How to ride a motorcycle with a pillion passenger - Hints and tips for two up riding
137K views · Sep 17, 2020 · Entertainment
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@davemartin53 · 6 years ago · pinned
Made sure you are covered on your insurance to carry a pillion 👍😱
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@robbikebob · 6 years ago
Don't know if someone's mentioned it but it helps to use your back brake a lot more than normal. There is more weight on the rear so the rear tyre offers more grip for stopping and is less likely to lift, it helps the front, which will be having to deal with more forces going through it, and even at slower speeds applying the rear brake stops fork dive and can make stop/start riding a smoother experience.
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@tonykisvardai2346 · 6 years ago
My wife’s usual communication method is a punch in the kidneys 😂
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@marystewart4731 · 6 years ago
My wife is a bit disabled, and can’t get on with the top box fitted, but she needs the top box to lean on, so we have a procedure where she gets on using the riders pegs and seat, then shuffles back,then I get on last. Works for us! We both love biking, and have done for half a century.
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@Banditmanuk · 6 years ago
My Carol hated being pillion. She took her test, got a Street Triple 👍
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@joshnnik · 6 years ago
Having rode with pillion passengers for over 50 years I find my PillionPal belt with it’s handles gives them a choice to vary their hand hold positions on a journey. The great thing on more modern bikes is using the Rain mode to soften the bikes responsiveness, which provides a smoother ride experience for them as well.
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@frankstocker5475 · 6 years ago
Have to disagree about the intercom, for me, it's great to have a chat while riding along.
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@TheMilkybarkid69 · 6 years ago
l love my intercoms either with wife or mates, for me it makes the ride better.
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@JeiBeeBee · 5 years ago
My wife and I did many thousands of miles or kilometres on our trusted CB500, just using hand signals, just as Mr. Flyer advocates. And I was fighting my pillion’s request for an intercom heroically for many years. Now, with a new Crossrunner under our butts, we decided to spend half of the money we required to buy the bike, for upgrading our entire gear, and the fight against those little gadgets that you attach to the helmets was finally lost. 😱<br>But I have to say, it was the best upgrade to our gear. Talking to each other on a lengthy journey, commenting on the countryside, joking around around or whatever, turned our travels more enjoyable and more into a shared experience.<br>So bottom line: get an intercom!!!
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@markj3517 · 6 years ago
Don’t do what I did on a test ride of a BMW R100RS years ago. I tucked in low behind the screen at quite high speed and my girlfriend came close to blowing off the back. <br>Oops
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@tittersbike · 6 years ago
I tend you use more back brake than usual when I’m coming to a stop, it stops the front diving so much so I get less head butts 😀
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@TheSudsy · 6 years ago
very comprehensive - you read my notes lol. Our code, in addition, is as we are riding I rub her leg. If she is ok she queezes me with her thighs. Same for her telling me she is ready to go, squeezes me with her thighs, like "giddy up". If I had only one tip - leave your stand down for mount and dismount and make your pillion mount and dismount on that stand side.
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