Discussion Riding with a Pillion Passenger

All good was just saying i seem to have problem no matter what lol

 

After seeing the way my brother rides I would never ride bitch. Plus I'm 6 foot 1 and when I'm on the back of the bike I look like I'm all arms and legs.

 

Depends if she can make it all better later!

 

Depends on how many times she does it. After the second nut cracker I pull over. Lol

 

Took missus on fizzer first time other week lucky I have sena headsets told her what to do and improvement was instant

 

No pillions allowed for me until I'm off my P's.

Grew up as a pillion on Mum's bike though, will have to see if I can find some pics!

 

riding home to newcastle, from the central coast, she fell asleep on the back of the fizzer, don't know how with the bike sitting on 9000 rpm... I stopped and made her walk around for 10...

 

hahahah thats gold, the "gentle" purring of the fizzer

 

Thanks kiff, going to take my future wife on the back for her first time ever on a motorbike. Going to do a nice easy run not many corners for the first go

 

I've found the most annoying thing is when I'm approaching a left turn from the wrong side of the road going 245km/hr and I lean in for my signature elbow and knee scraper and then my passenger tries to sit up the other way ruining my perfect race technique in the apex of the corner and we both die

Seriously though make sure your passenger knows not to try and sit up straight while you're trying to turn, it makes it really unstable without warning. Other than that its easier than you'd think

 

normally found a non bike rider pillion is a better pillion than a someone with their own bike ,nothing worse than a back seat rider

 

Back in the 60s, a friend of mine used to delight in terrifying novice pillion passengers. He used to rush up to an intersection and indicate as if he was going to turn left. He had no intention of turning because he was travelling much too fast to take the corner. He used to just go straight ahead.

He stopped doing it when a pillion passenger decided to help him take the corner at the impossible speed that he was doing. The passenger threw himself sideways on the bike to help it around the corner. The rider had to throw himself just as far off the other side to be able to continue straight ahead.

He gave up trying to frighten pillions after that..

 

Went for a quick ride around with my fiancée, it was my first time with a pillion and her first time on a bike so we were both a little nervous. I was cautious as I didn't want to scare her off being a pillion forever. The bike handled really well not that much different. At low speed was most noticeable. She was a good pillion and understood everything I explained about wind noise, fidgeting and not fighting the lean in corners. I also mad sure to gear her out with a jacket gloves and helmet and she wore hertoughest boots and jeans. We came home and it was a good experience for the both of us. She is keen for more rides


Oh we had some signals and I made sure she didn't get off or on until I said it was ok. I told her to tap me on the helmet when she was ready to take off.

 

Nice, you got the bike for the job too. Bit harder on a 250 haha

 

Yeah man, the big lazy 750 did it easy, I could of done it on the 250 but it's single seat, the bag rack was added peace of mind for her as well lol.

 

such a typical oz street seen it in a few citys,

 

Many years ago (pre kids), my wife used to fall asleep on the back of my R65 BMW on a regular basis.
She never lost her grip around my waist, but I could feel her helmet bump my back a few times, then settle there.

I haven't carried a pillion since the mid eighties, maybe it's time to start again now the kids are all adults.

 

In about 1970 I did a trip from Narrabri to Lightning Ridge and back one day with my wife as a pillion. Most of the road was unsealed back then. That was about a 500km round trip.

We also did the ride down to the Bathurst races that year, at a time when the road through the Pilliga was still unsealed. That was about 440km each way.

It always amused me that my wife and I had all our camping gear on the bike and were two up. The rest of the Narrabri Motorcycle Club who attended the races that year rode solo and had someone in a car take all their gear for them. They were on bikes ranging from 250cc to 750cc.

We weren't on a 250 though. We did those trips on a Honda CL175.

We did a few other trips as well, but the arrival of two children put a stop to that sort of thing.

I think the last time I carried a pillion was in about 1985 when I took my son for a ride on my brother's CB20RS.

 

Was on the back of a bike for the first time in 15 years a few weeks ago. Was a little sketchy getting on & off, but was alright.

Ricky was impressed. He said "You can tell you ride a bike, your leaning was doing all the work, I hardly had to steer!"

Considering the last time I was on the back of a bike, I was counter-leaning, that's pretty good.