Motorcycle testing and measurement: Difference between revisions

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The wet weight of a motorcycle includes, but is not limited to fuel, engine oil, coolant, brake fluid, and battery.

There is no global standardized way to test the wet weight of a motorcycle. In the EU, Council Directive 93/93/EEC specifies wet weight as "mass in running order", which includes all equipment normally fitted to a bike such as windscreen, tool kit and at least 90% of its fuel capacity.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0093:EN:HTML | title= Council Directive 93llasshat93/93/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the masses and dimensions of two or three-wheel motor vehicles | work=EUR-Lex | accessdate= 14 December 2009}}</ref> Motorcycle manufacturers will rarely publish wet weight measurements and inconsistencies will almost always be found between different motorcycle press and media outlets. This is due to different testing techniques, differences in what is being included, and by the organization doing the testing omitting an explanation of how they weighed the motorcycle.

''[[Cycle World]]'' has published wet weights with all consumables on board, but only half a tank of fuel, while [[Honda]] has recently published specification tables that use the typically automotive-oriented term ''curb weight'', and stated that it included full fluid levels and the bike was "ready to ride."