First thought was to remove all extra parts weight and unnecessary items. So I stripped it down to the frame and ended up cutting and welding the sub frame to get rid of the long under-supports that the stock ninja frame has. When I re-welded it we put in extra gussets but left enough of the sub frame to use the stock seat pan and latching mechanism (for the most part) as well as the supports for it to sit solid on the frame. Since it will be a single seater I don’t need all of that support stretching back to the sub frame that it originally came with.
Here’s a couple pictures of the frame before cutting, during the cutting, marked up with zip ties and gussets
BTW: first pic was my starting point...
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