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I had a 2010 Tiger 1050 and it fell and bent a front brake rotor. It was pricy to order a new one through Lone Star in bid A. I remember about what you say about part prices. I loved that bike it could have flown if it had wings and that triple sounded sweet and was so smooth.LOL! You can take out the cat, but it's still a dog!
My notes from when I swapped the exhaust on my Bonneville was that I knocked off under 7 lb. 7 lb with a 10 hp improvement to boot is nothing to sneeze at. For weight reduction, I also swapped on an alloy handlebar, swapped the rear shocks, removed the carbon canister and the air injection and every other thing I could find that didn't offer any measurable value in reliability or function, for probably for another 5-10 lb total weight reduction on the Bonnie. So that's a total weight loss without making functional changes of about 15-20 lb. My Scrambler is in similar condition, still a work in progress.
I'm sure with a similar kind of approach you could knock 15-20 lb off of one of those Triumph 400s. But getting more than 20 lb weight reduction is going to be difficult, expensive, and most likely involve functional changes you probably don't like, such as removing, or often cutting off, parts you actually would like to keep on there because they're useful.
Triumphs are expensive bikes to work on. Parts and accessories are all among the most expensive on the market. You can take off unnecessary stuff and maybe save 5 lb without paying a cent for it. But other than that, my math says it'll likely cost you about $100 for every lb you want to remove. Maybe your $600 aftermarket exhaust that reduces 6 lb is worth it since it comes with a performance increase above just the weight, and looks better. But after that, it starts to feel pretty expensive, especially on a brand new motorcycle that cost under $8K to start. If you don't mind voiding the warranty and venting fuel vapor into the air then 15 lb is probably on tap for the cost of the new exhaust. Then after that another 20-30 lb might be available at $100/lb. and some loss of function. Removing more than 45 lb total is going to require intense surgery, like fabricating a whole new chassis from aluminum or swapping the wheels for some handcrafted forged alloy track wheels that'll bend if you give them a harsh look.
I got a 2014 1050 V Strom to replace it not even close to the charater of the Triumph. I have a feeling the 400 will out class others in its category.
Those fat mufflers with little pipes in the end just look weird to me. The DL1000 had one. Also all the fake chrome plates that cover them. Guess the days of just an exhaust are gone. I do like the finned exhaust connector to the cylinder. Reminds me of my '67 T 650. Now that was a real man's M/C. It came with titty grips.