nat Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Hello, Does anybody know the weight of a TLR250. They look small and light but I rode one recently and it seemed just as heavy it's Spanish rivals. Thanks, NAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot 3 Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Depends whether I'm riding mine of just looking at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
348mate Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 cota 348 89kg, tlr250 88kg. according to the factory manuals for both. S.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetupfun Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 cota 348 89kg, tlr250 88kg.according to the factory manuals for both. S.M. The measured weight of my Cota 348 ready to ride trials (no lights and half a tank of fuel) is 93kg. Others in the same stable also ready to ride are: TY250B 93kg KT250A2 94kg TY175B 83kg I would have hoped that a bike made 10 years after these bikes (the TLR250) would be lighter than a Cota 348. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
348mate Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 I only quoted out of the montesa manual for my 348. I have some large overhead scales to hand (400kg) will make up a sling and try both bikes, you have me intriuged now.... S.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 Not sure what they weigh, but they have a light "feel" when riding as the power comes in strong right off the bottom and makes the front end lift without trying, this can be a good and a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
348mate Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 Having just tried my "new" TLR250 tonight, i can confirm that it feels a fair bit lighter than the old cota 348, ok so they werent excactly head to head when new, so i s'pose the tlr should have advanced ahead of the 348.... main thing on the tlr for me is lighness of clutch lever, not a trillion miles off my 03 scorpa.................so maybe only a couple of kg's difference in weight, but for me ,1st impressions are that the tlr was certainly heading in the right direction. And is miles more Modern than other earlyish 80's t/shox. S.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat Posted July 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Thanks for the comments chaps. (My Montesa 349 was 93kg on the scales, same as it said in the sales brochure). Maybe we should compile a list of all the weights..... but as with modern bikes, the 'twinshocks' seem to be much the same. I guess frame geometry makes one bike feel lighter than another. My '81 Cota 349 feels much lighter than my '79 349, but it is not. Has anybody ridden a Cota 330, 1985, the very last Montesa twinshock. NAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 To be honest, a couple of kilo's between old twinshock bikes doesn't matter. Far more important to have the bike properly set up for your style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Must admit I never get too hung up about the weights either. Weight bias to front or rear can make a bike feel heavy or light, not its actual weight. The Yam Majesty is a fairly heavy lump to lift about in the garage but to ride they feel quite light, especialy the 320 with it's short wheelbase and quick motor - no problem lifting the front end there. The lightest feeling twinshock bike I've ridden recently was a Honda TLR250 but I've no doubt this is due to it being a very well set up machine, as t-shock 250 has said, more than its actual weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-shock 250 Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Having plenty of power helps, i have a monstrously powerful special 280 SWM which may not be the lightest twinshock around but all that grunt certainly makes it feel alot lighter and helps you avoid some parts of the sections where others can get tripped up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g4321 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 The lightest feeling twinshock bike I've ridden recently was a Honda TLR250 It may feel light enough when the front wheel is being overtaken by the back climbing a steep hill but it is not a light bike when loading into a van or onto a trailer as has regularly been commented upon by most of the guys I ride with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panomphaean Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 (edited) I'll be interested to see if my standard (less lights and under seat fuel tank) 1986 Honda TLR250R monoshock is lighter when she's back together in a few weeks. Are the twinshocks an F model? Is that a 1985 suffix? Mine's a G. Anyone seen a 1987 H model? Edited November 24, 2005 by Panomphaean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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