Eck Posted September 22, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 22, 2015 I found this information interesting. 10. Harley-Davidson Road Glide Special – 385kg At 385kg, ready-to-ride, the Road Glide weighs as much as a Penguin AGM-119B anti-shipping missile – which is the sort of thing launched from boats, helicopters or F16s against waterborne targets – or about as much as the average adult Caribbean leatherback seat turtle. 9. Honda F6B – 385kg Drawing exactly level with the Road Glide at 385kg wet, the stripped-back F6B tips the scales at the same weight as a 1968 Porsche 909 Bergspyder racing car. Which, incidentally, also had a horizontally-opposed engine of around the same size as the Honda’s, albeit with eight cylinders and 275bhp to haul its mass rather than six pots and 118bhp. 8. Victory Vision Tour – 386kg Victory’s Vision Tour is just a fraction heavier than the two bikes below it in the list, although it’s worth mentioning that Victory only lists a dry weight, where the others are ready-to-ride. If like-for-like figures were available, it would probably be a fair bit higher on this list. Even so, at 386kg dry it weighs as much as the shell from a WW1-era 12-inch naval gun. 7. Harley-Davidson CVO Street Glide – 395kg The glittering, £28,630 CVO Street Glide is marked out from its less ostentatious brethren in part by its unashamed brashness and also by its ridiculously powerful sound system, with a pair of 300 watt amps. So it’s fitting that it weighs as much as the world’s most insane iPod Dock, the 15,200 watt, €399,000 AeroDream One, designed by Jean Michel Jarre. Like the Harley, it’s shiny, loud and not entirely practical (you need to climb a ladder to dock your iPod on top of it…) 6. Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic – 399kg It’s not a big surprise, but there are several Harleys on this list. The near-as-dammit 400kg Electra Glide Ultra Classic happens to weigh precisely as much as a single blade from the rotor of a Mil Mi-26, the world’s largest mass-produced helicopter. To be fair, the helicopter has eight of them, but then again it weighs more than 28 tonnes when it’s empty and can carry another 20 tonnes of cargo. Which is 50 Electra Glide Ultra Classics. 5. Kawasaki VN1700 Voyager – 406kg Finally we’re past the 400kg mark and it’s not a Harley. While the Ultra Classic in 6th place weighs as much as a helicopter’s blade, Kawasaki’s VN1700 Voyager is as heavy as a whole helicopter! Seriously, 406kg is the unladen weight not only of the Voyager but also of a Hughes 269A helicopter, also known as the TH-55 Osage, which is the classic bubble-shaped lightweight helicopter used as a military trainer for decades in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Alternatively, 406kg is also the weight of an entry-level twin-oven, cast iron Aga. 4. Indian Roadmaster – 408kg Another one that’s not a Harley, Indian’s heaviest machine so far at 408kg is as heavy as the entire RD-0110 third-stage motor assembly of a Soyuz rocket. It’s not as fast or powerful (67,000lbs of force for the rocket) but significantly more comfortable. 3. Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited – 414kg The Roadmaster might be as heavy as a rocket motor, but the Harley Ultra Limited weighs as much as a whole spaceship. Really. At 414kg it’s the same mass as the Genesis probe that travelled 1.5 million km towards the sun and collected samples of solar wind between 2001 and 2004. Unfortunately, the Genesis’s parachute failed on re-entry and it slammed into the ground at 193mph – which is presumably about as fast as an Ultra Limited would go in free-fall. 2. Honda Goldwing – 421kg You knew that the Goldwing was going to be on this list, didn’t you? The only question was which of the podium positions it would fill. As it turns out, 421kg ready-to-ride isn’t enough to take the top. It’s the same weight as a Pratt & Whitney PW100 turboprop engine (and if you’ve ever flown to the Isle of Man, you’ve probably experience a couple of them powering one of FlyBe’s Bombardier Dash 8s). 1. Harley CVO Road Glide Ultra – 439kg And the biggest of the big is, of course, another Harley. In ready-to-run form the CVO Road Glide Ultra is the heftiest bike in the firm’s range (with an equally heavyweight £29,130 price tag.) To put that into perspective, 439kg is about 70 stone – as much as Britain’s former fattest man at his peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted September 22, 2015 Share #2 Posted September 22, 2015 Eck, very interesting, the Venture didn't make the list. Does that make it a light weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted September 22, 2015 Eck, very interesting, the Venture didn't make the list. Does that make it a light weight? I noticed that too. I really thought it would be listed at least around 5th place. I don't think that they are that light. I wonder though.... if they weighed the bikes from the top ....or from the bottom....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted September 22, 2015 Share #4 Posted September 22, 2015 Oppsss,, someone musta forgot about the Slingshot.. Got yapping with my dear friend @Carbon_One at a recent event about his - I might be wrong but I think he said his scoot is 1700 pounds.. Also wonder where the Boss Hoss falls into our discussion Eckster,, seems like that big ol V-8 scoot would also be right up there.. Interesting discussion my friend - THANKS for posting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMSgt Posted September 22, 2015 Share #5 Posted September 22, 2015 OK so someone has to say it........ what the heck is a kg?????? I know it is a kilogram but how much do these motorcycles really weigh here in America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzyzx Posted September 22, 2015 Share #6 Posted September 22, 2015 Thought you lived closer to Birmingham Alabama than Birmingham England...kg? What up with dat? HAHAHAHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted September 22, 2015 Share #7 Posted September 22, 2015 OK so someone has to say it........ what the heck is a kg?????? I know it is a kilogram but how much do these motorcycles really weigh here in America. Thought you lived closer to Birmingham Alabama than Birmingham England...kg? What up with dat? HAHAHAHA. What da heck,, am I the only one who read the article,, the last line explains in perfectly understandable english what a Kg is = "439kg is about 70 stone – as much as Britain’s former fattest man at his peak." actually I thought "Kilo" had something to do with drug running or something.. After reading the definition I am not sure I was so far off:think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eusa1 Posted September 22, 2015 Share #8 Posted September 22, 2015 the reason the rsv is not on the list is the same reason the cb750 four is not on the list....... they don't make them any more, so they are not on sale at this time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirider Posted September 22, 2015 Share #9 Posted September 22, 2015 1 kg = 2.205 lb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted September 22, 2015 Share #10 Posted September 22, 2015 They also missed the Triumph Rocket III Touring. 395 kg wet weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV1100SE Posted September 22, 2015 Share #11 Posted September 22, 2015 Per Star site....RSV weighs 869 lb (wet) which is 394kg. That puts it in 8th place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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