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Originally Posted by IndyIan
Probably a 1200cc inline 4 motorcycle engine wieghs half as much when you include the transmission.
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Somehow I doubt that, given how much work Honda put into removing excess weight from the Insight. If the Gold Wing drivetrain was lighter, why wouldn't they have used that instead? Then there's the other FE technology, like lean burn. Bottom line is that I'll get upwards of 70 mpg in highway cruising in the Insight, which I don't think the GW can match. I've never ridden a GW (I always preferred bikes in the 600-850 cc range, if not smaller), but have never gotten the impression that they're designed with FE as the primary goal.
The Insight engine (and I mean just the IC engine, not the whole hybrid drivetrain) should be pretty much off-the-shelf tech, too.