A left turn and a leap of faith

[Gone in 60]

Actually BMW RTs are not as heavy as they seem. They are just ponderous to sit on. A 1200 BMW without bags is reportedly 505 dry, wet with bags about 570. About the same weight as a naked CB 1100 dlx.

Yea that splitting video is heart attack city lol

Ha Ha! Might be heart attack city to you, but to me it's mental focus and elimination of anything that doesn't matter in that moment. 

Again, there's more room than what the camera makes it look like. What really made me realize that a camera compresses the width of the image was watching Itchy Boots' videos. Frequently, she leaves her camera running when she's maneuvering her bike through narrow gates to parking lots at the hotels and guest houses where she stays. It looks like the bike is wider than the gate opening, but she rides or pushes the bike through the opening with no problem. 

And yeah, I'm sure the weight of the bike will disappear once it's moving. Thanks for the comparison with the CB1100. That's refreshing. And hey, I used to ride a VTX1800, which was basically a locomotive, and I wasn't in the physical shape I'm in now, so, no worries!