data.3news-bydate.test.rec.motorcycles.104588 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Bob Wert)
Subject: Need advice for riding with someone on pillion
Summary: Advice wanted for when I take someone on the back of the moto.
Keywords: advice, pillion, help!
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I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja.
This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride
(read: farther than around the block :-). We'll be riding some twisty,
fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans).
This person is <100 lbs. and fairly small, so I don't see weight as too much
of a problem, but what sort of of advice should I give her before we go?
I want her to hold onto me :-) rather than the grab rail out back, and
I've heard that she should look over my shoulder in the direction we're
turning so she leans *with* me, but what else? Are there traditional
signals for SLOW DOWN!! or GO FASTER!! or I HAFTA GO PEE!! etc.???
I really want this to be a positive experience for us both, mainly so that
she'll want to go with me again, so any help will be appreciated...
Thanks,
-Bob-
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Bob Wert [email protected] [email protected]
DoD#0302 AMA#510680 '90 Ninja 750R '89 Mustang 5.0LX
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