A very simple qusetion

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leobailey
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A very simple qusetion

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How much does a 350cc heavyweight machine weigh ready for the road, there I told you was a quickie

Why do they get heavier with age :?:

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Re: A very simple qusetion

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Not that simple to answer, you do not tell us the year and model.
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You'll have to work out your fuel and oils weights.
According to the owners' manuals dry weights are:
Rigid 344 lbs
Springer to 1959 375 lbs
Competition 300 lbs.
Springer 1960- 382 lbs
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Re: A very simple qusetion

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Hi

My 61 G3 works out at a little over 416lbs, this includes the transmission oils, engine oil and fuel, I also assume it includes the factory supplied tool kit.

My bike differs from factory spec by having a Halcyon bar end mirror the mass of which I have negated based on my Armours silencer not having much in the way of internal baffling.
leobailey wrote:Why do they get heavier with age
That question is like a red rag to a bull for a centre stand advert ;)

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Mick D wrote:
That question is like a red rag to a bull for a centre stand advert ;)

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And that is a red rag for the Adverts Editor!!! :rofl:
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Re: A very simple qusetion

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So I'll assume around 375 to 400 lbs for my 1959 G3.

It still feels a lot heavier than my G3 felt in 1961, or is that my age.

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Re: A very simple qusetion

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They weigh even more when you're in your eighties Leo!
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I took the G80S 1956 onto the farmer's weighbridge and it was 410lbs but the petrol tank wasn't brim full.

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