What can you carry?

[thehairysmite...]

I learnt to ride a motorbike in Vietnam where I lived for half a year. We / they would carry everything on their bike. Out there they'd strap anything from a fridge to a few crates of lager to the back of a bike...

My question is, what can you legally bungee cord to your bike rack in the UK without getting in trouble? What does the law say?

Look... https://flowerpictures.net/Freebeautifulpictures/vietnam/transportations/motorbikes/images/motorcycle-32.jpg

[talkToTheHat]

...If you carry explosives or ammunition you need to be a recipient competent authority...if you carry blades you need to be able to convince the police that you don't intend to use it as a weapon... if you carry petrol it must be in approved containers and no more than two of such may be carried...

Don't exceed the maximum gross weight for the vehicle. I carry crockery sets, PCs, televisions, anything I can rok strap to the pillion seat securely enough that it wont smack me in the back when I brake hard.
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[Major Doss]

Oh, this could so crever spam, no naparm.
Use your noodle.
Maybe look at the UKGOV shite?

[Chuffin Nora]

You'll be required to bungee their feet to the rear pegs, their thighs to the luggage hooks, their torso to yours and their arms around your waist, and, provided that you're not sussed as you go about your seemingly lawful business, you're allowed to take the [helmeted and] lifeless lump of any recently failed bike thief for a nice ride to the depths of Kielder Forest.

It's how to keep the pickaxe and spade concealed that's the problem . . .
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[davebike]

In the UK there are no prescribed load limits on Bikes the Law is simple your bike's tires and suspension must be coping and the load must be secure and not interfering with your control of the bike

So too great a weight or too high a centre of graverty would not be OK
Any load that interfered with the steering or prevented you from sitting normally or getting you feet on the footrests would also not be OK

Use common sense that is basic what the rather old Law expects ( TRA1927 was what I think I was quoted )
No I was not being done just seeking guidance from a traffic officer friend
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[monkeybiker]

This is the main reason I have a car is to carry cwap about. Most I've had on the bike is when I went camping so was all the camping stuff plus a passenger.

[expat200]

Before I had a car the bike was the only way I had to carry stuff about.

Compared to the weight of a (large) passenger any load you carry is going to be small fry, as long as its attached well enough.

Some of my more notable freight runs on my CX were:

3 crates of 24 cans of beer back from France

Suzuki x7 frame and swingarm (actually this was strapped to a rucksack frame I was wearing so not technically on the bike)

Best one was a 14ft scaffolding plank. Lengthways on the bike from the front of the seat (so I was sitting on it) strapped to luggage rack and about 8 feet of it hanging off the back of the bike. With the obligatory yellow duster hanging from the end so warn following motorists. It was only a short trip across Derby and probably wouldn't do it again

[choogh]

Does this count ???
3500mile Euro trip earlier this spring/summer
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[c_dug]

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/DSC_1243_zpsboscbwyo.jpg

Chunky speaker. Four man tent. Three full boxes. That was just about the limit of the suspension.

Last year's bbq trip was more impressive but I don't think we took a picture.
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[c-m]

You can also pull a trailer no greater than 1m in width and as long as you like so far as the distance between the rear bike axle and the end of the trailer is 2.5m or less.

That should allow you to carry a lot more gear is necessary.


https://ridershandbook.com/towing-a-motorcycle-trailer.html

[thx1138]

Cement and ballast is the most I've carried.

Or mrs.thx and a Dyson vacuum cleaner.