1Wingman1 Scooter Rider

Number of posts : 14 Age : 78 Location : Jacksonville, Florida Points : 2977 Registration date : 2013-01-19
 | Subject: Weight gain in 2005 Sat Feb 20, 2021 8:51 pm | |
| I have a 2002-2007 Service Manual and according to it the standard Silverwing weighs 16 lbs. more starting in 2005. Does anyone know what changed? I tried searching but got distracted about 20 times by interesting threads and had to give up. |
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Cosmic_Jumper Site Admin

Number of posts : 3663 Age : 77 Location : damn near Philadelphia, PA Points : 8530 Registration date : 2009-06-12
 | Subject: Re: Weight gain in 2005 Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:27 pm | |
|  Dunno... maybe there were 2.5 gallons in the fuel tank when they weighed the ‘05. |
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steve_h80 Silver Wing Expert

Number of posts : 659 Location : Teesdale, UK Points : 2478 Registration date : 2016-05-15
 | Subject: Re: Weight gain in 2005 Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:03 am | |
| I thought you were talking about me during this covid lockdown  I did take Scootie out for shakedown run a few days ago, I'm sure he was singing "Who eat all the pies" at me  |
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oldwingguy Silver Wing Guru

Number of posts : 1727 Location : Hocking Hills U.S.A. Points : 3778 Registration date : 2016-01-29
 | Subject: Re: Weight gain in 2005 Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:27 am | |
| I don't know about today but in the past is was a dry weight number before fluids were added. |
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sc00ter Maxi-Scooter Rider

Number of posts : 174 Location : Norfolk, VA Points : 1141 Registration date : 2018-07-16
 | Subject: Re: Weight gain in 2005 Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:39 pm | |
| If the Silverwing gains any weight it would be from the ABS system. I know on most motorcycles it adds around 15lbs. |
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Meldrew Visiting Curmudgeon

Number of posts : 3596 Location : York, North Yorkshire, England UK Points : 7445 Registration date : 2010-11-16
 | Subject: Re: Weight gain in 2005 Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:55 am | |
| I agree, over this side of the Pond where we had the FJS Silver Wing, the first couple of years it was on sale it wasn't equipped with ABS, only the Honda Combined Brake System CBS. Then an ABS/CBS version was sold alongside it at extra cost to the buyer. Honda UK then dropped the non-ABS Silver Wings from the lineup, and the ABS/CBS fitted Silver Wing became the sole version available right up until it was discontinued in 2016. |
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