Pillions

[Wenier]

yea jus to take girls and if i have to a mate cus he breaks his bike but yea mainly girls who want to go for a ride.

[Two Smoker]

you must have a real quiet bike...I usually scare the birds away on my pillionless machine!

Ive made cows run coz my bike was screaming at 13000

[Suzi Q]

My husband prefers not to take a Pillion - he says it affects the handling of the bike. But in saying that he said the TL was better sometimes with me on the back.
When I bought my own bike he was worried he was pushing me into it to get me off the back of his bike!!! Luckily I really wanted my own bike. I have yet to take a pillion - my own riding is a little scary without having someone on the back to muck things up if they lean the wrong way.
I am planning on taking a friend of ours who is small, lightweight and experienced for my first pillion ride cause I know someday whether I like it or not I will have to take a pillion.

[pete376403]

I like taking my wife and kids out (not all at once, that comes later when I get a sidecar) The GS is a big comfortable LazyBoy chair with wheels, several times coming back from the Brass along the boring bits between Ashburton & ChCh, the guys I'm riding with say the pillion is asleep on the back.
It's correct what someone said about the responsibility, though. When the others go thrashing off through Haast, I'm plonking along down the back.

[erik]

I haven't ever taken a pillion, but I've only been riding for a short while.
But I was wondering what sort of safety gear (apart from a helmet), if any, do you get your pillions to wear?

Personally, I'm pretty paranoid about falling off so wear safety gear when I ride. If I was going to take a pillion it would seem wrong to let them ride with a possibly ill fitting helmet, and just regular clothes if I had full safety gear. But then you can't really go and buy safety gear for someone that just wants a ride.
So I guess there is really a lot of responsibility to be bloody careful with a pillion on the back.

[Two Smoker]

I haven't ever taken a pillion, but I've only been riding for a short while.
But I was wondering what sort of safety gear (apart from a helmet), if any, do you get your pillions to wear?

Personally, I'm pretty paranoid about falling off so wear safety gear when I ride. If I was going to take a pillion it would seem wrong to let them ride with a possibly ill fitting helmet, and just regular clothes if I had full safety gear. But then you can't really go and buy safety gear for someone that just wants a ride.
So I guess there is really a lot of responsibility to be bloody careful with a pillion on the back.

Shit yes as Wikid said, its the riders responsibility, When i take pillions they can only go if the helmet fits well, they have boots and jeans, and i supply the glove, helmet, and Cordura Jacket with armour, anything less and they aren't gotting on the back of my bike...

[MadDuck]

hahahaha...for the few that have met me. Ummmm pillion out of the question as I struggle to stand upright at the lights with just me own self. Am still looking for high heel bike boots

Funny though as I used to pillion all sorts on the ole 125.

[DEATH_INC.]

I generally don't carry pillions with the exception of mates who need a ride to pick up their bike,or who've broken down(if I'm on a bike with a pillion seat)or any one silly enough to want to know how my bike goes But then I'm one of the lucky one's,the missus has her own bike.....

[White trash]

My missus has had a gutsfull of riding round on one wheel so I'm normally solo.

Especially since she kicked me out, no way she's getting near my bike. I'm likely to come home to find it with a set of golf clubs wrapped around the tank

[Deano]

The pillion seat on the SP-1 is little more than a bad joke - but I didn't buy the bike to carry around extra ballast (hope she doesn't read this or Im dead).

Coming back from Wanganui Cemetary Circuit last year, she (the missus not the baby) got cramps in her legs and arse at north side of Paekak hill - I didn't hear her say she was in pain so I carried on regardless.

She isn't interested in any more long trips on the back of the bike - not that I care - more fun for me...lol

[wkid_one]

I didn't think the SP1 came out with a pillion seat? I thought you had to buy that seperately? I always thought it was a shame that the R1 didn't come with a rear seat cowl to replace the pillion seat. In the end I had the rear pegs off and a fabricated bracket to hold the pipe - as I didn't take pillions often enuf and this prevented any stow aways mid trip.

[Deano]

I didn't think the SP1 came out with a pillion seat? I thought you had to buy that seperately? I always thought it was a shame that the R1 didn't come with a rear seat cowl to replace the pillion seat. In the end I had the rear pegs off and a fabricated bracket to hold the pipe - as I didn't take pillions often enuf and this prevented any stow aways mid trip.

It had both the detachable seat and the cowl when I bought it - So when are you back on the road Wkid?

[wkid_one]

Back on the road??? I don't know - and honestly I am in no hurry. I took a mates bike out for a ride in the weekend and went for a quick spin over the hill (tempting fate I know) - BUT, I burnt a hole through both knees of my jeans (yes blah blah blah protective gear blah blah blah) - and nice friction burns on my left knee also. So much for learning from my lessons. Still have concerns about my personal safety on a bike with the way I ride.

PS - for those on the hill who saw an idiot on a boring silver 2003 GSXR - that was me. You probably would have heard me when coming from the 'rapa side on the top bend when I screamed in pain when my jeans gave way and my knee cap became an impromtu slider on the top bend

[bungbung]

But was it fun?


yessssssssss

[kasper]

My rules for any pillion.

Sit down, Hold on, and QUIT squirmin!

I advise them that if they cant feel me breathing they arnt holdign on tight enough (since they will then move the same way your own body does).To never put the legs down. To tell me if they want me to pullover.

Aslo the pillions that ride regulaly with me all have there own helmet and i carry a spare set of armour for them.

And Sandwalker didnt complain about the ride from auckland to hamilton except when it got cold at 1 am (he had no visor in his helmet so i switrched helmets since mine had a visor) also slowed dwon to 80km/h.

And I ride two styles. With and without a pillion onlye ever had accidents wheni was riding without. and I never play around with a pillion on the back.