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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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losing weight on a zong200 sierra
felt i had to lose some weight on my zong!
removed speedo cluster (500g) and bracket (750g), steering lock (500g) replaced headlight with baja headlight and instruments with trail tech vapor, indicators with LED, added on/off switches for engine and lights removed shock protectors (500g) removed luggage rack (1900g) replaced old taillight/bracket/indcators with LED (saved 550g) replaced handlebar with protaper medium ATV bars (saved 425g) removed plastic battery/airbox compartment (600g) replace battery with Li-ion type batt (saved 1400g) converted to single seater, remove rear pegs (didn t weigh them) remove kickstarter (300g) removed exhaust (heavy) replaced with racing muffler (light) kept aftermarket bashplate kept stock mirrors weight loss all up approx. 11kg ![]() a more nimble, faster bike... the zongLZX200G rocks, IMHO...happy trails to those who ride theirs!
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: George West, Texas
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Equals 24.2508 pounds. Now I understand, significant!
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: CO
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I had similar results on our Bashan, so far I removed well over 15 pounds of fat off the bike...
Next up for the Bashan's weight loss program is some lighter rims (I'm looking at Warp 9 or Excel rims) that I will seal up and make Tubeless to save even more weight (tubes can get heavy depending on what Ultra Duty Version you buy)
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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how much does one gain from aluminium rims over steel?
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: finger lakes NY
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a pound or 2 at the most, BUT thats a pound of rotating mass....
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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I'd like to get a real weight on that. Q comes with aluminum rims. I'll have to weigh the difference between our TT250 and Q next time I have them tore down.
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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more weight loss:
changed stock tank to a clarke tank and only filled it half! clarke alum fuel cap reduces weight further...
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: George West, Texas
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Now that you hyped it up...Waiting for the big reveal !
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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she s a big girl, and i don t have a bathroom scale...
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: akwesasne, NY-13655
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The main advantage to aluminum rims, is in reducing unsprung weight, and reducing the gyroscope effect, which improves handling by making the bike more "flickable", or quicker handling.
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kick starter..
plastic fork protectors.. air box.. for a saving of 1.4kgs (3.8lbs) 3 componets I would keep... .
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