Weight Savings of DRZ400SM Aftermarket Exhaust Pipes 

thank you

About 2 lbs lighter for the Yoshimura @ $799 WTF 😂 why waste $$$ I bought a aluminum billet performance exhaust tip off ebay for $15 it replaced the OEM muffler cap & spark arrestor and opened the exhaust from a tiny approx. 3/4 inch (don't have the OEM tip/spark arrestor to accurately measure) but the new exhaust tip is a massive 2" exit with spark arrestor. I've had many motorcycles , street and dirt with many different header /muffler combos like DG/FMF/Yoshimura/Vance& Hines /White Brothers including a couple Supertrapps (IDS & External disc) with the fundamental goal of a header being get air out quicker after ideally adding more fuel by re-jetting and adding a better air filter to add a few HP and get a more pleasing brapp brapp sound or whatever word suits you lol currently riding a DRZ 400 with 3x3 mod , re-jetted carb added a K&N and opened up the exhaust, installed a Renthal aluminum rear sprocket saved almost 1 pound at the wheel which makes a real difference and added 4 teeth which makes a real difference and still have about $600 in my pocket by not buying a Yoshi/DG/FMF ..wanna save 2 pounds go on a diet

Interesting information, thanks for sharing. I'd just like to add a few things as well that can be done to reduce the weight of the S/SM models. You can swap out the huge OEM headlight, turn signals and the tail light assemblies for much smaller and lighter LED units. The passenger footpegs and hardware are quite heavy, and can be removed if you wont be using them. There are small aluminum plates w/aluminum hardware you can purchase off ebay, Amazon etc that are used as an exhaust support mount on the rear right side, since the right side passenger footpeg doubles as an exhaust mount. Another thing I did on my bike (since I do no street riding in heavy traffic) was remove the cooling fan. The fan only ever kicked on for me in a couple extreme situations that I'm not likely to find myself in often, if at all. Those times it did turn on I was following a buddy through the woods at very low speeds, and even allowing the bike to idle for unnecessarily long periods of time. It also didn't help that I was running slicks on sumo wheels constantly spinning the rear tire due to low traction.

I was wondering this myself. Thanks! 👍🤙

Hey Cody, just came across your zx6r videos. I brought one recently (thinking guy sold me a lemon) and it wont start. Got fuel pump but wont prime. Blew fuses. Got new ones and not when I press start button wont even crank. Any tips?

Hey Cody, nice info, I have the std MRD, so a little interpolating for me but certainly helps! Was wondering if you feel like if your carb jetting is good for both the MRD and the Yoshimura? My thinking is the MRD is way more open than even the Yoshimura, starting to think the JD Jetting recommendations don’t really cover the MRD very well.🤔

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4:38 Jeeeezus can't people do basic math? 2 f'n pounds. In the time it took you to move the mouse. It's 2 f'n pounds.