I’ve an XJR1300 at the moment and the main, if not only, reason I want to change is the weight. It just doesn’t suit me. It’s grand on wide open roads but I find it getting the better of me on twisty country roads. The texts say it’s about 250kg wet. My last bike was a supermoto that weighed about 170 wet. And I loved it. Practicality was the reason that had to go.

So if I look at practical bikes in or around 170kg, in my price range of as close to 2K as possible, all there is that interests me is the SV650. Nice bikes but I’d rather have more choices. So at what point does a bike become lardy? Does a ~200kg Z750 feel light? Is anything over 180kg heavy? Obviously I’m talking about handling and the feeling under you as opposed to picking a bike up.