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How Motorcycle Load Capacity works

Motorcycle Load Capacity is a reference site for motorcycle payload, GVWR and side carrier fitment. Every weight, rating and price comes from the motorcycle or luggage manufacturer. Motorcycle Load Capacity does not test, ride or weigh motorcycles or luggage.

Sources

  • Motorcycle weights and load limits come from the manufacturer's spec page or spec sheet. The sources are BMW Motorrad country sites, Harley-Davidson media kit spec sheets and Indian Motorcycle spec pages.
  • Side carrier fitment, weight and price come from SW-MOTECH and GIVI product pages.
  • BMW weights match on at least two BMW country sites. The other weights and all side carrier rows come from the manufacturer alone.
  • An item is not listed when two pages show different numbers for it.
  • A number the manufacturer does not publish is shown as Not listed. No number is estimated.
  • Load capacity for Harley-Davidson and Indian models is calculated as GVWR minus running order weight. Neither manufacturer lists that number.

How the site is paid for

Nothing on Motorcycle Load Capacity is paid for. The site carries no ads, sponsored rows or commission links. A manufacturer link goes straight to the manufacturer's page. If a luggage seller's referral program is joined later, the seller's name and the start date will be added to this section first. The motorcycle weights and load limits will stay as the manufacturer lists them.

Corrections

Manufacturers revise spec sheets between model years. SW-MOTECH and GIVI add fitments each season. Corrections go to [email protected] with the manufacturer's URL. Each row is checked against its source again at every update.