bike weights

[leolion]

How come thous ( on the whole are generally lighter than an average 600/650?, it seems a bit like a cat barking to me!

Do they have a higher class of frame instead of heavy girder steel?

[Polarbear]

[ThatDippyTwat]

Race reps/Sports bikes/Race bikes, whatever you want to call them, are light and powerful by design. They use better materials and components that are lighter, and also more expensive. Commuters, Tourers, Cruisers etc, don't *need* to be light, so they cost less to build.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[1198]

Bigger bikes have larger capacity engines so bigger holes (less metal)in the block?!?

[bigdom86]

as above you need to compare like to like, although with the Z series which I will be buying into soon I am a bit unsure why the Z800 weighs more than the Z1000, I understand why the new Z900 weighs less as it is a newer model, saying that I am going for the fattest out of the three the Z800 as personally I think it looks the best and is the right amount of power balance to fuel consumption for my commute

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[pinkyfloyd]