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Chessm
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 04:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

how was the dry weight measured? what does buell consider a 'dry' bike?
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Anonymous
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 05:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Dry weight is measured by the same format as all Japanese, etc. Which is why nothing ever comes close to dry weight. It means no fluids (no fork oil, shock oil even), no battery, etc., etc., so is less than actual motorcycle weight. I have no idea where this idiotic concept originated, but everyone uses it and you have to follow suit for the folks who read "spec" sheets. The actual weight of the 1125R minus fuel, but with everything else, was just under 420 lbs on the last bike we measured. That's a little less than the 1098 we have and measured on the same scale for perspective.
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Chessm
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 06:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

sweet! thanks!
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Blake
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 06:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Didnt' that used to be the shipping weight prior to crating? It is silly. Moto Journalists who even report that stat are silly. Fuel Tank Empty weight is the appropriate stat to report.

420LB + (5.6gal * 6.2LB/gal) = 455 LB
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Curtyd
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 09:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Isn't "Dry Weight" the sum of the individual weights of all the individual parts, kind of a "theoretical" weight, not actually using a scale?
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Dave
Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 10:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I thought dry weight was before the HOG Poker run ... ... ; )

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Buellerandy
Posted on Friday, July 20, 2007 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

LOL
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