Towing with a motorcycle in the bed?

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I'm likely doing an out-of-state move soon, 1250 miles.

Plan to put a BMW R1200GS (~550lb) in the bed along with a few mountain bikes and miscellany (~200lb). And probably 400lb in cab, including weight of myself.

Truck is theoretically 5700lb wet, with a 7050 GVWR. So 1350lb of cargo. I'm at 1150lb summing the above.

Add to this a 4000lb (est. loaded weight) tandem-axle Uhaul trailer, 10% tongue weight (400lb).

I assume my payload capacity decreases 1:1 with tongue weight? Or is it more than that?

If it's 1:1 I'd be at 1550lb on the truck itself, which is 200lb over GVWR.

I can probably try and keep as much weight out of bed as possible to lighten rear-axle weight, by putting stuff only in cab and trailer other than the motorcycle.

Obviously I won't be hauling ass, my experience is that Uhaul trailers tend to go unstable a bit north of 65mph, even when correctly balanced.

This isn't going to be a regular thing, but don't want to ruin the easily-flattened springs.

My gen1 worked fine hauling two Yamaha FZ1s (1000lb) in bed, two people and a lot of gear (but no trailer)...was about the same amount over GVWR and had no issues. Have yet to haul anything heavy in gen2.

Truck is a 2019 crewcab, stock.

What do you all think? Will it be riding on the bumpstops?
 

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You'll be fine. This country was built on people overloading stuff and getting the job done. Seriously though, if it's just one trip and you're not in a particular hurry, I wouldn't worry about it.
Now if it's laying on the bumpstops in the driveway, you may want to move some stuff around.
 
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