Weight Distribution on front/rear tires

[DesertRider]

Looking at the max. load ratings on some of these tires and I'm wondering, on these bikes, what the weight distribution is? Say these 1st gens weigh about 800 pounds, then add 70 pounds for a tank of gas, oil & filter, plus another 250 pounds for the rider, clothing, leathers, boots, gloves, helmet, keys, pocket knife etc..., that's roughly 1120 pounds. How much of that weight load rides on the front tire and how much on the rear ? Is it about the same for the RSV's ?

[Flyinfool]

Gas, oil and filter is more like 40 lbs.

But then for the driver. If I went on a diet AND rode naked I might get in at 250 lbs........

 

I figured that I am at about 1150 going down the road.

 

I never tried putting the bike on scales to see what the weight distribution was. To bad I no longer have my scale set.

 

When I used to race stock cars it is amazing what moving 20lbs of weight on a 3,500 lb car can do to handling characteristics.

[DesertRider]

Yea Jeff, it's been quite a while since I could squeeze in at 250 myself, I must have been talking about somebody else there - ! One thing about guys like us is we don't have any trouble holding up these big bikes & our passengers at stop signs. - About the tire ratings, Ya know how some tires might come with a max load rating of like 770 lb. or whatever for the rear tire and 580 lb. or whatever for the front tire, again just speaking in general terms and not the actual rating of any specific tires. I know most the weight is on the back tire but I was curious what they use for a ratio for weight front / rear or how you would know without scales. Then again, I suppose weight distribution is probably figured in when they rate those tires and maybe the only thing we need to think about is those two numbers added together vs the total weight of the bike with luggage + rider(s). You can see I have a lot of important things to worry about today.

[Flyinfool]

You also get a lot of weight transfer while accelerating or stopping.

Taken to the extreme for a really hard stop where 100% of the weight is on the front tire, or a wheelie where 100% of the weight is on the rear tire.