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****...bike is basically unmodded except for MG OEM belly pan which weighs ounces at best.****
Kev....we went back and forth over the weight of a V7R a while back and I told you I was going to weigh it again to confirm my initial reading. So, the tank is kept full during the winter months right up to the top with ethanol free. It was sunny and in the mid 40's around here and my plan was just to run to the scale and back, but one thing led to another and before I knew it, I had 55 miles of casual around town riding on the trip meter.When I pushed it on the scale it was down prob exactly one gallon from full (as I average 55+/- mpg) on it with uninspired riding.On the scale:Scale reading is 429 (that's with 4.5 gallons on board)......subtract 27.4 pounds 6.1 to 6.3 pounds per gallon depending on who you believe) for gas and total weight is right around 400-403.6 +/-pounds. Tires are the stock Sport Demons...stock innertubes with no slime....bike is basically unmodded except for MG OEM belly pan which weighs ounces at best.Had plans to haul it over to try out the Kendon UTV trailer I modded for hauling bikes but was too nice not to ride.
Interesting, I think many of us will now be curious to weight our bikesOnly problem is, where can one go locally and who will do it
A big rig scale doesn't have enough sensitivity to give you an accurate weight. Due to tolerences it it could off by as much as 20lbs either + or -., unlikely but possible. When I raced outboard kneel down race boats I used bathroom scales to check weight. One under each tire and one under the front support of the boat dolly. You can usually find bathroom scales at thrift stores for next to nothing. Put one under each wheel and the third under the side stand. Don't try to just use one and shift it around, you won't get an accurate weight.kk
I was a welder-fabricator as a young man building commercial truck scales for Fairbanks-Morse. We tested them by placing 1000# and 500# weights on the 4 corners 1 at a time. They were tuned to be correct within 1 #.
I was a weights and measures inspector and sealer for just short of 20 years. It was rare to find a scale out in the field that had a sensitivity of less than 10 lbs. I had a favorite scale that would register accurately at 5 lbs. I used it to get an accurate weight on my weight truck. I would park the truck on the scale and balance the beam it didn't matter what the beam registered. Drive the truck off and re balance the beam using certified weights. Add up the weights and that would be the true weight of the truck. Then I could use the truck plus all my 1000 lb weights to test other truck scales. It was more complicated than that but that is the synopsis. kk