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Title: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 06, 2010, 03:29:40 pm

As the title says I'm after the weights of an 81 Maico.

I'm not worried about how accurate the total is but I want to find the weight bias between front and rear, preferably with a full tank

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Brent

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: paul on October 06, 2010, 03:54:40 pm

no scales  brent but according to the manual  dry weight is 102 kg,s and the tank holds 2.5 gallons

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: Mick D on October 06, 2010, 04:50:00 pm

Hi Paul,
             If you have got known to be accurate (tested) bath scales you will be able to weight one wheel at time. The procedure for accuracy is to set something like a block of wood for resting the un-weighed wheel to the exact height of the other wheel being weighed on the scale surface.

             IE; set the leveling block apart at the wheel base center distance, pack it to height using a straight edge and a level. Add the two results together, and it will be as accurate as your scales.

             I am creating a reference on all that I build. When I’m posting stuff for eBay? I take test objects to the post office and write on them the result. I select them to calibrate my scales when I am  operating close to that range (zone).
 

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: paul on October 06, 2010, 05:13:47 pm

no scales at all mick

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 06, 2010, 06:49:39 pm

Thanks for that Paul,

The absolute weight is handy, I'm hoping someone has some scales to get the front and rear weights.

Brent

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: Mick D on October 06, 2010, 08:03:44 pm

Less haste for me Brent.

I should have read your "whole" post before I replied.

If no one has answered by the weekend, I will attempt to visit mine and return with figures.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 06, 2010, 08:28:55 pm

Thanks Mick

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: evo550 on October 06, 2010, 08:39:01 pm

I've got bath scales......just no Mega 2 :-\ :-\

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 06, 2010, 08:43:32 pm

My wife insists that our bathroom scales are WRONG :o

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 06, 2010, 08:45:12 pm

If (fading) memory serves me, don't you have an XT/TT powered Maico EVO?

I'd be very keen to know the weights on that

Brent

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: paul on October 06, 2010, 09:10:10 pm

i use too have bathoom scales .till i dropped a maico engine on them for a ebay postal amount

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: evo550 on October 11, 2010, 05:10:04 pm

Nah Brent,
I had an XT powered XT.but it handled like a Maico........that was broken in half and 40kgs of lead added. ;D
(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/evo550/xt550yellow.jpg)

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: Mick D on October 12, 2010, 10:21:59 am

I see you didn't get an answer over the weekend Brent.

I am heading off to bring mine home from storage today. I will stop at the servo and fill the tank as well.
Then a bit of a door knock to find a pair of the newer type of "digital" bath scales.

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 12, 2010, 11:14:57 am

Thank you Mick, that would be great

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: norm17 on October 13, 2010, 09:02:40 am

- given the following disclaimers-
 1) the bathroom scales used are of unknown accuracy but "seem" close to correct
 2) bike is fitted with a Husky WR silencer and Db Snorkel- probably around 1kg extra weight over the rear
 3) bike is otherwise standard except for later bars and wide footpegs
 4) bike was totally dry of fuel but full of oils
  81 490 weighs 55kg at rear and 50 kg at front- for the sake of comparison a 2003 KX500 weighs out at 55kg front and 55kg rear- similar constraints apply to this reading as well.
Logically fuel load would split around 75/25 front to rear on top of this.

Norm

Title: Re: Can someone weigh an 81 490 for me?
Post by: brent j on October 14, 2010, 08:20:01 pm

Thank you guys,

My bike weighs in at 124kg but the weight bias front to rear is very close , that's what I was hoping for.

Incidently, according to what I've found, the Maico is almost 50/50 front to rear weight bias with a full tank.

Thanks again

Brent