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Finally snuck it on the shipping scale at work. 456lbs with 1/2 to 2/3 a tank of fuel.

Nice keychain!

Florida probably isn't a great place to judge handling, but it seems like it's a bit more, willing to change direction (?) at lower speeds. It sucks for parking lot manuvering with the decrease in lock to lock rotation. The brakes and fork rigidity are worlds better. The stock forks always made me wonder how people did stoppies, they felt unstable to me (the forks, never done a stoppie), but that may have been the poor condition of the stock brakes as well.

I'm not sure what the weight is, I'll try to get it on our shipping scale here at work, but I don't imagine it's really that much lighter. It's basically just plastic that's missing.

Oh yeah, switching to the wider rear wheel and a 180 made it feel much more comfortable to lean deep into a corner than the 170 on the narrower rear wheel, which was infinitely better than the 180's egg profile that was shoehorned onto a wheel narrower than it was made for.

Yeah, it's actually sketchier than it looks too. . . I should probably shorten the kickstand since the cbr forks are shorter. It doesn't lean over as far as it used to. It's also probably 4 feet or so down to the water. . .

Thanks guys!

Also, I don't recommend parking that close to the water on a regular basis. . .

Thanks! You caught both of the things that had no actual purpose other than 'I wanted to'

That looks outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

It was tough. . . Not quite the highest point in Florida, but definitely one of the higher points in the Everglades. Apparently it actually counts as a significant geological feature for the area.

So. . . I was thinking how little sense it made to do this with a VFR (especially with all the plastic and mirrors) and it occured to me that 'it's heavy' and 'there are plenty of cheaper, lighter bikes' are decent arguments against it. . . but they are decent arguments against taking one to the track too. . .

just saying. . .

By the way, it shows 8 miles and 16 minutes. . . so, average speed is 30mpg. . . Also, there is no dividing line for the majority of this stretch of road.

Looks fun.

Looks like NAS Alameda.

Lol, well done. It is.