[tangerine911S]

Keep it up Eric and stay motivated, mine was worse than that starting out. Lots of people cafe the 750's even though they are heavier. You could probably get it down to the 430-450 lb range if you kept it really stripped. One guy was able to get his CR replica down to 396 lb but that went to the extreme. I wieghed mine at 420 lbs wet with 3/4 tank of gas. Stock is 425 lb dry so I'm a bit lighter even though my tank and seat are a bit heavier and I have a frame addition on the back.

I have Emgo pods also and they aren't too bad. I was limited because they are the only ones short enough to fit behind that frame tube on the 550's. Make sure you rejet the carbs before any riding though because they will lean it out, especially with the '77 and '78 PD style "lean burn" carbs that came on the later cb's.