Hi guys can anyone tell me what the maximum weight my FL2 HSE can carry on its roof, I am looking at getting a Thule roof rack to carry my bike so I need to know what I can load up on the roof bearing in mind the double glass sun roof, Thule say the rack I want is suitable but I need to know how much weight I can put on the roof

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The weight it will carry is partly how it affects the stability and handling of the vehicle when cornering more than anything rather than how much the roof will take before it damages it.
The roof would probably take more than 75kg if the car wasnt going to be driven.
If you think about it, if you roll the car over the roof will possibily take the whole cars weight so as not to crush the occupants?

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75kg maximum load when traveling

Static load is a bit more, if you put a roof tent up there (25kG) and then two people (110kg + 48kg) you have well exceeded the 75kg. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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75kg doesn't seem much, but bear in mind that the roof bars will still have to hold the load firmly in place even if you hit something fairly hard. I've had well secured roof bars slide forward over an inch just under heavy braking.

I used a roof box for the first time last year, I little apprehensive initially, didn't budge and you forget it's there after a while, as for the weight limit, it is more than ample for normal use, pack a suitcase to 23kg, the airline normal limit, and try lifting it up there you could in theory put two of them up there, would I want to, hell no, under heavy braking it would be a massive load on the clamps and rails.
For our use, all the bulky stuff went up there, beach towels, folding chairs, windbreak, coats etc, nowhere near the weight limit but left a lot of room in the test for the cases without having to cram stuff in.

Be careful when thinking about putting bikes on the roof - it's a long way up.

We have electric bikes they weigh approx. 24kg without panniers etc. I couldn't lift them up that high and secure them on without a ladder, and you will then need the ladder at your destination. Halfords took the carriers back the same day.

Ours are folding - so one in the boot, and one on the back seat, still a right pain in the
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