After almost 50000 km the Beast had its break-in.
It is time to think big: the future of the Beast is bright!
POV of my proposal.
Lifting and weight loss, this is the plan. First of all the front part, in total it has a weight around 7 kg (complete fairing, headlight, meters, subframe, blinkers and other stuff). R
ally light fairing by Boano and a Koso DB-03, around 3 kg can be loss on almost the highest part of the bike, this is a very nice improvment.
Then by using the Boano's carbon-kevlar bashplate with side pockets, some weight can be saved and tools and some spare parts can be hold as low as possible in the bike. The original bashplate is 2,9 kg, The Carbon-Kevlar one with pockets should be around 2 kg.
More fuel is needed, two extra tanks will be mounted for around extra 12 liters of fuel. I will ask Gian Paolo Mucci to realize them for me ( http://www.gpmucci.it/ ).
Rear side tanks for the RD03/04 made by GP Mucci.
The extra fuel is needed for riding the BAM as an autonomy of 400 km while riding offroad.
The weight of both tanks should be around the weight of the parts that won't be necessary anymore. (Rear bag support, side panniers, rear subframe, side covers and various plastics).
A big advantage of these tanks is that they will allow the fuel to stay more lower, so I will almost never fill the original tank top the top, this will help a lot while riding offroad.
The original triple clamp weights 2,7 kg: I will see if it is worth to build a new one out of alluminium.
I will cut the useless part of the original seat (It is made for two persons), around 1 kg will be saved.
Battery: The standard battery of the bike is around 4 kg, a lithium battery with same specs weight slightly less than 1 kg, that's a very good improvement.
Another nice improvement will be the use of a Supersprox rear sprocket (Steel teeth, alluminium body), around half a kilo of a rotating mass can be saved.
The Arrow Silencer I have right now is less than 3 kg but there are nice carbon fibers silencers that weight 1,8 kg, so it is also a next step.
The Arrow Silencer I have right now is less than 3 kg but there are nice carbon fibers silencers that weight 1,8 kg, so it is also a next step.
Then other small stuffs will be removed: the sprocket cover, rear disk cover, the chain guard.
Money, time and a lot of work. The Beast will be fit as never for the next season!
UPDATE 29.08.2017.
The diet of the Beast:
Front fairings (original) : -1800 g (Rally fairing: +2415 g)Meters&co: -1500 g ( Koso Db-03 + support: +450 g)
Front frame + headlight (single one, Swiss edition): 2720 g (Rally front frame plus light: +1050 g)
Battery (Motobatt): -5500 g (litium battery: +730 g)
Blinkers: -900 g ( Light ones...maybe: +140 g)
Rear sprocket: -1300 g (Supersprox: +830 g)
Handlebar: -1400 g (Alluminum handlebar: +900g)
Seat: -500 g (shortened)
Bashplate: -3060g (With the fiberglass reinforcements I've made) (C/k bashplate w. pockets: +2360 g)
Muffler: -6000 g (Arrow PD: 2030)
Top carrier: -1100 g
Rear Subframe (complete with light): - 2800 CRF450 rear mudguard plus plate holder: +500 g
Side covers: - 1600 g New side tanks 10 liters in total: (less than 5000 g)
Swingarm plastics: -350 g
Front forks plastics: -450 g
Side stand sensor: -200 g
Engine plastic grid: -150 g
Passenger steps: -1200g
Batanga racks: -3500 g
Left hand side cover: -950 g
Right hand side cover: -640 g
Rear mudguard middle palstic: -100
Grand total of 27650 g taken away from the Beast, on the other hand some pieces will be changed, not completely taken away, so there is a plus of 11165 g, so the bike should lose around 16,5 kg. This is very optimistic, I don't know if the weights I've found around forums and website are correct, but anyway loosing 10 kg is feasible.
This won't mean that the bike will be 10 kg or more lighter than the original one: I've put other stuff on it, like the crashbars (Around +6000 g).
Then other stuff will be removed/added, but I haven't found any weight for them.
Rough calculations, then end result will be a big improvement anyway!
UPDATE 18.09.2017
today I had some time and I've started working. The battery of the bike (Motobatt) is 5.5 kg, so more than 4 kg will be saved by changing it.
The arrow Paris Dakar silencer is 2,28 kg, so I won't change it.
The shorter seat allows to save 0.5 kg and to move luggage more to the front and in a lowered position.
Luggage racks are 3,5 kg (Made by Batanga), the rear subframe (with stop light, plastics and plateholder is 2,8 kg, left side cover is 0.95 kg and the right one is 0.68 kg. Including the standard top rack and the passenger pegs, around 10 kg have been removed.
Last week I saw some picture of rear side tanks for KTM 990 made by GPMucci: both have a weight of araund 5 kg and a total fuel capacity of 10 liters. By estimating 2 kg for the rear fender, plater holder and led stop light, more than 4 kg will be saved and the center of mass will be lowered. This will completely change the bike.
Nex step will be installing the new rally fairing, new bash plate and the new meter. Money is needed for this, so I will have to wait a little bit.
In the end the Arrow PD silencer will come more to the back, so that there will be enough space for the tank.
