max weights

hi all this is not for me my brother has just brought a 600 thundercat great looking bike for the money but he and his missus are say slightly on the large size , we know what the manual says about passenger and luggage weight limits but whats the max weights of what people have put on (bro and missus are 18 stone each ) as his wife says she cant shed all the weight needed to go out with him

cheers all

I used to tip in about 16 and a half stone (closer to 15 and a half now )  and my pillion's was about 12-13.

Tank bag and Top box was a good 3-4 stone too I expect.

Never had any issues.

There was a couple on here a long time ago who were very large and I remember hearing about the back tyre being a bit of a funny shape.

It didn't stop them though.

I think your supposed to increase the tyre pressure but I've always kept mine at 36 and 42 regardless of whether I'm on my todd or pillion-ed up.


Hopefully someone will be along shortly with the textbook answer.

Cheers
Rosco

Rosco wrote: . . . .

There was a couple on here a long time ago who were very large and I remember hearing about the back tyre being a bit of a funny shape.

It didn't stop them though.

Very large is a bit of an understatement  
I followed these two, their user/nickname escapes me at the moment, on one or two of the forum ride outs.
He used to throw that bike all over the road like they were on a track day and he was well happy with the bike and never mentioned any handling issues, or lack of power issues  

Rosco wrote: . . . .
Hopefully someone will be along shortly with the textbook answer.

Cheers
Rosco

I don't think the "textbook" answer applied to the two afore mentioned folk, . . . And we all know that the SWL (e.g. of a crane), are always underestimated

Oh By the way, Welcome to the forum ddtwelve Please pass on our web address to your brother. Have a wee snoop about all the boards, especially the How About Something for the Weekend section. We'd be glad to see you along on any of our get-togethers

Cheers & Happy St Patrick's
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Well I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum, but I can only imagine it will increase the torque

I'm 15-16 Stone and used to take my brother pillion he's 19stone, only had one problem, being a tit in the new forest found a nice straight road which had a dip to go under train tracks, half way down it levels and drops again, I managed to get air as it dipped again and bottomed out the rear shock as it landed ( I was riding up around 3ish digits) scared the shit outta me

Hi thanks to everyone for the messages to my brother ddtwelve, he was asking for me and the missus.Im taking the bike in for mot tommorow so fingers crossed. BTW were both on diets cant afford new springs.

I reckon that's another + for bikes. It's quite difficult to snack while riding them.