I was looking for a rack from Allen when I learned of it (from Allen, intially). Then again - Wasn't 2007 (or 2008?) the last year of the Honda body design revision cycle prior to mine (2010)? The current design was new for what, 2014? So you're is the design prior to mine, which may be rated stronger. At any rate, there's no guarantee of damage, but after noticing that Allen makes racks for seemingly every car except mine, that's what they told me, which seemed to be confirmed elsewhere. My bike is about 23 lbs, but given the bike weight, rack weight and inertia (bounces, potholes, etc.), I can see where it could momentarily exceed the rating. But of course, that's still no guarantee of damage.

Once again, my $0.02. :-)