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10-08-2005, 12:23pm
G'day
Mmmm well I weigh 115kg.
I always have a bag on the rack and it carries my briefcase when it's a working day. Plus the stuff you might need - tyre repair plugs and tools, pressure gauge and cylinders, mr sheen and rags, leatherman tool, radio and CB under the ducktail...
When we go for a dayride I have my pillion in a million who is only a 50 - 60 kg I'd guess plus the bag is full again with all the stuff you might need plus spare sweaters (feels the cold)
Then when we tour, we have a tank bag and Givi panniers. Tank bag is inconsequential, but the panniers and the rack and the pillion is a lot of weight cantilevered off the back end.
Consider that the GVM is only around 400kg, I reckon when we tour we would exceed that sometimes.
Yes, the (alloy) subframe is braced.
Bit off topic there, but...yes, I load up some weight at times...
Regards
Kevin <i></i>
Mmmm well I weigh 115kg.
I always have a bag on the rack and it carries my briefcase when it's a working day. Plus the stuff you might need - tyre repair plugs and tools, pressure gauge and cylinders, mr sheen and rags, leatherman tool, radio and CB under the ducktail...
When we go for a dayride I have my pillion in a million who is only a 50 - 60 kg I'd guess plus the bag is full again with all the stuff you might need plus spare sweaters (feels the cold)
Then when we tour, we have a tank bag and Givi panniers. Tank bag is inconsequential, but the panniers and the rack and the pillion is a lot of weight cantilevered off the back end.
Consider that the GVM is only around 400kg, I reckon when we tour we would exceed that sometimes.
Yes, the (alloy) subframe is braced.
Bit off topic there, but...yes, I load up some weight at times...
Regards
Kevin <i></i>