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    Quote Originally Posted by FROSTY View Post
    Just to humour an old man --could ya repeat the exersize for the back wheel.
    Alrighties, since you asked nicely...I did it

    The rear was 42 kgs bike level and 43 kgs rear up.
    I thought well that makes sense with more weight to the rear than if the rear was up, so I had got the front around the wrong way....
    The correct weight for the front is 45kgs up and 46 kgs level.
    Hence 88kgs both measurements.

    Did I humour the old man ??


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    145kg, doesn't seem right!

    Surely not.

    Try this maybe?

    Get a piece of wood long enough to put your bike on.

    Measure the weight of the wood, then put the wood on the scales and put the bike on top of it, balancing it with you hand (should be minimal extra weight doing that).

    Then minus the weight of the wood off the total weight of the two?

    Something like that would be a bit more accurate i would imagine, oh and make sure the scales are close to the middle.

    Or if you have a stand, just balance it on the stand on the scale.
    we did that with the dirt bikes and it seems accuratish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedpro View Post
    HOW did you manage to make the ZX sooooo heavy??


    Quote Originally Posted by quallman1234 View Post
    145kg, doesn't seem right!

    Surely not.
    Yeah, considering the C model roadbike only weighed 141kg dry.

    The 125T engine is bloody heavy but not 4kgs more than the ZXR engine, headlight, bodywork and all the associated roadbike guff that we rip off.

    Get off the bike next time you measure it Skunk!

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    Ohhhhhhh its the ZX my bad, thought it was the AX.

    Honestly is the dry weights ever accurate.
    Ive heard they take everything possible out, etc fork oil, oil, fliuds.

    But still 145kg is on the heavy side. At least it looks good.

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    hehe gunna nick some scales to weigh the pitty...
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    Just weighted Frankie, she's roughly 77Kgs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sully60 View Post
    Yeah, considering the C model roadbike only weighed 141kg dry.

    The 125T engine is bloody heavy but not 4kgs more than the ZXR engine, headlight, bodywork and all the associated roadbike guff that we rip off.

    Get off the bike next time you measure it Skunk!

    Come on sully 147 twin ?????kgs Yours that is

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    Quote Originally Posted by fi5hy View Post
    Come on sully 147 twin ?????kgs Yours that is
    I've never weighed it, I already know it's bloody heavy.

    I don't call it the Leadsled for nothing!

    I shall purloin some scales and weigh the thing, maybe I could get the coppers to meet me at the weigh station on Hutt Road on the way to work tomorrow, that should handle it eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sully60 View Post
    I've never weighed it, I already know it's bloody heavy.

    I don't call it the Leadsled for nothing!

    I shall purloin some scales and weigh the thing, maybe I could get the coppers to meet me at the weigh station on Hutt Road on the way to work tomorrow, that should handle it eh?
    I got the beachbuggy weighed at silverstream tip, it was $5 for a printout.
    The beach buggy was 660kg sopping we fully loaded or 450kg dry.
    The scales should be able to handle measuring the leadsled as they do big trucks up there.
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    Ok, finally got some scales.
    Will weigh the pitty when it aint so cold outside.
    I was having a play with the old racebike I wanna turn into a bucket.
    With the 600 motor in it the weight on the front wheel was 64.9kg.
    Bummed out by not being able to wiegh the back without help Damn fussy digital scales!

    Will try to get the weight of the rear so I can see how the narrower wheels and smaller engine effect it.

    I dunno if the bucket motor I have in mind will be any lighter tho...
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    Does the pitbike register the scales at all ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by nudemetalz View Post
    Does the pitbike register the scales at all ?
    It may not!
    Going to check tonight.
    I Am really keen as to get the back of the old racebike done too, it may be lighter than skunks bucket with a 600 in it!!!
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    The specific gravity of lead?

    Quote Originally Posted by fi5hy View Post
    Come on sully 147 twin ?????kgs Yours that is
    Well after much procrastination and subsequent harranging I have finally weighed the sled.

    With a couple of litres of fuel, oil and the twin exhaust system it weighs 109kg.

    That's lot of kg's!

    I'm not saying what the all up weight of bike and rider is

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    Sheez, Sully !!!

    Your rider/bucket combination may need a plimsoll line....


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    Fuckin lightweight...

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