Losing weight on my S2R

[FastAndLight]

Well if your going to do that, then you might need the rear brake.

If you are that good you could just engine brake all the time....

[duc996]

Start with anything that moves,wheels etc...

[sleeperbold]

I would figure what the power/weight ratio of your bike is now and what it would be if your bike weighted 300lbs., and then try to either come up with a combination of lightening mods and power increasing mods to achieve that ratio, or simply buy a more powerful bike that would be closer to that ratio to begin with and lighten that.  just my $.02 

[junior varsity]

Like an 1198. Buy one of those and lighten it.

[♣ McKraut ♣]

you could always become a vegan.

[Veloce-Fino]

Drop your bodyweight.

I am a small Italian who weighs 148lbs so if your a guy who is a hefty 180 and could afford to lose a few I already have 30lbs on you.

[hackers2r]

Nope...already down to about 146 lbs.  Good suggestions so far.  However, I will not be replacing the bike with an 1198.

[junior varsity]

You can take the fairings off and stick on a Monster headlight.

[coarsegoldkid]

I think it would be cheaper and easier to start with a bike that weighs under 300 lbs and make it street legal.

[Gator]

Why do you want it to weigh 300 lbs?
Scales are for fat girls and boxers.
I have no idea what any of my bikes weigh.

My suggestion would be to stop weighing your vehicles. You may love it more then a girlfriend but there is nothing more depressing then an anorexic Ducati.

[Raux]

light weight means less work to ride in the twisties, less power needed for quick acceleration.

do you put chrome and tassles on your ducati?

[Gator]

yea, but the tassels are carbon fiber so they make me go faster.

[badgalbetty]

I am personally amazed at how far people will go to save weight to go fast. For about the same price you could have bought an R1 that has blistering performance.One things that gets me laughing is the very successful business owner who weighs 300+ lbs has to have a bike that weighs nothing and then can't figure out why he got passed by a vespa.........with Betty White riding it. Answer........because Betty White was riding it!
Just sayin'.........