Hi everyone,
I’ve been looking to track down official limits on this (I’m a fairly large guy, but would still like to be able to take a passenger every now and then). Any idea where I could find them at all? I’ve been googling, but the only results I get are about the actual bike’s weight, not the max payload.
Don’t know about your bike but the max load for mine is in the specifications at the back of the owners manual
Don't know about your bike but the max load for mine is in the specifications at the back of the owners manual monkimarkNot in mine. At least, not that I can see :(
I think you will be alright…
Based on that evidence, I think so 
I mean, I’m 150kg (and dropping!), and the girl I’m looking to put on the back is about 45kg. Should hopefully be ok with that…?
For my bike (Yamaha XJ6 diversion), the stated weight limit is 187kg.
Awesome, thanks. I reckon 8kg is probably within an acceptable margin of error for that
To be fair my old ninja 250 had me (125kg) and another guy around the same on it regularly. Never struggled. You should be fine, just keep the front wheel down ya hooligan!
To be fair my old ninja 250 had me (125kg) and another guy around the same on it regularly. Never struggled. You should be fine, just keep the front wheel down ya hooligan! ShaunicousGiven that I got pinged for £150 and 3 points the other week because I had an under-inflated rear tyre (and was issued a prohibition notice and had to push the sodding thing along Shepherds Bush Road in peak hour traffic!), I can honestly say that I have *no* intention of lifting the front wheel ;)
Where did you get that photo of Mrs wise
Lol that has to be photo shopped
Check the ‘up to xxxKg load’ in the tyre pressure section
It’ll be something like 180Kg
150 quid and 3 points?? That sounds a bit a bit heavy handed…
How bad was your tyre?.. Better go check mine.
My 97 cbr600 seems to be 176-180 depending on model. HTH
150 quid and 3 points?? That sounds a bit a bit heavy handed.. How bad was your tyre?.. Better go check mine. bluYes, there's more to that than we're being told
Bit outdated but still relevant (been summarised from 200 odd pages )
http://www.urtu.com/uploads/VOSA%20Fixed%20Penalty%20Fines.pdf
First section relevant
Good info, thanks Tim.
I have a CBF500. I’m 115kgs of lard and muscle. My brother is 125 kgs of muscle and lard. Bike is fine with both of us, he is pillion. Having said that, I’ve been pillion on his Virago 1100 with no issues at all. Just up the preload a couple of clicks and away you go.
Yeah, I thought it was a bit stiff too. As for there being more to this than you're being told, not really. I was riding to work, wasn't lane-splitting (filtering, I think you lot call it over here?), wasn't speeding or anything. Motorcycle cop flicked on his lights and siren and pulled me over. Told me that he'd pulled me over because he saw that my rear tyre was under-inflated. I assumed that he'd stopped me to make sure I was aware and to fix it. I was polite and friendly and honestly, quite appreciative, as I wasn't aware of it (I don't know for certain, but I suspect it had developed a slow leak, and was slow enough that I hadn't really noticed the change in handling yet). I may have abbreviated it before, because it wasn't relevant to the story, but the £150 fine was £100 for the tyre, £50 for a brake light that was stuck on (that he only noticed after he'd stopped me), 3 points for the tyre, and a prohibition from riding it until it had been fixed and a new MOT carried out, as it was revoked due to the PG9 prohibition. He also wanted to slug me for 6 points and another £300 fine for not holding a valid license. I'm still riding on my Australian license, which I have 12 months to hand over (contacted the DVLA about this in January and they confirmed it). He decided to let me off with a verbal warning for that [his words], because I seemed like a decent guy who wasn't trying to do anything wrong. I read that as, "hmm, ok I might be in the wrong here, but don't want to undermine my authority by admitting it".150 quid and 3 points?? That sounds a bit a bit heavy handed.. How bad was your tyre?.. Better go check mine. bluYes, there's more to that than we're being told National Treasure
At the end of the day, yes, my tyre WAS underinflated, but it would have been easy to fix at the nearest service station (which was literally 2 minutes away). As it stands, I had the tyre replaced, just to be safe. I’m not trying to do the wrong thing, so it seems like a fairly harsh penalty for what was essentially a minor oversight, but the penalty and fine are both what they’re legally allowed to hit me with, so I’ve just got to suck it up and take it on the chin.
Sounds as if he was a little low on his monthly ticket tally
