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Title: Weight loss. Post by NDBiker on 12/16/07 at 12:00:55 I want to lessen the weight of my bike? What can I remove from my bike that wouldn’t compromise my safety…too much ;)? |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Dave48 on 12/16/07 at 12:10:17 Rear fender mounts and sissy bar - just removed mine and was surprised at how heavy. But in %age terms not significant! Silencer. Change rims to alloy. Air filter set up. Flashers. Mirrors. GRP fenders for steel. It's a very light bike for cc and proportions as it comes! |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by drharveys on 12/16/07 at 14:38:25 Lighten the rider! That's what I've done. Dropped twenty pounds from my peak, now I've got about ten pounds to go, maybe fifteen. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by White Knight on 12/16/07 at 15:41:06 1913153E3C3225570 wrote:
Lose the rear fender, rails, pillion, sissybar, stock muffler, belt guard, rear pegs. Add a fiberglass rear fender, lights & plate on the fender or swingarm, and a lightweight muffler such as a MAC. Rather than compromise safety you enhance it due to lighter weight. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by NDBiker on 12/16/07 at 18:06:41 I definetly need to lose some of the driver. 300 pounds that the thumper doesn't need. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by klx650sm2002 on 12/17/07 at 00:27:03 I've lost 40 pounds off myself. Clive W :) |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by LANCER on 12/17/07 at 03:52:32 I am down 15 "very hard to loose" pounds, it is the first time in over 10 years that I have been under 200. The scale just barely tilts under the 200 mark but it does go under. My goal is 165, and now that my body is finally on a loosing mode I think I can get it to the goal weight by summer time. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Dave48 on 12/17/07 at 07:35:47 I've always wanted to reach 140 lbs. Never have, so the Savage is carrying 130 and probably not much need to reduce the weight of the bike! We are all different. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by jk on 12/17/07 at 07:53:54 Something weird to ponder- when I started riding the Savage, I lost weight. In three weeks, I dropped 15 pounds. Maybe it was that I was no longer drinking Dr Pepper and eating gas station hot dogs during my daily commute. Maybe the ol' metabolism increased along with the flow of adrenaline every time I threw a leg over the saddle and ventured into Atlanta traffic. I don't know, but man, it felt good. And since the bike has been down? Porked right back up again... |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by bill67 on 12/17/07 at 08:30:05 I really wished the bike was about 50 pounds heavier. Then it would feel better to me. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Trippah on 12/18/07 at 05:06:59 This weight thing is a problem, especially for the rider. I've gained almost 1 pound per year since high school. Unlike the savage, I don't have any appendages I 'm willing to remove ;D, or replace with lightweight versions. Hopefully all this now shovelling will help. If any of you sucessfull weight loss leaders want to shar secrets... |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by gary_ona_savage on 12/18/07 at 14:35:14 313A3F3F6564530 wrote:
I wish I could give the bike 50 of my pounds! ;) |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by barry68v10 on 12/18/07 at 15:19:48 The rules to personal weight-loss are simple: Rule #1 - lay off the "sauce" O.k. Now that 90% of us are eliminated... Drink 1oz of water for every two lbs of body weight per day (no pop/soda), replace your junk-food with fruit and fresh veggies for snacks, and don't eat after 6 pm. Get 30 min. of aerobic exercise 3x/week, and you're there....given time. Did I say simple? Yes! Did I say easy? Absolutely not! Proven? Yes. If it came in a pill, everybody would have it. ;D |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by barry68v10 on 12/18/07 at 15:20:42 Much simpler to drop weight off Suzi!!! 8-) And quicker :'( |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Gary On A Savage on 12/18/07 at 16:08:11 >>>Get 30 min. of aerobic exercise 3x/week Does riding the savage count? |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by babbalou on 12/18/07 at 18:36:07 I've been running & lifting weights for years but I love to eat! Especially anything with salt, sugar or fat. I started a simple diet on Thanksgiving day & lost 12 pounds so far. I only eat when I'm truly hungry, not when I'm craving tasty food. Then I eat healthy. Nasty tasting stuff like chicken, fish, vegetables...yuck! :P But I'm taking in about 2/3 the calories as before & not going hungry. I've got a ways to go but I hope to be thin again by summer. The goatfood cravings are all but gone now. If I get to 200 pounds I'll go up one tooth on my front sprocket. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Ed L. on 12/19/07 at 14:15:44 Did Weight Watchers last year with the wife. I lost a bit over 60 pounds on a 1500 calorie diet eating mainly rabbit food like raw carrots, fruit and a little chicken. Dropped from a 52 to a 48 for my jacket size so had to get a new riding leather ;D. Been able to keep it off but can't kill a case of beer over a weekend or eat pizza like I used to. Took a while to get used to being at 215 lb, got used to having a awning over the candy store ;). My wife just got to 100 pounds for her weight loss and is still going. Sometimes I think she is trying to get down to her orignial birth weight of 8lbs, 6oz. ::) |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Savage_Rob on 12/19/07 at 18:35:34 Started WW at the end of March of this year at 230 lbs. I'm 190 lbs now and working on somewhere between 160 and 170. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by NDBiker on 12/19/07 at 18:44:02 I like how I started this thread on looseing extra weight on the bike and it's gone to looseing extra weight on the biker. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Bikemom28 on 12/20/07 at 20:57:21 Didn't you know we like to hijack threads here ::) As for me I weighed myself on the Publix scale today and realized I gained back some of my 270lbs to now I am at 220 and on a strick diet already and have not Ideal how I gained it back :-? I am hoping to get back into my size 8's again, Have a long way to go though about 10 more sized to go. [smiley=tongue.gif] |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by grandpa on 12/21/07 at 00:53:29 Been fighting the weight issue since I played football in the 8th and 9th grade at 205 lbs. Did 20 years in the USAF running three miles aday to stay at my max weight of 201. Tore up my left knee (ripped my ACL in two tore all my medial mencis cartlidge out. Been downhill since. Now at 315 lbs. Been kicking around doing a gastric bypass for two years now. Been thru the process and see the doctor on Jan 2nd to schedule the surgery. Can't imagine how good suzi will run a 100lbs lighter!!! |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by LANCER on 12/21/07 at 05:23:02 4244575C7A4A4B447A564453444240250 wrote:
Only if you are stunt riding ... jumping from seat to rear fender to handlebars and back again every 5 sec. ;D |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by LANCER on 12/21/07 at 05:25:41 65574057515369645954360 wrote:
Wow !!! You are doing great dude !! Is it hard to see yourself when you turn sideways in the mirror now ?? ;D |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by LANCER on 12/21/07 at 05:29:34 One of the real limitations of the Savage when it comes to weight loss is that once you replace the stock muffler with a better breathing unit, and the rear fender with a fiberglass item, about the only other thing of any significant weight is the fuel tank and there again you would have to go with fiberglass. |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by T Mack 1 on 12/21/07 at 06:02:33 2429262B2D3A7A7F480 wrote:
I would think that if one was improving the fuel tank, they would also increase the capacity, so that might offset the gains by goinng the Fiberglass route...... Carbon fiber rims/wheels maybe??? |
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Title: Re: Weight loss. Post by Savage_Rob on 12/21/07 at 06:16:50 717B7D56545A4D3F0 wrote:
At least in my case, after losing the stock muffler the best way to shed overall weight is from the rider. |
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