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Originally Posted by ben2go
278lbs would be the dry weight. A quart of oil weighs approximately 1.8lbs. A gallon of gas weighs approximately 6.07lbs. Fork oil is roughly one liter so about 1lbs. I'll let you add it up. It won't take much to break the 300lbs weight limit of a hitch carrier. Throw a few upgrades on the Hawk and you can easily get up over 300lbs. Don't forget to add in the weight of the hitch carrier.
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I don't know if the 2017's are different, but mine takes 1.5 quarts of oil, so that is 2.25lbs. 3.4 gallons of gas = 20.5lbs, Hawks take a tad less than half a litre of fork oil. Factory level is 210ml/fork, so 420ml = .42lbs. Just for round numbers sake, we can say it also has half a pound of brake fluid.
Round it off and it's roughly 24lbs of fluid weight, which would put the hawk right at 302lbs with a full tank of fuel - assuming the dry weight is accurate.
That said, if you have the ebay exhaust on the bike, shed a few pounds from that figure easily and put the weight weight just below 300. I also removed my rear pegs and brackets and gave them to a member here who's were missing, those things weighed 4lbs a piece if I remember right. The stock exhaust weighs a lot, especially compared to the aftermarket stuff. Between that stuff alone I have dropped the bike down easily to sub 300lbs wet.