Who has the lightest Street Ninjette?

[James Page]

As a general proposition, the best mod you can do to your baby ninja is to reduce its weight. Extra points for reduction of rotating mass.

Just weighed my 08 250r on a calibrated industrial scale. Mine has all of the street stuff on it: lights, wiring harness etc.

320.2 lbs with a FULL tank of gas.

Gas is 6.3 lbs/gallon. The 08 version has a 4.7 gallon tank. Empty my tank and my bike weighs +/- 290 lbs.

Let's hear some of your measured weights.....How low can you get these suckers?

[James Page]

I'm aiming to get it to 310 Fully wet.

To do: replace the Galespeed Forged Aluminum Wheels with BST carbon wheels, replace the 520 chain/sprockets with a 415 setup. That should get me 7 more lbs. Need three more....

Anyone want to buy a set of like new Galespeed type S forged wheels to fit the 250 or 300? They're gold anodized and are 11lbs lighter than the 08 wheels. 3.0 front/4/0 rear.

[petrolhead]

If you happen to have original wiring, there's a meaningful amount of weight you can lose. Just takes a bit of re-designing. And you can go crazy and replace it all with aluminium wires.

[JohnnyBravo]

Probably the guy with the Italian rims, he was trying to make it as light as possible… I doubt I’d ever spend that much on two rims

[petrolhead]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBravo

Probably the guy with the Italian rims, he was trying to make it as light as possible… I doubt I’d ever spend that much on two rims

I've contemplated a zero budget wheel mod. Grind/sand clean all the casting marks, texts, rough surfaces. Maybe round off some sharp edges. I might do one and see where it gets me.
When I was putting my E30 back together, I had in stock multiple rear windows. I chose the lightest one, by a significant margin. Same thing with some other parts too. My point, there's many ways to lose weight even without a sack full of cash.