How many bikes are overloaded?
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I've seen a lot of posts recently where bikes are absolutely covered in rider, passenger and luggage to the point they look massively overloaded. Read a bit about shock shafts even snapping as well.
I also distinctly remember the phrase "GS riders and their fat wives" being uttered on here!
Does anyone pay any attention to the carrying capacity or just say f
k it? Surely there must be some kind of safety margin built in?
I also distinctly remember the phrase "GS riders and their fat wives" being uttered on here!
Does anyone pay any attention to the carrying capacity or just say f
k it? Surely there must be some kind of safety margin built in? Most bikes end up well overloaded with pillion plus luggage, very few people pay any attention to the manufacturers specifications unfortunately.
I guy I knew who was traffic plod told me that it's something that gets considered if a motorcycle is involved in an accident where someone is killed or seriously injured but generally, as long as nothing is hanging off the bike and it doesn't look ridiculously unsafe, they just turn a blind eye.
He also said that German tourists on BMW's were the worst ( or was that the wurst...
)
I guy I knew who was traffic plod told me that it's something that gets considered if a motorcycle is involved in an accident where someone is killed or seriously injured but generally, as long as nothing is hanging off the bike and it doesn't look ridiculously unsafe, they just turn a blind eye.
He also said that German tourists on BMW's were the worst ( or was that the wurst...
)
I took a lady friend out for a local trip on my Speed Twin 900 and the bike went from quick and good handling to just no fun at all.
I remember giving my son, taller and heavier than me, a lift on a T-Max and it was a nightmare. Barely any weight on the front wheel and no control.
When we got to his destination I asked if he had enjoyed the ride.
'No' he said 'Cos I could hear you yelling that we were going to fekin' die!'
I remember giving my son, taller and heavier than me, a lift on a T-Max and it was a nightmare. Barely any weight on the front wheel and no control.
When we got to his destination I asked if he had enjoyed the ride.
'No' he said 'Cos I could hear you yelling that we were going to fekin' die!'
Ken_Code said:
Biker9090 said:
I also distinctly remember the phrase "GS riders and their fat wives" being uttered on here!
I think it’s mainly poor people who have fat wives, so more those with CB500s than GSs"I think you'll find we are consiserably richer than you, just look how slim my wife is compared to yours..."
Rubin215 said:
Quoting for posterity.
"I think you'll find we are consiserably richer than you, just look how slim my wife is compared to yours..."
I’m sure yours is a size eight, so apologies for generalising."I think you'll find we are consiserably richer than you, just look how slim my wife is compared to yours..."
I’m sure you’re aware though of the data;
https://www.economist.com/films/2023/06/02/can-bei...
Ken_Code said:
Rubin215 said:
Quoting for posterity.
"I think you'll find we are consiserably richer than you, just look how slim my wife is compared to yours..."
I’m sure yours is a size eight, so apologies for generalising."I think you'll find we are consiserably richer than you, just look how slim my wife is compared to yours..."
I’m sure you’re aware though of the data;
https://www.economist.com/films/2023/06/02/can-bei...
Secondly, the article only draws a comparison between her weight and her own wealth; if she was independently wealthy, she would be on her own bike and not the pillion of someone else's.
Thirdly, the article makes no mention of motorcycles at all.
Just admit it, you're a weightist snob.
Rubin215 said:
Thirdly, the article makes no mention of motorcycles at all.
Just admit it, you're a weightist snob.
I’m not the one who decided to jump in and call people’s wives fat, but yes, I do have a strong preference against land whales.Just admit it, you're a weightist snob.
I don’t think that it’s that uncommon.
If you like heavier ladies then of course that’s fine too.
Ken_Code said:
I’m not the one who decided to jump in and call people’s wives fat, but yes, I do have a strong preference against land whales.
I don’t think that it’s that uncommon.
If you like heavier ladies then of course that’s fine too.
You seem to rub people up the wrong way as much as I do Ken. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear you went to the same secondary School as I did!I don’t think that it’s that uncommon.
If you like heavier ladies then of course that’s fine too.
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