Greg’s comment “Besides VAT, the killer is shipping. It's a big, heavy box” Made me wonder what the additional weight of each is after fitment. My guess is the CNW adds the most? But it would be interesting to know.
We used a hanging scale to weigh an Alton equipped 71 750 Interstate with a full tank of fuel and my 75 Mk3 Interstate with full tank. The difference was about 5 lbs, the MK3 at 477 and the the 750 at 472. So negligle difference, although that 5 lbs is and important 5 lbs in that it is due to strengthened items like swing arm, crank, cases etc.
On the same scale we also weighed a 1971 kickstart 750 Interstate and and a 1973 Kickstart 850 Interstate, both bikes full of fuel as well.
Those were at 443 lbs and 447 lbs.
That four pound difference there is again expected with the strengthened items, of which the early 850 has a bit less of than the MK3, one pound worth according to my measuring.
So the estart MK3 or Alton adds about 30 pounds to the bike.
I haven't weighed a CNW equipped bike.
The starter weight is all low down so as a regular road rider you won't even be able to notice that it is there.
I have ridden with a single pannier loaded at about 30 pounds. This was a lopsided load and higher up than the starter. It had no noticeable effect on handling or corner speed. It also isn't noticeable for acceleration.
The extra 30 lbs adds only about 1/10 of a second to dragstrip et, so no wonder we don't feel that bit of weight.
The one time you might feel it is rolling the bike up on a lift or something like that.
Glen
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