again... sorry wallet.. I have been very mean to you in the past, and I fear you are going to feel a bit violated, like when the tax man bends you over..

So - wheels - BST wheelset saves about 7kg.
Zard or similar shortie exhaust save about 9KG
Handlebars, save about a KG at least, and get benefit of vibration absorbtion from decent handlebars
Brake and clutch lever - save about 2-400 grammes over stock with Pazzos or similar

Cost.... omigod dont even want to think about it..

anything else? I am only going for the big ticket things rather than nerdy stuff like titanium bolts with poor cost/value ratio..

Any ideas?

HEY you will lose 40lbs with the BRUTE HORSEPOWER EXHAUST from what im told the ZARD pipes lose HP also the PREDATOR exhaust is also light and makes HP

 

[albertaduke]

the simplest and cheapestslim down is to go on a diet .

loosing 20lbs along all the expensive parts for the bike will also make it c lighter