Thread: Rover V8
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Old 8th December 2011, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by deezee View Post
Rover V8's are actually quite heavy. I know they have quite a lot of aluminium in there, they weigh 230kgs* fully dressed, versus the 117kgs* for your CVH.

*data provided by Westfield owners club
My bike engine is 65 kg with gearbox, obviously I'm not going to get into the debate of engine longevity, torque etc its just staggering the weight that you save. As we all know lighter weight equals better handling.
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