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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 40711" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>I think Phil Irving would be quite shocked at how light an Egli style machine can be when it is built with lightweight wheels and tubeless tires.</p><p>As it sits, 350 pounds dry with a further weight reduction of 18 pounds yet to come. This will give a dry weight of 332 pounds or 380 full of fuel and oil with full road equipment .</p><p>To compare this with a modern sportbike, the closest comparable is the Kawasaki 250 cc Ninja at 383 wet, power is down from a 1360 Vincent though, just 11 ft lbs torque and 21 hp for the Ninja! Most of the modern litre sportbikes weigh in around 475 lbs wet with only small variations from model to model or year to year. Sportrider is a publication that gives the true weights of all the bikes they test. The numbers are surprisingly high. </p><p>The Vincent twin is a relatively light powerplant and aircooling gives a real weight advantage. When I started the build I was told by a Suzuki dealer that there was no way the finished bike could be nearly so light as a new GSXR 1000. In actual fact it is , or will soon be almost 90 pounds lighter than a 2013 GSXR 1000, (469 pounds wet, Sportrider)</p><p></p><p>Glen(</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff397/worntorn1/SC20130210-192829_zps4a8038bf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 40711, member: 2708"] I think Phil Irving would be quite shocked at how light an Egli style machine can be when it is built with lightweight wheels and tubeless tires. As it sits, 350 pounds dry with a further weight reduction of 18 pounds yet to come. This will give a dry weight of 332 pounds or 380 full of fuel and oil with full road equipment . To compare this with a modern sportbike, the closest comparable is the Kawasaki 250 cc Ninja at 383 wet, power is down from a 1360 Vincent though, just 11 ft lbs torque and 21 hp for the Ninja! Most of the modern litre sportbikes weigh in around 475 lbs wet with only small variations from model to model or year to year. Sportrider is a publication that gives the true weights of all the bikes they test. The numbers are surprisingly high. The Vincent twin is a relatively light powerplant and aircooling gives a real weight advantage. When I started the build I was told by a Suzuki dealer that there was no way the finished bike could be nearly so light as a new GSXR 1000. In actual fact it is , or will soon be almost 90 pounds lighter than a 2013 GSXR 1000, (469 pounds wet, Sportrider) Glen( [IMG]http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff397/worntorn1/SC20130210-192829_zps4a8038bf.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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