Ideal weight for a shaft-driven adventure bike?

[vgcspares]

having built an adventure bike out of a Daytona 675 by adding (weight) via long travel suspension, an expanded tank and spoked wheels

I thought I'd strip a new Explorer 1200, weigh each part and then lighten/replace/delete anything that obviously seemed to need it

So, any thoughts (from anyone) on what would be a fair target weight for a shaft-driven adventure bike ????

ps might be best to quote for "dry" rather than "wet" (or leaving it indeterminate)

[The Pastor]

can I see your 675?

[Fast Eddie]

nah always go for wet weight... dry weight is useless cause the bike will never weigh that little when ur riding it eh

[Ender EnZed]

About 100kg wet would be ideal.

[White trash]

About 100kg wet would be ideal.

http://motorsportsnewswire.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/2012-ktm-350_freeride_90grad_17.jpg

Perfect.

[Gremlin]

nah always go for wet weight... dry weight is useless cause the bike will never weigh that little when ur riding it eh
Except it's easier to compare bikes with different tank sizes.

Realistically, about 200-220 would be top of the category for a 1200 shaft adv bike.

[Oakie]

Don't forget you can drill big holes in the swingarm to save weight :innocent:

[vgcspares]

the Explorer weighs in at 259kg wet apparently, my 675 ended up at 200kg (including a bit of petrol when I put it on the bathroom scales) which was a bit of a shame as it started out at 165kg dry (I put most of the 35kg gain down to the wheels which were alloy spoked jobs but heavy-as compared to the 675's cast ones) - so anyway I figured 200-210kg was a good target for the Explorer but figure to make it worthwhile it ought to beat some yardstick ...

pic of earlier 675 attached

[Eddieb]

Perfect.

Any bike you can't realistically also ride distance on the road or has to be trailered to the start of a ride isn't an adventure bike, it's a plated trail bike.

I laugh everytime I see people on adventure ride threads moaning there isn't a gas station every 100km cause their 'adventure bike' only has a 9 litre tank and can't go further than around the block before a refill.

[White trash]

Any bike you can't realistically also ride distance on the road or has to be trailered to the start of a ride isn't an adventure bike, it's a plated trail bike.

I laugh everytime I see people on adventure ride threads moaning there isn't a gas station every 100km cause their 'adventure bike' only has a 9 litre tank and can't go further than around the block before a refill.

Yeah I get that, hence the irony in posting a 350 Freeride. It is only 100kg as requested though :)

I've actually been spending some time on the 690 Enduro. Fucken stunning, except the tank range when you've got it in race map.