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Re: Royal Enfield 500CC
Reply #15 - 11/05/19 at 09:01:37

Finding another bike of similar or less weight and having similar performance characteristics is nearly impossible. The LS is 360-380 lbs stock and can be reduced to nearly 300. My Savage weighs 327 lbs and is reasonably light with fenders and stock exhaust replaced, among a few other little things.
There just are not many machines that can compete when it comes to weight-torque-handling....except other/older older big singles.

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Re: Royal Enfield 500CC
Reply #16 - 11/05/19 at 09:23:44

1. You can replace the fenders with lighter ones, especially the rear fender.
2. The wheels can be re-laced with aluminum rims instead of the heavier steel ones.
3. The heavy muffler and double wall exhaust can be replaced with a lighter muffler and single wall pipe. And you get a performance boost as well as shedding some weight.
4. A lightened flywheel can drop about 5 pounds and you gain a bit more performance again.
5. Replace steel parts with aluminum where possible.
6. Some parts can be drilled to reduce weight.
7. Replace bolts with lighter alloy bolts.

These bikes are pretty light as is, but you can still lighten them quite a bit without sacrificing rider comfort. And with every pound that you remove you are improving the power to weight ratio so it runs stronger too.

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Re: Royal Enfield 500CC
Reply #17 - 11/06/19 at 07:10:05

Yeah, a 500-600cc single is hard to find. Kinda wish the SR 500 was still in production, think maybe a Panther would have been perfect but I suspect there is a reason they died. The Savage is fine on highway or back road, and the shifting is when you remember (or when the bike shudders a bit). The BMW Rotax engine bike is a possibility, but is surely as ugly to me as a bike can be. Well, have all Winter to think about it. Thanks for the answers so far. I wonder how many (or few?) RE has sold in this country?

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Re: Royal Enfield 500CC
Reply #19 - 11/06/19 at 08:23:41

Trippah,
SR was kick only. Not a good old guy bike. Prob the same weight as the Savage, no elec start, and non-counterbalanced. Not a great choice.
Not many RE500s on the road except for hipsters and eccentrics.
Crap build quality, gutless, non-counterbalanced.
Much easier to drop 50 pounds off your Savage than make a good bike out of the other choices you mentioned.
Many folks have dropped theirs down to the low 300 pound range. Can't imagine a real street bike weighing less. Much less having a counterbalance and electric start.

In theory, theory and reality are the same. In reality, they aren't...

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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2246 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Royal Enfield 500CC Reply #20 - 11/06/19 at 09:43:46 Thanks for the info Mavi.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18316 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Royal Enfield 500CC Reply #21 - 11/06/19 at 17:55:26 Trippah wrote on 11/06/19 at 07:10:05: The BMW Rotax engine bike is a possibility, but is surely as ugly to me as a bike can be. I think I just got a fist in the mouth?!
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