[Rattler]

Originally Posted by steve41

Kev,

..................No problems in listing weight of bike, all credit needs to go to Rattler. For the record the bike had a heavier tank than when Rattler run it, plastic monster one, and about 6 litres of fuel in it at the time.

I think his consultation fee's could be a bit hefty thou!!!

See you all at Snetterton with a gearbox that selects gears!!!!!

Cheers Steve

I did get quite obsessed about reducing her weight its true. I was fortunate enough to be able to strip the bike right down and build her up from scratch and was able to remove anything that wasn't needed.

Some ideas:
- go through the bike and get rid of parts you don't need.
- Only use steel bolts if its load bearing otherwise use plastic bolts or cable ties.
- Do you need to fit washers? (these obviously spread the load in certain places), or can you just use loctite?
- use cable-ties to secure parts to frame (dump mounting brackets)
- Do you need a battery box?
- Do you need a rear hugger, a chain guard, plastic shields, etc?
- fit a steel tank
- Make sure you've got very light clipon bars
- Only fit a nose and belly fairing, and make those minimal
- don't fit crash bungs, what do you save?
- use really light faring brackets and make them as small as possible
- any bolt threads that go through a nut (and protrude through) are not needed - cut the ends off - loctite.
- dump the airfilter

For the seriously commited (all of us!!)
- get a 2-1 exhaust and get as much Ti in it as you can.
- use a 600SS frame (I didn't), these are the lightest frame eligible in DD.
- use a single disk/caliper
- make sure you just carry enough fuel to get through the race, measure and calibrate (but you do need 2ltrs at the end of the race for ACU rules though).
- get light leathers, helmet (X-lite?) etc...

- you could remove all paint from the wheels and frame too.... more weight to save!!

Finally, before you race, cut your nails, pluck your eyebrows, take a dump, blow your nose and have a w**k,

Enjoy.
Tim