reading about the 04 ds being down around 430lbs from 490 ( mine must be over 490 with nerf bars and ring support rims ect) what weight saving idea's do you know about?

 

hey where did you get your ring support rims? What do they look like? Do you have any pics.

 

Check out my gallery page it has a photo of the ring I had installed to my stock wheels . You can get the from OMF.

 

no pic's of my wheels, i had omf weld one ring outside fronts and in and out rear. if i had to do it over again i would'nt. mud rocks get stuck between rim and ring making it out of balance on those fast fire lanes. next time maybe bead locks?

 

how about a lighter oil tank? between the oil tank,headlight,swing arm it might be 70+ LBS. thats like riding double!!!

 

Jeffroe,

I agree to DS needs to loose wieght. I know the swing-arm,and the Axle on the stock DS's are HEAVY!! changing them would save atleast 30lbs, Then you could go to a 520 chain and sprockets(5lbs). Aftermarket shocks(10lbs),aftermarket pipe(7lbs),aftermarket A-arms(5lbs),and steering stem(3lbs)

And you could probably loose wieght by changing Handlebars,rims,tires,Bumpers,etc...(5 to 8lbs)


So lets see, thats about a 68lbs loss!!(not bad)



Biggerisbetter.

 

I did get a chance to weight my DS once with 4 gallons of gas and all the other fluids it was around 490 pounds