makeing it more light

[woodside83]

some ideas on make it lighter than stock i am racing xc and want some tricks to make it lighter. when their is a mud race and it has 50 extra pounds of mud on it gets hard to move if you get it stuck on a hill or rut

[WhiteZee]

theres not really much you can do.... take the parking brake off, maybe the kill switch.

[Martin Blair]

for xc it dont really matter, you its not getting much lighter anyway

[TheFontMaster]

Acording to someone a while ago you should take your seat off. You will loose 10 pounds:bandit:

[Cody_300ex]

Originally posted by TheFontMaster
Acording to someone a while ago you should take your seat off. You will loose 10 pounds:bandit:

LMAO! I remeber that thread. It was some guy that claimed his pred weighed lik 325lbs. lol

[genxracer]

fill the tires with helium :D

[Sportrax10]

Id say the most obvious is to get a hood and take off your lights...
Then of corse parking brake blocks off and clutch perch. Pipes are a lot lighter too... When you switch to aftermarket parts you usually save weight.

Good luck

[woodside83]

thanks i have done all of the things above just wondering

[CdaleXtreme]

You can trim up your wiring harness (only if you know what you are doing of course). you dont need the lines going to the headligh, tail light, coolant temp sensor, and so on. Baldwin sells a Kit for this. But you can do it yourself. The 450Rs are trim and fit as it is though.

You can also take off all lighting and lighting hardware, take out all the junk in the "took box" you can even cut the tool box out, You can find some TI bolt kits out there, but they are $$$$.

Different types of nerf bars will weigh more than others as well. along with bumpers, and grab bars.

[D-7#61-450r]

You can also be like Chad Reed and loose 20 pounds. If your worried about the weight of your quad worry about your own weight first.

[CdaleXtreme]

You can also be like Chad Reed and loose 20 pounds. If your worried about the weight of your quad worry about your own weight first.

Agreed :D

[woodside83]

ya i have tried that to i am only down 10 pounds

[benwa450r]

I don't see anything about changing your exhaust in your sig. Replace the stock exhaust with aftermarket ( preferrably carbon fiber) and loose alot of weight.

[sammy5x]

Take out the motor and run like Fred Flintstone!

[woodside83]

i was going to get the Bill Balance hmf but i was told that it would not pass the 100db or what ever the new rule is.

[dpizz450]

Originally posted by woodside83
i was going to get the Bill Balance hmf but i was told that it would not pass the 100db or what ever the new rule is.

get the quiet core and i believe it drops it down a good bit, 97 or 98 db i think.

[popo]

Remove the frame because they BREAK.... moo ha ha ha just had to rub that in being a Z400 owner that went thru the same problems.

[dunebuggie66]

keep the frame, and drill holes all through it. just buy a few backups because it will bend much easier that way.