weight of a CVT compared to Ultima

[coachgeo]

anyone care to offer insight into this?

Lot lighter?

Essentially same weight by the time you add brackets and jackshaft?

[Crazymanneil]

think my ultima box weighed in at about 17kg?

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[Heiko]

i will makê tomorrow an street movie if my friend has time than you will see how it lokks and i will give messure.
heiko

[coachgeo]

i will makê tomorrow an street movie if my friend has time than you will see how it lokks and i will give messure.
heiko

Thanks for movies. Any follow up on weight differences?

[IgorVigor]

I would have thought a CVT will weight around 2~6kg.

But I haven't ever weighted one so cant guarantee...

I would be shocked though if a CVT weighed anywhere near a gearbox...

because you haven't got anywhere near as many components..

[coachgeo]

I would have thought a CVT will weight around 2~6kg.

But I haven't ever weighted one so cant guarantee...

I would be shocked though if a CVT weighed anywhere near a gearbox...

because you haven't got anywhere near as many components..

looking at it that way yes... but in reality.... often CVT requires a jack shaft and bearings and sprocket.... the shaft and bearings has associated brackets, the cover for the CVT etc which sounds like it should be a sealed unit .... so the weight does add up.

Question is then about the final cumulative weight not necessarily the CVT's weight itself.

[IgorVigor]

I can see where your coming from...

I would still think the CVT would be lighter though...

To be honest, I dont think 5kg would affect a bike very noticably...
Most of the bikes I have had, there have been ways to reduce the weight noticably...

For a time I had a Honda SLR650 (urban trailee) which had twin exhaust cans...
The damn pipes weighed 50~60lb (~25kg) on there own :S

Maybe thats the key to what bike to choose for a diesel conversion?
Choose one with very heavy parts that are removed to make way for the diesel