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Sevulturus wrote:I civic weighs close to 2 tons. Pushed by 115hp, a Gixxer weighs 400lbs pushed by 115 hp...

A civic weighs almost 4,000 lbs?

My girlfriend's aveo is only like one ton...

The gixxer is lighter then 400 pounds...

Plus, think about all the crap you keep in your car, that's got to be a couple of hundred pounds of crap just in sitting in your trunk and back seat.

One of the great things about motorcycles is since they don't cost all that much you don't have to buy just one for the rest of your life.

I bought a used GS500F last year as a first bike and love it. I'm currently accepting offers if anyone is interested because I'd like to move up to a SV650S. I'm also dreaming of a SV1000 or TL1000.

I think people are sometimes too concerned about "outgrowing" a Ninja 250 or 500 or a GS500, like they can never sell it and buy another bike. Get a GS500F, have fun, attract girls who don't care what it is so long as it's a bike, then when you're ready sell it and buy another bike. You might even find the 500 is all you need and keep it.

camthepyro wrote:The gixxer is lighter then 400 pounds...

The new GSX-R600 weighs 407 lbs dry.

And no civic weighs 4000lbs, maybe 1.25 tons or so...

kabob983 wrote: And no civic weighs 4000lbs, maybe 1.25 tons or so...

That's what I thought lol

kabob983
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:
camthepyro wrote:
The gixxer is lighter then 400 pounds...


The new GSX-R600 weighs 407 lbs dry.

And no civic weighs 4000lbs, maybe 1.25 tons or so...

On suzuki's website it says the GSX-R600 has a dry weight of 354lbs, although I admit, I thought it was lower than that, but it's still less than 400.

camthepyro wrote:

kabob983
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:
camthepyro wrote:
The gixxer is lighter then 400 pounds...


The new GSX-R600 weighs 407 lbs dry.

And no civic weighs 4000lbs, maybe 1.25 tons or so...

On suzuki's website it says the GSX-R600 has a dry weight of 354lbs, although I admit, I thought it was lower than that, but it's still less than 400.

(I hate getting my "info" from here) but on a "Supersport Shootout" they listed the 2006 GSX-R600 weighing in at 407lbs.

Now I'm not going to say it's the most reliable of sources, but weight seems like one of the few tests that should be reasonably accurate and unbiased...

www.motorcycleusa.com is where I saw that.



Oh, and I checked with Honda's website. The new Civic weighs in at around 2600 lbs, just about the 1.25 tons I guessed.

kabob983 wrote:
(I hate getting my "info" from here) but on a "Supersport Shootout" they listed the 2006 GSX-R600 weighing in at 407lbs.

Now I'm not going to say it's the most reliable of sources, but weight seems like one of the few tests that should be reasonably accurate and unbiased...

www.motorcycleusa.com is where I saw that.

That would be the wet weight (with all the fluids and such (gas, oil, radiator fluid, etc). Manufacturer's dry weight numbers are usually a lot less than when the bike hits the street. So 407lbs ready to go sounds about right.

Well, we're both 1/2 right. It's not wet or dry weight, it's "empty tank" weight.

my first bike is a buell firebolt XB12r. That is 1203 cc's and it prolly has les HP than your bike. But still a lot. I learned on a smaller bike though.