Biggest load hauled?

[zigzagjoe]

What's the most crap you've strapped to your bike?! The jankier the better - I want to see livestock on motorcycles!

My super cub/passport holds my personal high score with a shop-vac and the numerous shopping trips where I forgot I was on a motorcycle. Bungee cargo nets are the real MVP.

So far, my best on the trail is an 8 foot grounding rod. To be continued...

 

[dmonkey]

The shop vac is a good haul! That's not much of a red flag on the tail end of that grounding rod
Here's my CT125 with the Expedition 134 top case full of stuff, and a U-Haul medium size moving box strapped on top. Cargo nets are great, for bigger items like the U-Haul box I use ROK straps.

 

[Just_Jack]

Two Ryobi Link Starter Kits that I found in the clearance section for $19 when I went to Home Depot to buy a pocket-sized plumbing connector. Didn’t have any bungees or straps with me because I wasn’t planning on buying anything large so they just had to flop around loose in my BigAnt collapsible crate. Went surprisingly well, though I did take care to drive home along a boring, busy, and very straight arterial road instead of the twisty scenic route I normally take

 

[Farmer Mike]

Love that BigAnt Crate. I found one in green... not an exact color match, but close.

 

[m in sc]

8 or 9 years ago some guy on the grom forum hauled an automatic transmission (for a car) on the back of his grom. it was fkn ridiculous. If you were ever on that forum, you prob know who im talking about.

 

[BWagerJr]

On this topic, my bike is definitely heavy on the kick stand side with my givi box and 1 gallon fuel tank. It's perfectly stable on the center stand but in some cases it wants to tip over on the kick stand. What have you guys done to combat that? I didn't really like the idea of a second stand mounted behind the first stand. I know they make risers that add height to the kick stand. I'm assuming raising the stand up and keeping the center of gravity higher is a good option?

 

[dmonkey]

Since you have taller tires added the bike sits higher and has a farther reach (lean angle) to the side stand even on flat ground. To compensate for this you can add a kickstand foot attachment to add some height. A cheap and simple ADV solution is to mount a hockey puck to the bottom of the stand. There's an adjustable height sidestand available, but from what I can find it's only confirmed as fitting the JA55 and not your newer JA65. Personally I don't want to be bothered by a second sidestand. I have a kickstand foot added to my JA55 which adds a small amount of height, but really when the bike is loaded I try to find level-ish and firm ground to park on and put the bike on its center stand where it's more stable.

 

[BWagerJr]

Since you have taller tires added the bike sits higher and has a farther reach (lean angle) to the side stand even on flat ground. To compensate for this you can add a kickstand foot attachment to add some height. A cheap and simple ADV solution is to mount a hockey puck to the bottom of the stand. There's an adjustable height sidestand available, but from what I can find it's only confirmed as fitting the JA55 and not your newer JA65. Personally I don't want to be bothered by a second sidestand. I have a kickstand foot added to my JA55 which adds a small amount of height, but really when the bike is loaded I try to find level-ish and firm ground to park on and put the bike on its center stand where it's more stable.

Ah I was only thinking about weight and totally forgot about the height of the tires! Good catch. I had the dealer throw them on before I bought the bike so I didn't even give it a thought lol. I'll add something to the bottom to raise it up a bit and see how that fairs. Thank you for the response!

 

[Kritou]

I try to stop on dirt and scuff out a short shallow rut with my boot. The rear wheel can be manoeuvred into it without dismounting and all is well in my world

 

[m in sc]

that much weight past the rear axle is just asking for it.

 

[BWagerJr]

that much weight past the rear axle is just asking for it.

A gallon of gas and an empty aluminum box? I thought that the cargo rack was rated for 50lbs or something.

 

[m in sc]

its still high and past the back axle. the moment is great, and the center of gravity is biased to the left quite a bit. (even empty).

 

[oldskool]

A gallon of gas and an empty aluminum box? I thought that the cargo rack was rated for 50lbs or something.

It's not the weight, it is the mass loaded poorly throwing the balance off. Put 80 pounds mounted securely low on the rack, take it for a ride. Take two 5 gallon fuel cans, put 3 gallons in each one and mount them aft of the rear axle. See how she handles.

 

[BWagerJr]

It's not the weight, it is the mass loaded poorly throwing the balance off. Put 80 pounds mounted securely low on the rack, take it for a ride. Take two 5 gallon fuel cans, put 3 gallons in each one and mount them aft of the rear axle. See how she handles.

Right I get what you're saying, but the only weight on the side is 1 gallon of gas. That's 6 lbs plus probably 3 lbs probably for the rotopax and bracket. I'm not sure 9 lbs should be enough to be the problem. I'm most certain that the angle of the bike with the kick stand is my problem at the moment. The height of the knobby tires definitely hasn't helped and I'll add a riser to counter it. I do appreciate the feedback though.

 

[Kritou]

that much weight past the rear axle is just asking for it.

 

[m in sc]

yup. that's why i shake my head at these things being loaded down like i see them done on here regularly.

 

[Kev250R]

No pics but last summer, while camping with friends in the mountains I took my Trail to town to get a few things at a local Grocery Store (Stater Bros. in Big Bear) which would fit in my backpack. Before I left the Grocery Store I texted my friends to ask if there was anything they needed while I was there. The list started small (K-Cups for a Kurig Coffee Maker), cookies for someone's kids, then it grew from there. By the time i stopped reading their messages I was at the point where I filled a small cardboard box the store gave me, used an extra strap I keep on the bike to strap the box (and all the crap my friends wanted). No one expected me to be able to haul everything on my Trail. I let them keep the box LOL!

 

[BWagerJr]

Since you have taller tires added the bike sits higher and has a farther reach (lean angle) to the side stand even on flat ground. To compensate for this you can add a kickstand foot attachment to add some height. A cheap and simple ADV solution is to mount a hockey puck to the bottom of the stand. There's an adjustable height sidestand available, but from what I can find it's only confirmed as fitting the JA55 and not your newer JA65. Personally I don't want to be bothered by a second sidestand. I have a kickstand foot added to my JA55 which adds a small amount of height, but really when the bike is loaded I try to find level-ish and firm ground to park on and put the bike on its center stand where it's more stable.

Had some time to play around in the shop today. Tried a few different thickness of scrap wood laying around to see what I could come up with. Turns out 3/4" was the magic number to get the bike back up where it should be with the kick stand down. I had a piece of unistrut laying around which matched up perfectly. I cut a piece to size and temporarily zip tied it up. Next weekend I'll try to find a block of aluminum to drill into for a more permanent solution. Thanks for reminding me about the aftermarket tires.