DingoZ's Blog

02/04

After dropping my bike off at TSS for it's 8000km service. Grub turned up for a coffee and a chat. Didn't really want to go to the dirty, unclean McBun just up from TSS, so Grub suggessted a nice cafe in Jackson Street, petone "The Screaming Turtle". So it was on with the gear and up onto the back of Grub's bike.

My first time as a pillion I might add. Okay totally different sensation that was. Sitting there, upright, not holding onto anything in front of me, but rather with my hands down near by arse cheeks on the grab bar......

Okay's deep breath, Grub pulls out into traffic and we are off. Looking over his left shoulder and basically trying to keep inline with his back. Just basically going with the bike, same as if I was controlling it.... Pulled up at the lights and waited for green. Moved off again, slight lean to get around the corner and more of the same, keeping the centreline of my body inline with grubs centreline....

All good I thinks..... More exposure to being a pillion is definetly going to help me in my riding, and will also give me something to ground on, so that I can build skills enough so that Lorraine can come and be my pillion on trips when I get the new bike, and when I have had more exposure to being a pillion and also being the rider with a pillion....