Hello, I just got my Ti spring in the mail today and would really like to know the weight of a STOCK Sachs rear shock spring so I can compare. Please post if you have info. Thanks! Blake
SWEET! The Ti spring I got weighs 1 lb. 8 oz. With that said PLUS the difference in footpegs (over 1/2 lb. difference between the stock and the Lightspeed Ti pegs I just put on), I am already at over 2 lbs. taken off the bike. That weight DOESN'T include the 50 + pcs. of Titanium bolts I am going to put on OR the exhaust system I have coming. Between those 4 things, it would be pretty sweet to be able to get 5 lbs. off this thing (which is HUGE). My dad and I weighed my 2007 TC 450 (race read with race amount of fuel etc.) and it weighed almost 264. My dad and I just weighed the '09 sitting out in the garage on Sunday and with a FULL TANK OF GAS off the showroom floor (which I would never consider running that much gas, will probably run 1/2 to 3/4 gallons less than what is in there which is probably another 3-4 lbs.) and it weighed 252. WOW! Take the hopefully 5 lbs. I will be able to shave off with lighter parts PLUS the 3 lbs. difference in fuel and we are BELOW 245 lbs. which is LIGHTER THAN THE CLAIMED WEIGHT ON BOTH THE KAWI 450 AND SUZI 450! Put that in your pipe and smoke it......That's like having your cake and eating it too.....(both are lines off of a Toyota commercial if you didn't already notice haha). Sorry for being lengthy, but thought I would share. Blake * BTW, I just put the Lightspeed Ti pegs from a Yamaha YZF on the TC 450 (with a little griding done) and they FIT and LOOK AWESOME!
Blake, I'm not sure on the '09, but on my '06 there are two mounting points for the electric starter on the top of the cases, just under the carb. If you got an angle grinder and an aluminum disc you could just cut those off. Also on the tail end of the subframe, it extends further back another 4 inches or so past the last bolt hole that gets used. You could hack off that last 4 inches of subframe, and lose some more weight. Scott Summers, and the Ty Davis teams also stripped the paint off the engine cases to save a little weight. I'll try to get up some pics tomorrow of the parts I'm talking about hacking off.
