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How much weight is the rear top plate rated for in pounds?

Can't seem to find it, and would appreciate anyone's input. Getting ready for a trip in a few weeks, would like to know how much gear I can stuff into the 50-55L soft top case. The case itself supposedly weighs 7 pounds.

Thanks in advance

The sticker inside my top box reads 5 kilo limit in the box.

And 180 kph.

There’s a guide for you.

I’m pretty sure I’ve travelled with slightly more than 5 kilos in the box at times.

I know my pannier inner bags run about 6 kilos each when I go on holiday.

Of course the rack is plenty strong enough to carry a Lot more than 5 kilos, but the whole point is you want to minimise the load to avoid unbalance and instability. You wouldn’t want to pull a wheelie away from a red light.

Go try it all fully loaded flat out on the Autobhan and you’ll know what I mean. Throw in a strong breeze

Whats your top box weigh? Has to be more than the 50L bmw soft bag

thanks for the info sir

I guess the OEM top box is 3 or 4 kilos.

So pretty similar to your 7 pound bag.

ps - as I’m a product of 60s and 70s education, I’m bilingual in Inches/Pounds and Centimetres/Pounds. And decimal currency

A little more research discovers the vario top case weighs 12 pounds. It's rated for 11 pounds for a total of 23-24 pounds total on the plate/rack.

Seems to suggest at a minimum I could carry 17 pounds of kit in my 7# bmw 30L soft top bag. It's likely a conservative weight recommended by BMW. But 17#'s is more than enough for what I plan to carry in the soft case on the upcoming trip.

My 2 24oz. water bottles weigh just under 7 pounds when full. Leaving me 10 pounds of kit. For what I plan to pack along with the water bottles in the top case, it'll be more than adequate.

Thanks for the replies

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How much weight is the rear top plate rated for in pounds?

Can't seem to find it, and would appreciate anyone's input. Getting ready for a trip in a few weeks, would like to know how much gear I can stuff into the 50-55L soft top case. The case itself supposedly weighs 7 pounds.

Thanks in advance

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Zitat von azqkr im Beitrag #1

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How much weight is the rear top plate rated for in pounds?

Can't seem to find it, and would appreciate anyone's input. Getting ready for a trip in a few weeks, would like to know how much gear I can stuff into the 50-55L soft top case. The case itself supposedly weighs 7 pounds.

Thanks in advance

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I suspect the weight limit is what your soft case can hold without ripping apart.

If you are asking about the plate, then limits on the top case are irrelevant.
The answer for the plate is - a lot higher weight than you would be willing to strap down that high and that far back.

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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #6

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I suspect the weight limit is what your soft case can hold without ripping apart.

If you are asking about the plate, then limits on the top case are irrelevant.
The answer for the plate is - a lot higher weight than you would be willing to strap down that high and that far back.

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Nice and neat set-up Lee, I like to keep my stuff within the limits of the panniers, top case and tank bag. But azqkr seems to be planning taking the contents of his house on a trip, that will take some packing!

Lee,
What type of rack/tailbag is that and are they on a OEM luggage rack?.
TIA

GPZ

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Nice and neat set-up Lee, I like to keep my stuff within the limits of the panniers, top case and tank bag. But azqkr seems to be planning taking the contents of his house on a trip, that will take some packing!

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I did locate the following.

Vario top box weighs 14.4 pounds and is rated to hold 11 pounds. Suggesting to me the top rack is capable of holding at least 25 pounds. My soft 30L top case weighs 5 pounds, suggesting I could put upwards of 20 pounds in it and be within the weight limits BMW suggests for that rack.

I won't be putting anywhere near 20 pounds in the top case, but the two 24 ounce water bottles alone [ filled ] weight 5 pounds. The other permanent items might weigh another 4 pounds. That suggests I'll have plenty of room for anything I want to put into it for "get to quickly" items.

I've never expanded the 30L to 35L, nor doubt I'll need the added room on this trip. Was just curious how much weight the plate was rated for.

"My main concern here is how much weight the rear plate can stand before failure on the RS for the upcoming trip"

Right - Saw a note in a GS forum that the GS plate is rated at 250 pounds. Not clear where that non-SI mass came from.

I suspect max mass for the RS plate is in the 150 pound range, but never could find a rating.

I never implied a max of 30 pounds.

I did suggest you would not want to accelerate hard with 150 pounds on the rack with the traction control turned off...I mean, unless you and MrVvrroom share a common gene.

Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #13

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"My main concern here is how much weight the rear plate can stand before failure on the RS for the upcoming trip"

Right - Saw a note in a GS forum that the GS plate is rated at 250 pounds. Not clear where that non-SI mass came from.

I suspect max mass for the RS plate is in the 150 pound range, but never could find a rating.

I never implied a max of 30 pounds.

I did suggest you would not want to accelerate hard with 150 pounds on the rack with the traction control turned off...I mean, unless you and MrVvrroom share a common gene.

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Zitat von GPZ im Beitrag #10

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Lee,
What type of rack/tailbag is that and are they on a OEM luggage rack?.
TIA

GPZ

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