Pillon passenger falls off!

[rie]

Hmmm,
My Wife will doze quite often on the daliy comute, hard to fall off with the packrack.

That's hilarious. I couldn't do it. I keep a vigilant eye on the road if I'm ever pillioning, and make strategic tuck-and-roll decisions in my head just in case. (paranoid much?)

[breakaway]

Pillions falling asleep is downright dangerous... I'd hate to think what would happen if the pillion awoke mid corner and got spooked from seeing the scenery blazing past so quick.

[Dodger]

Pillions falling asleep is downright dangerous... I'd hate to think what would happen if the pillion awoke mid corner and got spooked from seeing the scenery blazing past so quick.

I guess it depends on the pillion, Mine is on the bike 4 days a week to and from work, so over the years has become the perfect passenger

[cowboyz]

and they say speed is dangerous? obvioulst 100km.hr is so slow that it bored the pillion to sleep - and then he fell off... Raise the speed limit!!!

[breakaway]

I guess it depends on the pillion, Mine is on the bike 4 days a week to and from work, so over the years has become the perfect passenger

Good point, but my pillion is a motorcyclist as well and claims she feels "unsafe" when she is "not in control of the bike", which is fair enough. She's only fallen asleep once out of tiredness, when I rode from Johnsonville to Auckland central in one hit, only stopping for fuel.

[Dodger]

Good point, but my pillion is a motorcyclist as well.

There we go.
Us riders make the worst pillions

[Gremlin]

depends on the pillion. Riders hate the lack of control, but I've had several non-riding pillions fall asleep. They get very comfortable, trust the rider and just nod off. Even on a ZX10, with no back support. Can't understand it myself

[_Shrek_]

Pillions falling asleep is downright dangerous... I'd hate to think what would happen if the pillion awoke mid corner and got spooked from seeing the scenery blazing past so quick.

Mrs Shrek has pilloned for the last 25years & on the long hauls quite often falls asleep, i don't mind until she rests her helmet against mine, gives me a sore neck, but other than that we've never had any probs

[scumdog]

Bungee cords are good

Duct tape is even better! (Imagine Dumb and Dumber but with duct tape...it's been done.)

[Thani-B]

I've got no problem with falling asleep while I'm being pillion. I trust the rider, and if I didn't, I wouldn't hop on the back of their bike.
The only time I've ever felt like I was going to fall off was when the rider popped a wheelie when I wasn't expecting it. I will never hop back on the bike with them.

[duckonin]

and they say speed is dangerous? obvioulst 100km.hr is so slow that it bored the pillion to sleep - and then he fell off... Raise the speed limit!!!

Yep your right there, when skipping along my pillion stays wide awake, 100kph starts to doze off but if I catch her doing it zig and zag through the white strips in the centre of the road that gets her attention again..

[cruza]

rummie used to fall asleep on my old ducati, used to have to give her an elbow in the ribs. only noticed it when the bike wasn't going into corners right, or would have to correct, part way thru, guy is lucky a truck wasn't following..............

[cruza]

Mrs Shrek has pilloned for the last 25years & on the long hauls quite often falls asleep, i don't mind until she rests her helmet against mine, gives me a sore neck, but other than that we've never had any probs

yeah ok when pillion is jammed in between rider and pack rack, and high'ish foot pegs. some bikes I wonder what the pillion actually sits on.......

[Mrs Shrek]

yeah ok when pillion is jammed in between rider and pack rack, and high'ish foot pegs. some bikes I wonder what the pillion actually sits on.......

Never used to have pack rack, box or anyother thing behind me and never high footpegs
but always have my arms around Shrek and knees tightly locked on his thighs
that way you go where the rider goes no matter what

[hellokitty]

I have been a pillion twice in my adult life and have been scared both times - no way I could fall asleep - nothing against the rider, I just hate the lack of control being a passenger.

My husband ditched his ex at the lights once - she put her feet down and he took off without her!!!!!! He should have kept going if he had any sense.............