Don't take this personally if you have removed your pegs but...

Everytime I read about removing the pillion pegs "for weight saving" it strikes me as a joke, but closely read most of the motorcycle mag reviews of heavier bikes and 75% suggest their removal. It is just padding for their story.

The pegs weigh next to nothing to start with and are dam handy to dink your mate/girlfriend/mistress. Ok, so I weigh very close to 100kg, and I accept that I could go faster if it was only 75kg. Why is it that you never see a reviewer saying:

"oh the XT660 has reasonable performance which would have greatly improved if I wasn't such a fat *******"

I just don't get it, probably never will.