[roadrider6]

It's been lowered front and rear, and lightened to 293 pounds curb weight including the rack.

The stock bars prevented lowering the front so I removed them, slid the fork tubes up, and mounted lightweight alloy racing clip on bars onto the tops of the fork tubes.

By swapping the bar blamps left and right, the bars sit level for upright riding instead of sloping downward for the typical sportbike riding position. They m ake the bike quite narrow for easy lanesplitting in traffic.

I made up the shorty exhaust.

 

[roadrider6]

Installed led blinkers...

(17) 2021 Kawasaki KLX300 LED front turn signal flashers - YouTube

They shaved off another half pound to 293.5.
20 pounds seems about the limit for lightening the bike.
Performance is pretty lively with a 136 pound rider.

 

[roadrider6]

Stripped off all of the smog equipment. Curb weight: 291 pounds. The engine looks a lot more uncluttered.

The block off plate fits perfectly. It includes a neat electric plug with a resister built in to fool the trouble light. These parts are not available in the US, so I got them from Greece.