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Originally Posted by justanotherone1
My question is... why not just get the bigger bike? probably would be cheaper and more economical route as in time and money. Unless you just happen to find the parts for cheap or had them laying around.
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It’s a matter of performance, regardless of cost. My 500 swapped track bike weighs 330-lbs with fuel. That’s 118-lbs lighter than an EX500. And there’s no way you can make EX500 frame & suspension work as well as 250 without adding 20-lbs of additional bracing and gussets.
Lap-records has 250 1-sec faster than EX500 at Thunderhill and 3-sec faster at Sears Point. Now with double power, 250 should pull away even more. With 500 swapped 250, at track I was fastest in B-group beating all other 600 & litre bikes. In A-group, I’m still faster than all 600 bikes due to superior braking and cornering.
My next step is further weight reduction. Will build custom frame along lines of A•N•D bikes with perimeter trellis frame. Should be able to shave off another 45-lbs. Now were looking at 285-lbs with 60-bhp!