lcrken wrote:More persepective. In my previous post I forgot to mention weight. My racer weighs just barely under 300 pounds totally dry (no oil, no gas). I worked for quite a few years to get it under the magic 300 mark, with lots of titanium fasteners, axles, and such. There's still a bit more to be lost, but not a lot, and doing so would be both expensive and time consuming. Now that I've hit the 300 mark, I probably won't put a lot of effort into weight reduction. Now that my racing days are about over, I'm thinking about putting it back to a street legal cafe racer. That's what it was when I first bought it back in 1984. This is a shot of how it looked then. The owner didn't have a garage, so he parked it in his bedroom.



Ken

SteveMinning wrote:Just for comparison my Manx weighs in around 300lb. It's a magnesium 500cc single with no electrical system whatsoever, no lights, no alternator, no voltage regulator, no wiring, alloy mudguards, magnesium wheel hubs, alloy engine plates, no speedo or cable, alloy fuel and oil tanks and magnesium housed gearbox with no kickstart mechanism, etc, etc.

I could use some tips on getting my Manx down to 250.

hobot wrote:I guess Peel in base line from, w/o air station, water tank, Drouin,
luggage rack and big tank and cushy seat, san fenders and headlamp
may be darn close to 300#. Expect under 350# fully wet, blown, ready
for long cargo trip with full fairing and bags.

hobot