Weight at the rear, been on my mind a bit...

So the rear light/no plate hanger thingy weighs in @ 1.9Kg and the standard silencer is a whopping 7Kg (just weighed mine!).

I now have a R&G tail tidy and a smaller number plate and this weighs (with indicators and lights) 0.65 Kg. I understand from X Racing that my single silencer will weigh ~ 2.5Kg (when it arrives), so that's a saving of 5.75 Kg!! Most of which hangs over the rear wheel at a height that you'll notice. Go and grab 6 bags of sugar next time you're shopping and hold it at arms length, like the shock has to..

Looks wise I do like the twin pipe set up (not the original dummy rocket launcher), but we all know this is purely aesthetic and enables exhaust companies to sell two silencers and extra pipework - so there's no surprise there are so many possibilities.

When Akrapovic started working with the K7 GSXR 1000 in WSB/BSB, they had one pipe plumbed in and one to make sure it looked like the street bike! Remember the single sided flame on the over run?

With some rails and panniers (no tools that high up) the rear end aesthetics should be fine..

I'll post some pic's when it's all together although I'm holding off for Kev's fuel mod before the tank goes back on..

In the meantime, here's the extreme noise/weight reduction alternative...