92KK 84WW Olaf
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K manual gives max 200kg for added weight.
Two up with luggage and its safe to say you will well exceed that.
Weigh yourself in full riding kit, jacket, pants, armour in, gloves, boots, helmet on etc and the usual bag of coins keys smokes and whatever in the pockets. Do the same naked and you will see the difference will be about 15kg. Now few of us if any are below 75kg and looking at photos on the Harley forum would suggest starting with 100-120kg plus the 15kg would be realistic average.
I hit 90kg ready to ride and I suspect average is nearer 115-125kg just for rider.
Now if you are travelling for a 2 week camping trip..... I did out of curiosity weigh my gear just to see how my panniers work out. 2 x 10kg load, plus top box is allowed 5kg but instead I strap tent on the seat, its 7kg and I leave the top box at home. That leaves me with chair, tables, clothes, cook stuff, sleeping bag, airbed, puddings for 'hosts', notebook computer as I have to keep a work option open,
Take Mr Average rider at 120 kg average and add the 27kg for luggage that's 147kg.
Since we determined a dressed rider adds about 15kg to naked body weight that now leaves 53kg naked weight for the pillion and their gear. For a dressed rider at 130kg, 27kg luggage that's 157kg plus 15kg gear on the pillion now we are at 172kg. That leaves 28kg for pillion with is about the weight of a blow up doll from Utopia or wherever, and the necessary electric pump.
I would hazard a guess that 2 up with luggage something like a 240kg load is more like it. K100RT wet weight is 253kg so that's 493kg. Manual for some models like my K100LT states 480kg max.
I have gone camping with a 110 kg pillion and found that with a good shock the K really enjoyed it.
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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles.
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles
Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500