I agree with Kev - the engine is heavy, so is the full frame (no separate alloy seat-subframe), and so is the tank assembly on the Ten'... none of which you can do anything about really, without fundamentally changing the bike?

In fact the one thing I really like about the Tenere chassis is the cast swing-arm, as Regie suggests (and I have certainly found myself), it is massively strong and rigid, and a few grammes or even a kilo or two saved there won't make any difference to the bike - fit an Ohlins if you are worried about rear suspension performance x

In comparison, changing the wheels will make far more of a difference to the unsprung weight/suspension performance - there is some ratio (3:1 or something) that rotational mass has vs. static unsprung weight... the wheels you[might] feel, the swingarm, you almost certainly won't...

J xx

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