My Nourish Dresda was a quick bike, at 84rwhp and being light, it would have been difficult not to be!
I came up against a very nicely turned out 750 Norton, with a well known rider / builder / all round good guy at Snetterton. I wouldn’t normally beat this fella, but Snetterton is a fast circuit and I thought ‘I gotcha today’!
Down the back straight we were neck and neck, I couldn’t gain an inch. But I had to have more power than him! I was confused. And perturbed.
Then, when I was talking to the rider in the paddock the penny dropped, he was about half my weight !!
His name was Norman White. In fact it still is !
That's what I'm sayin
It's the official weight but the thing looks like the HMS Queen Mary when parked next to my 438 lb dry weight Commando.
Glen
Motorrad claims the R1200RT to have 505 pounds dry weight
BMW R1200RT
Manufacturer BMW Motorrad
Wheelbase 1,485 mm (58.5 in)
Dimensions L : 2,230 mm (88 in) W : 905 mm (35.6 in) H : 1,430 mm (56 in)
Seat height Adjustable 820 to 840 mm (32.3–33.1 in) Low seat option: 780 to 800 mm (30.7–31.5 in)
Weight 229 kg (505 lb) (dry) 259 kg (571 lb) w/o panniers (wet)
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I bet they dont include the panniers or top box. Or coolant, oil and fork oil. LOL.
And a battery...Must be a full tank of fuel.....25 litres weighs what, 18kg? 4 litres of oil, 3kg. Coolant say 3kg. That's over 50lb.