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From: [email protected] (Speedy Mercer)
Subject: Re: Need advice for riding with someone on pillion
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
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In article [email protected] (Craig "Powderkeg" DeForest) writes:
>- Turn dynamics: sit so that you feel like you're sitting upright...
Good advice.
>- Please, no sudden moves...
My Ol'lady taps me on the shoulder to let me know she is
uncomfortable. I, in turn, am prepared for her to move about on the
back of the bike.
>- Trust is essential. ...
We had 1 bad crash (nail in rear tire on left hand sweeper at crest
of hill on pavement/pea-gravel road) and her actions helped lessen
the severity of it. As we were crashing, she stayed upright in the
saddle with her feet on the pegs and her hands about my waist. I was
able to get the bike slowed down 10-15mph before we were high-sided.
She got off with a fair case of road rash and I had to have the doc
remove a lot of rocks from my knee. Had she panicked we would have
probably crashed at greater speed causing greater injury.
BTW, as soon at the tire went flat, we went into VIOLENT tank-
slappers. This is what she rode out in a "normal" riding posture!
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