Dry weights?

snerkler said:

Just purely out of curiosity does anyone know the dry weights of the R1250GS and R1250GSA as I've googled and can't find it. I see that wet weights there's 19kg difference but I'd suspect around 10kg of that difference is the fuel meaning that all that extra fairing and crash bars only weighs around 9kg?

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snerkler said:

Just purely out of curiosity does anyone know the dry weights of the R1250GS and R1250GSA as I've googled and can't find it. I see that wet weights there's 19kg difference but I'd suspect around 10kg of that difference is the fuel meaning that all that extra fairing and crash bars only weighs around 9kg?

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snerkler said:

Just purely out of curiosity does anyone know the dry weights of the R1250GS and R1250GSA as I've googled and can't find it. I see that wet weights there's 19kg difference but I'd suspect around 10kg of that difference is the fuel meaning that all that extra fairing and crash bars only weighs around 9kg?

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knutk said:

It's:
- More fuel 7 kg
- Standard engine crashbar 9 kg
- Standard luggage steel racks 2 kg
- Standard larger screen and extra fairing components 1 kg

If you strip the GS and GSA from the racks, crashbar, fueltank and plastics the look alike.

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snerkler said:

Thanks for the info. What about the upper fairing crash bars?

So if you add the engine crash bars to the GS there’s only 3kg difference between the two (excluding fuel)? I actually took the luggage racks off my GSA and just used the top box.

I think my old 2010 GSA was only 253kg, they’ve certainly added some weight over the years.

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JJH said:

They certainly have. The first 1200 had a claimed dry weight of 199 kg. That was without abs which was an option then. No boxes. They have come a long way since then but the first one was the best. JJH

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Packer said:

The bigger fuel tank will be part of the weight gain, perhaps a kilo.

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Packer said:

People always state that the GS has a low centre of gravity but with the crank sat above the sump and camshaft, the alternator above that, the battery at that level too plus 20-30 litres on top of all that I disagree. When I switched from an 1150GS to the Yam Super Ten the latter felt as though it has a far lower Cof G and is much easier to move in and out of the garage, despite weighing more.

The Yam was always slagged as a lardy lump but the current GSA is heavier even before the farkling.

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snerkler said:

I'm always surprised how much you notice the extra weight, I always think that because I'm such a big guy these small differences in weight shouldn't make much of a difference but I remember how much I could tell when I filled up my tank on the GSA. Of course, it doesn't help that extra fuel makes it more top heavy.

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MartinK said:

I agree. Having owned a GS, GSA and many smaller bikes too (currently NC750x)

Weight is actually more similar than they feel to me. The GSA always felt like a barge when I was trying to load it onto my Sealey bike stand (running it up onto the table, and then trying to put it on centre stand). The GS feels much easier. The NC feels like a toy! My brothers Himalayan (around 200kg IIRC) feels like a pushbike. Altho the weights are all within maybe 20%, the difference feels enormous (to me anyways, and I'm a fairly fit 14 stone).

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