Two-up Euro-touring

Originally Posted by philbut

I think he is refering to the ammo crates that I have welded to the side, as I believe he is considering making a similar set up. They are HEAVY. with the mounting frame they weigh just shy of 10kg or so each.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Somewhere in the specs for your bike will be the max load for the rear sub-frame. On my viffer there is a sticker under the seat Two up with loaded panniers is no problem.

BTW loaded panniers would be maybe 20KG - where does the 30KG for luggage come from?

As philbut said above! MASSIVE ammo crates, which weigh enough themselves. I'm sure I could load them up with 15kg each. Doing 2000 miles in a week or so with that much weight can't be good

Think I may need to investigate a new shock...

Maximum recommended pillion/luggage weight for the SV is higher than a lot of touring bikes, suspension is well set up for this. I found 200kg+ with pillion/luggage no problems (I do need to eat less cake)

[yorkie_chris]

Problem with using a taller shock is that it makes it a handful stationary. Sidestand leans over further too, so really makes you use your legs!