UK CRF500L #2 Build Thread

[Archie]

If you haven't used Seat Concepts before they would be worth considering. I've used them on 2 different bikes and found them to be really good and much more comfortable than anything the japs have produced.
Link:
https://seat-concepts.myshopify.com/pro ... 16-crf250l
Cheers

[tuftywhite]

Your MOT station should tell you how much it weighs.

They have to weigh the bike to work out whether your brakes are good enough, as I understand it.

[jkay]

Hey Archie, not found a local weigh bridge yet but likelihood is around 150/160KG's what with the twin cans n all....

Try any of your local scrapyards that's where we weigh motorhomes for work
Brilliant bike by the way

[dave h]

stand it on two sets of bathroom scales ,you get the front/rear bias also,

nice bike,

dave.

[dodursley]

you do not need 2 scales, just put the scales under the front and then under the back and adding the measurements,
It is worth putting a short piece of plank under the wheel to distribute the load across the scales, it will only be a Kg so within the accuracy of the measurements and it will reduce the possibility of bending the top (from experiance!)

[HedgeHopper]

Quick note on weighing, if you are going to swap one scale from front to back, to be accurate the bike needs to remain level so you put a packing piece under the opposite wheel that is the same height as the scale, if you dont do this your result will be under the actual weight.

if it's a very low scale and the bike is long it makes little difference but if the scale is quite high and the bike quite short it can be out a couple pounds if you don't level

[Cone]

I always wondered whether the large recycling facilities that have weigh bridges would let people use them if you talked nicely to the chaps there I thought about chatting to them when i had a Westfield but never got around to it!

[Hoggyf]

The public tip where I take all the waste from work has a big weigh bridge and as soon as you drive on there's a display on the wall, so just ride up and stop on the scales, then go in and ask what time they close

[flipflopdog]

Construction update: rear auxiliary fuel tank being crafted while I’m away with work and a Chinese Acerbis 12.5 litre tank ordered, pics galore when home. Should give me around 20/22 litres overall .. screen from Baja performance on order also, where does it stop...?!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[flipflopdog]

IMG_E0470.JPG (59.21 KiB) Viewed 3479 times

IMG_0468.JPG (65.46 KiB) Viewed 3479 times