Weight Reduction M1000

[mountain_tamer]

What all have you guys done to get the weight down on your M1000.

Cheap and easy ways up the expensive ways.

I have an 07 and am looking to see if I overlooked anything on taking weight off.

I have:
Boss seat
Ported Track
MBRP Can
BDX Intake
Hood Insulation gone

Thinking about doing the BDX headlight delete, but do you really drop off that much weight with that?

 

[ItDoAble]

Assuming nose weight would be most important on the M1000 ...

SLP pipe (weight & hp)
BDX oil injection elimination (premix)
Fabric hood
A-Arms
PC track (a must IMO)
Skid
VE bumper/rear tunnel w/09 taillight & flap
Jenny Craig

All pretty straight forward .. no surprises here.

 

[cles]

Jenny would be the cheapest way!!

I did the exhaust thing a couple of years ago...relatively cheap. This year I wanted to lose more pounds so I went with Timbersled suspension, intake, 2 wheel axle and can't remember what else....which cost about $100 CDN per pound.....NOT cheap, but I lost 37 pounds.

 

[Klimbing Kitty]

Headlights drop a few pounds. There is not much else than you can do that is cheap. Any centrifugal weight is the best weight to loose it just costs $$$$$$
BDX diamond light drive- 11 lbs, brakes, track shaft, drivers, recoil drive, powervalves

 

[Ausm7499]

Here is what I am doing to my 08 M1K this season and I am estimating that I will be 50lbs lighter.

Prior Weight Saving Mods

16 lbs - SLP Pipe Setup

This Seasons Weight Saving Mods

11 lbs - BDX Diamond Lite Drive
10 lbs - Sold challenger extreme and installed power claw
9 lbs - BDX oil injection delete
8 lbs - BDX black box Intake
6 lbs - Remove 6 boggie wheels total from rails and install two wheel kit
4 lbs - BDX head light delete
2 lbs - Van Amburg light weight bumper mod

Approximately 50 lbs weight savings.

Without spending a bunch of money these are probably the easiest and cheapest mods to save weight.

 

[mountain_tamer]

I have the BDX bumper mod
Two wheel kit
Pipe
I think I will end up doing the headlight delete and possibly the track

Does the recoil drive really do enough to justify spending that much money on it?

 

[Klimbing Kitty]

Any weight that rotates counts for a lot more than stationary weight

 

[mountain_tamer]

Thats true does any one know the exact ratio of rotating weight to static weight?

 

[Klimbing Kitty]

Thats true does any one know the exact ratio of rotating weight to static weight?

Here is a link to the conversions of static vs rotating

http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/rotatingweight.shtml

 

[Klimbing Kitty]

The general rule of thumb says that 1 pound rotational or unsprung weight is approx equal to 10 pounds static weight.

 

[mountain_tamer]

I would imagine that the more weight you have off your rotating assembly on the engine will let it rev faster too.

 

[mrquick68]

i pulled nearly 50lbs off my 1000 last year and it turned the sled from a decent sled to a great sled. the 50lbs made a huge difference IMO and had the thing feeling like my old M7 used to, except the with the ballz of a 1000! sidehilling/technical riding savage after the mods.

Too bad cat has ZERO love for their long time customers. I'd still be on mine if they did. No offense to cat-lovers, but the business practices and arrogance of AC and their engineers is upsetting. Sometimes i can't believe they are still in business.

 

[1100Cat]

Here is what I did to lose weight on mine

Cr tunnel extension
holz rear with floats and only 4 wheels
holz front with floats
polycarbonate hood
bdx lightweight rotor
bdx oil delete
bdx/vohx air box
boss seat
lightweight twins and stingers
titanium bolts

I figure thats gotta be an easy 50+lb weight reduction. Gained some body mass last season so added a 1200,then gained more for this season so added a lil 3lb bottle to help it out more. Like the guys above said would have been cheaper to join "jenny". Better yet quit watching the biggest loser as it only adds the pounds with every bag of chips and pop to get through the 2hrs every tuesday its on.

 

[zr600]

How does the titanium engine bolt kit work? I though that titanium fastners in aluminum was an issue can't remeber why though?

 

[RockyMtn.Kris]

i pulled nearly 50lbs off my 1000 last year and it turned the sled from a decent sled to a great sled. the 50lbs made a huge difference IMO and had the thing feeling like my old M7 used to, except the with the ballz of a 1000! sidehilling/technical riding savage after the mods.

Too bad cat has ZERO love for their long time customers. I'd still be on mine if they did. No offense to cat-lovers, but the business practices and arrogance of AC and their engineers is upsetting. Sometimes i can't believe they are still in business.

Hey Quick, there must be something AC has for you to be hangin out in the catbox