if the hood is the old fiberglass, you can put a newer plastic blend on and the nosecone (lighter). stay away from 97-98 domestic twin hoods those suck (brittle). take out the useless gauges and speedo cable and toss those in the garbage. i like to toss the whole headlight assembly. if you can do that without messing with the intake, bingo, next take the steel front hinges and mounting hardware off and re-locate those to the garbage can. find a lighter tie down method. i use edge hood straps frenched into the nosecone that stretch to a tab on the hood right where the stock hinges used to go. works great. just toss hood off to side easily when you need access, like all the new sleds.
remove swaybar unless you trail ride a lot.
look at your hyfax wear and see if theres some bogies you could do without.
love those RXLs!