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Old June 12th, 2019, 07:55 PM   #1
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race-prepped 400 weight?

Anyone with race-prepped 400 care to share its weight with 1-gal of petrol?
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Old November 18th, 2019, 07:03 PM   #2
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Track prepped

I don’t know how much my bike weighs now with some of the weight measures I have taken. Stock the bike weighs 462 lbs non ABS model.

Stock exhaust 11lbs......Delkevic full system 3.5 lbs
Stock battery 6.4 lbs.......after market lithium ion battery Less than 1 pound, so we will just say 1 lb.
Stock handle bars solid metal weight unknown.....Vortex clip ons much lighter
Stock rear sets and passenger pegs weight unknown..... after market rear sets much lighter.

I still have the stock body plastics on for now. So I will say my bike is around 350 lbs or less! Weight makes a huge difference with the smaller bikes, the less weight the better on the track!
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Old November 18th, 2019, 07:40 PM   #3
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I took my 2009 250R from 372lbs down to 310-lbs with tossing pretty much all stock parts except for frame, tank, engine, carbs and seat. And also includes chopping unnecessary parts of frame off. Lighter wheels & tyres. Hollow chromoly axles. Ti and alloy nuts & bolts liberally sprinkled around.

Was gathering data on what’s possible with 400 to determine if I want to build one for next season. No one inspects or protests 250s so I can bend rules liberally. But Ninja 400s caused quite an upset this year with times that puts them in top 5-10 of every class! Anyone with 400 seems to have spotlight on them.
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Old November 19th, 2019, 08:47 AM   #4
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I took my 2009 250R from 372lbs down to 310-lbs with tossing pretty much all stock parts except for frame, tank, engine, carbs and seat. And also includes chopping unnecessary parts of frame off. Lighter wheels & tyres. Hollow chromoly axles. Ti and alloy nuts & bolts liberally sprinkled around.

Was gathering data on what’s possible with 400 to determine if I want to build one for next season. No one inspects or protests 250s so I can bend rules liberally. But Ninja 400s caused quite an upset this year with times that puts them in top 5-10 of every class! Anyone with 400 seems to have spotlight on them.
That’s awesome weight savings to get a n250 down to 310lbs! As we know WEIGHT is crucial on these bikes. I ride with some guys who race R3s and are well over 200 lbs. I weigh 175 and I destroy them in the straights. They catch up too me in the turns and I walk away from them again in the straights. My friend has a stock 400 and he weighs around 200 even. Whenever the bikes are upright I pull away from him. This is on the track of course.
So this tells me I need to get better in the turns and lose a few more pounds!!!! My 1st season on the 400, awesome track weapon!
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Old November 19th, 2019, 09:06 AM   #5
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I ride with some guys who race R3s and are well over 200 lbs. I weigh 175 and I destroy them in the straights. They catch up too me in the turns and I walk away from them again in the straights.
Heh, heh... I love doing that on my 250. Gonna have best of both worlds with 400 I think. I've lost 40-lbs in past 3-years to 180lbs. Gonna try for another 20 before next season.

I appears Kawi already did lots of weight-optimization, so I don't think I'll be able to chop off as much weight from 400 as I did on 250.

Are you still using 150 rear tyre? Seems lots of folks go to 140 to better match 4.0 rear wheel.

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Heh, heh... I love doing that on my 250. Gonna have best of both worlds with 400 I think. I've lost 40-lbs in past 3-years to 180lbs. Gonna try for another 20 before next season.

I appears Kawi already did lots of weight-optimization, so I don't think I'll be able to chop off as much weight from 400 as I did on 250.

Are you still using 150 rear tyre? Seems lots of folks go to 140 to better match 4.0 rear wheel.

Link to original page on YouTube.

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WOW that’s awesome riding! You were doing work on that 250! Nothing like passing a big bike on a little bike! I love that feeling. I am coming down from a GSXR 750 to a GSXR 600 to a N400 and a N250. I will be riding the SMALL bikes at the track mostly in 2020! Just more fun on a small bike.

Yes I am still using a 150 rear on the 400, some of my friends are using the 140 on their R3s and 400s. I will try it when my current 150 wears out. I will be using the 140 on the N250.
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Old November 26th, 2019, 05:14 PM   #7
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My 300 race bike was 291 lbs with the fuel light blinking. Curious to see where my 400 comes in at
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