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Put her on the Scale at work yesterday.
With no luggage, and with a full tank of Fuel, she sits right at 600-lbs "ready to ride"......
"This is Heavy-Bike!"
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Yep, by today's standards, she's a big girl, but she sure can run fast and dance well and OMG what a body....she's a keeper.
I know the truck scales at quad were quite often off by as much as 400lbs when they came to calibrate them. But our plant would run over 100 trucks across them in 24hrs. I don't think they were ever closer than 80lbs. You would have to run them over a scale inside we had scales inside you could drive on for quick pallet weight. But they got out of spec too. Drive up to and back away single pallet scales were really accurate. But I don't know how you would get away with it there. I did weigh stock parts and the parts I replaced them with. And then deduct that from the stock weight of the bike. Doing that my 1350r. Was just over 500lbs. Didn't have any race scales.
Every part I put on it to make it better also took lbs off
It's been tough getting used to my FJ, my prior bike was an 07 GSXR750 that was under 400 lbs with fluids
Quote from: giantkiller on June 11, 2025, 03:26:02 PMI know the truck scales at quad were quite often off by as much as 400lbs when they came to calibrate them. But our plant would run over 100 trucks across them in 24hrs. I don't think they were ever closer than 80lbs. You would have to run them over a scale inside we had scales inside you could drive on for quick pallet weight. But they got out of spec too. Drive up to and back away single pallet scales were really accurate. But I don't know how you would get away with it there. I did weigh stock parts and the parts I replaced them with. And then deduct that from the stock weight of the bike. Doing that my 1350r. Was just over 500lbs. Didn't have any race scales.
Every part I put on it to make it better also took lbs off
I can stand on that Scale (fully clothed of course), and it's within 10-lbs of my actual body-weight, so I'd say it's pretty close...........but yeah, I know these truck-scales aren't always known to be accurate.
Quote from: 86FJNJ on June 12, 2025, 07:28:19 AMIt's been tough getting used to my FJ, my prior bike was an 07 GSXR750 that was under 400 lbs with fluids
That GSXR750 is the best track bike I've ever ridden. A Perfect blend, just enough power and light weight. It's in the Goldilocks zone between 600's and liter bikes.
Quote from: Pat Conlon on June 12, 2025, 02:05:10 PMQuote from: 86FJNJ on June 12, 2025, 07:28:19 AMIt's been tough getting used to my FJ, my prior bike was an 07 GSXR750 that was under 400 lbs with fluids
I rode it on the street and at the local 1/4 mile track. I've never been on a regular race track but I couldn't agree more. Plenty of power where you want it but very nimble.
That GSXR750 is the best track bike I've ever ridden. A Perfect blend, just enough power and light weight. It's in the Goldilocks zone between 600's and liter bikes.