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Author Message   Scottorious Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 10:29 pm:        has anyone ever seriously looked at an S1 and removed a significant amount of weight?...if so what did you take off...anybody know the difference in weight between the s1 stock wheels and the xb wheels and if they can be interchanged. also has anyone ever cut down those giant "wings" on the side of the seat of an S1.   Capital_g Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 07:48 am:        I'm interested to see the responses too.. One of the best and cheapest ways to gain power is to lose weight. I have been thinking of putting my X1 on a diet. I used to be into air-cooled 911 Porsches and increasing engine performance was really expensive so everybody tries to lighten them to increase the "go". I used this site a lot. http://rennlight.com/cgi-bin/hp.cgi}   Skntpig Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 09:13 am:        I have seen a few that the owner went nuts with a drill press. When I rebuilt mine I removed everything that wasn't necessary. I doubt mine is as light as some out there.   Buellfighter Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 09:26 am:        Kept cuttin till I got to under 400 lbs.   Scottorious Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 09:59 am:        are we talkng under 400 lbs with all the fluids?? is that an xb swingarm?   Hootowl Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 10:05 am:        That is a 99-02 tuber swingarm   Nukeblue Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 10:06 am:        no   Buellistic Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 11:04 am:        For every 12 pounds that can safely be removed you get ONE free rolling "HP" with your fat arse included !!!   Scottorious Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 11:55 am:        does anyone have the specs on the stock s1 wheels vs xb wheels?...and where do you find 12 pounds on that thing to take off?...   Buellistic Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 12:40 pm:        That 12 lbs. "INFO" is 50 year old information being recycled to you ... Something to think about: Engine oil: Weight of engine oil minus the weight of container, subtract the weight of one QUART and that is how much weight if you save if you only run 1qt. of oil for 1/4 or 1/8 miles drag strip(DO NOT DO THIS ON THE STREET !!!) ... FUEL: You only need enough for staging and to get you to the end of the drag strip(your PIT CREW can bring you back) ... STREAMLINING: OLD term, getting under the paint and new term "GET A FAIRING" as smooth is faster ...   The_italian_job Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 01:50 pm:        the XB's front wheel complete with disc is 7lb...   Sleez Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 02:10 pm:        you could shave some weight if you can find a set of these; any excuse to show em off!!   Dfbutler Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 02:22 pm:        The easiest way to remove weight from your bike is between the footpegs and the helmet.   Phelan Posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 02:28 pm:        What he said! You even boost your perfomance off the bike that way too .

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