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So I'm long tracking my XLT and setting it up to ride in the powder better. Where can I shed weight on this sled?
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there are all sorts of places to lose wieght on these sleds. Glad to hear you worked out a new seat and tank option, should of made it much more controlable and lightened it up. I know you've done a few things for wieght, but I'll List a few of the comon ones people swap:
-Light wieght skid(edge skids are lighter)
-Port track
-Plastic ski's(if you still have steelies)
-light wieght alum tie rods and radius rods
-light wight trailing arms(holts has a good design)
-Change hood(br tech makes some I'm personally still looking for my wedge)
-take out the stock headlight(replace with something lighter)
-Remove all stock guages and go with something like a KOSO mounted to the bars
-lose the speedo cable(only a few onces but it might help)
-take a look at your motor mounts and if it's the plate, swap it for the straps
-SLP or modblaster light wieght pipes(more power less weight, win win there)
-There are a few brackets in the engine bay you can get rid of is you get pipes too. (all these brackets amount to maybe a pound or two)
-Like freeride said, lighter shocks(springless or I also thought about looking into titanium springs)
-could make custom bumpers( could lose some weight there)
-swap out to RSI style bars, a bit lighter and will help with rider position
-gut the airbox(or go to pod filters if you don't off trail at all)
-SLP makes a lightwieght brake rotor, but you need thier caliper for it
Those are kinda the big area's I can think of off the top of my head, I have gutted about all the extra wieght out of my XLT as I can. I'm still planning on a new hood, light, and guage set up this summer. But even with my heavy stock hood, my sled feels super light, just from addressing some of those other area's I mentioned. when I mention brackets in the engine bay, that is from my experience, I swapped motors and then put SLP tripple pipes in and wound up not using any of the mounts for the stock exhaust. So I took them all out and took out all the heat flashing and made my own. I am not going to lie and say I saved ALOT of weight there, but the brackes and flashing maybe weighed in at 2 pounds and at a 500-600lb vehicle, every ounce you can take out is a victory!!
I am reminded what the Polaris Engineers said about making the new ProR, It was an ounce by ounce and eventually it added up to serious weight reductions.