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Originally Posted by greenmanalishi
To the best of my knowledge and taken from the best sources I could find those weights are wet weights with full tank. I may have misinterpreted the weight issue but new bikes for sale in the Eurozone have to be described as wet weight with oil, coolants and fuel. AKA kerbweight. I may be wrong about this but I am sure some one will let me know if I am? PS I got the weights from each individual manufacturers own web pages. I really was amazed at the Guzzi. The Transalp because it is so top heavy and such a tall bike feels much heavier than an old 865 Bonnie I test rode a couple of years ago.
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Yep, I think you are right with the kerbside weight business; I just couldn't quite remember which way it is done nowadays, although I suspect that the manufacturers can still be economical with their own brand of truth.
It also makes a lot more sense of the figures which are mainly north of 200 Kg.
Weight low down does tend to feel better than when the same weight provides a higher overall CofG, so long as other factors are even.
I've highlighted, in red text, an anomoly with the inch-metric conversion of the seat heights; no big deal.
I didn't realise how heavy the 650 Transalp is either!
It will be interesting to hear from those who have owned these bikes about how they got on with them (or present tense as and when that applies).
I did try to chat up a V7 owner on the side of the road a couple of weeks ago, but with his helmet on and the engine running he was more interested in  
Not that I blame him for that!
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Dave
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