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Title: $3000 Liberty150 carries more than $8000 Burgman?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on February 06, 2019, 12:05:14 PM

According to the owner's manual of my 2018 Liberty 150i ABS, the max carrying weight is 427 lbs.

If I recall - the Burgman 400's limit is @410 lbs.


Both of which are around 60 to 75 lbs more than most scooters and motorcycles,

I am considering the idea that the Piaggio figures are a misprint of 100 lbs.
Or, they've used the load limits of both tires to reach this figure - which I think is NOT the same as the weight the scooter can safely handle.

Am I wrong = or can that 255 lb Piaggio carry that much?

Stig

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Title: Re: $3000 Liberty150 carries more than $8000 Burgman?
Post by: john grinsel on February 06, 2019, 02:47:30 PM

tires usually limit what bike can carry.   Heavy bike, tires work hard just getting bike around, thus limiting overall carrying capacity.

Most people do not pay much attention---2 fat people on most bikes overload them.....before you add luggage or accessories

Title: Re: $3000 Liberty150 carries more than $8000 Burgman?
Post by: JJJoseph on February 12, 2019, 09:01:03 AM

We use scooters for work to avoid parking problems.  Here's my Sento with a full load.  This only works with "flat-floor" scooters and there's not that many choices.

Title: Re: $3000 Liberty150 carries more than $8000 Burgman?
Post by: Viper254 on February 12, 2019, 09:34:05 AM

I brutally overloaded a Suzuki Address UK110 for a few years, riding 2-up to work every day...

Didn't do the handling much good!