Small heavy/light bikes
I have the idea to go small.
Small not only in terms of cubic.
But in size and weight
But .... what has happened to the weight ??
I was loooking at a Suzuki DL 250
DL 250: 178 kg !!
GN 250: 129 kg
GSX 250: 154 kg
178 kg for a 250 cc bike !!
My old Kawasaki 350 from 1973: 151 kg.
(Moto Guzzi 850 -72: 211kg
Moto Guzzi 850 -20: 229 kg)
And...
I do not want a competion enduro bike with seat hight of 900 mm, 11 liters fuel tank and oil change every 3000 km.
The larger street bikes have lost a lot of weight over the years.
Compare a GSX 1100 for 1980 with a GSX-R 1100 from 1990 or newer.
254 kg => 197 kg (A large part due to enginee weigth)
So what bike has this
Weight: max 155 kg
Seat hight: Max 830 mm
Front wheel size: 19 or 21"
Fuel tank: Min 15 liters
Price: Low
Availible: As EU model
Should be any problem to build a 350 cc bike like that
I might go back to an 80-ies bike. Restore and modify.
I would be cheap. And after restoring it myself. I would thrust it.
And modification could be done instead of buy all those options for a new bike ?
Thats my idea.
What are yours ?
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