Riding with a Pillion

[clare_alphafemale]

As a pillion I love it. I started with the love handles to get the feel of the bike. now i dont even need to hold on. It also depends on the style of the bike. Yes I have nearly fallen asleep on the back of the bike, listening to good music and the vibration of the bike is very relaxing

[Squashed_Fly]

the vibration of the bike is very relaxing

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Like your way of thinking! lol

[Nelly]

Agree with all of this. Most of you know that i travel with my (ahem) advisor a lot of the time. She is an absolute star pillion TBH. She has got used to my (ahem) style of riding and now very rarely do i have to use our signals to let her know what i am about to do. She can now sense my next move. Which of couse makes my life very easy.

But good advice for sure. Dont whack open the throttle. She will kill you when you next stop for a cuppa.
Easy on the brakes. Causes headaches if you leave it late and have to go heavy handed on them.

One other thing. You will find that when you carry a (ahem) advisor, the extra weight gets the back tyre really grippy! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Nelly]

Trust me - being pillion on a bike with a pillion seat the size of a postage stamp with no grab rails while it wheelies is not an experience I would recommend for the faint hearted

LOL that made me roar out loud in the office Helena.
Stu. As Mrs H is an experienced Z Pillion, i'm sure she'll have a go with you (not sure that i should have worded it like that) to break you in (that sounds even worse!)

[Squashed_Fly]

Most of you know that i travel with my (ahem) advisor a lot of the time.

Ditto

very rarely do i have to use our signals to let her know what i am about to do. She can now sense my next move. Which of couse makes my life very easy.

I got asked to give Jen a signal in future when I intend to go from 30 to 90 in a few hundred metres, as apparently it nearly woke her up on Saturday! lol

I said "Of course - the signal will be, when we are in a 30 zone, and you see a white circle with a black diagonal stripe inside it up ahead, then it's time to start holding on again!!!" ;D

She was not amused! But then she said actually secretly she was laughing inside her helmet. She like accelerating more than I do!

[silly_simon]

I also find that an intercom helps rather than misunderstood signals

[Mark_Able]

I also find that an intercom helps rather than misunderstood signals

But then you've got to listen to her. It's bad enough in the car... > ;D

[Nelly]

[quote author=silly_simon link=1293731629/35#35 date=1295285930]I also find that an intercom helps rather than misunderstood signals

But then you've got to listen to her. It's bad enough in the car... > ;D[/quote]

Precisley why i dont have an intercom [smiley=laugh.gif]
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[Carbonkid]

My Mrs shakes my love handles to go faster and squeezes her thighs to slow me down...

That's when she's not nodding off that is... :

[Jon_W]

My Mrs shakes my love handles to go faster and squeezes her thighs to slow me down...

Sounds like riding a horse, not a motorbike...... :-? ;D

I'll tap Em on the knee if I'm going to brake hard, swerve or accelerate hard, just as a warning.