On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:44:14 GMT, JPT <jpth0mps0n@hotmail.com> wrote:

||I need to transport myself (150 Lbs) and about 400 Lbs of supplies for
||a distance of 975 miles. The passenger seat will be taken out to free
||up space and reduce weight. IIRC, I vaguely remember reading in a
||manual or a Honda brochure that the capacity is 2 adults plus 200Lbs
||of cargo, but now I can't find that info.

I'm sure you would be fine with that. Just taking out the seat frees some load,
so figure
175# passenger
200# additonal load
375 rated load

You would be
400# load
-30# seat
370 actual load.

And the factory rating is neccessarily conservative.
I don't know that I'd take on any windy mountain roads so loaded.

Texas Parts Guy