Mate, I need to take the luggage off ANY bike (including light weight singles) when I drop it off road.
It's a requirement for just about any bike, no matter how light the bike is without luggage.
The reason for this is basic physics - luggage is mounted high on the bike, farther away from the fulcrum (contact patch of the tyre), ergo you require more effort to get the bike upright.
Combined with a loose surface, and the bike sliding away from you as you try to lift it, means I ALWAYS remove luggage as the first step in returning the bike to vertical.
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Garry from Oz - powered by Burgman
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