would a pillion ride encourage you to do your test?

[mic]

when i was on the 125 i thought it was great but had never been on pillion before. all these people who say riding a big bike is easier than a 125 (which it is) is sorta hard to believe if you havent been on one before. Lots of people on 125s have commented before on how they wanna use the 125 for a while before doing the test to get used to it etc etc.... if you put them as pillion for an hours blast, would it urge them to do the tests as they would see for themselves or would they really be happy about plodding along on a 125?

my thought for the day.

[MattJ]

Depends what they want from biking.

If the speed and acceleration is appealing then a pillion ride on a big bike, even if they don't go fast but the acceleration is a lot faster than a 125, then it probably would make them want to do their tests quicker and get a big bike.

However there are people that aren't really interested in bikes that much and only got a 125 because of how cheap they are to run, and also the people that actually like plodding around never going fast, not overtaking etc. For those I don't think it would make a difference to most of them although it might open a few eyes to how fast big bikes are

[Efes123]

No way . I've had a couple of pillion rides in my life, and I never want another one, way too much lack of control. It also wouldn't help in any way to tell whether the bike was easier to ride or not.
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[sabian92]

[waffles]

The boyfriend at the time took me out for a ride on the back of his Bandit, that's what convinced me that I wanted to be up front rather than looking over his shoulder. I have only ridden pillion once since passing my test and that was a rather strange experience! I'm not going to make a habit of riding bitch too often though.

So yes it did convince me but I didn't have any bike experience myself at the time.
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Went on the back of me mates' TZR250 and RD350 back when those were new bikes. And it definitely whetted the appetite - but I was skint as fuck, and it wasn't for decades until I got me own. So - a tentative yeah...but as said above, it can depend on the passenger's disposition. Could well have the opposite effect and put 'em off for life! Also, there's nowt wrong with wanting to ease in via smaller stuff.
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[yaigi]

I had rode pillion on Mr Yaigis bike lots of times before I decided I would get my own bike. I still started with the intention of staying on a 125 for at least a year, even though I had experience of being physically ON a bigger bike. I wouldn't say going pillion on a bigger bike gives you any idea as to how different it feels to ride. Actually riding a big bike for myself is what swung my decision to get off the 125 after a few months and do my big bike test.
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[bikertomm]

I knew I wanted to pass my tests asap anyway, but after going on a couple of my mates bikes and then a jizzed up back wheel action ride from paddy on his TTR 600 I got the shit sorted out

So, yes.
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[Hefty]

My flatmate took me on the back of his Blade for half hour.
A lot of fun.. definetely not as pant-wetting as I expected, but it did make me wonder what the point of all that speed is unless you're on a track every sunday.

Yes, i'm still happy on my manageable and comfortable 125, for now at least

[-Matt-]

Personally riding pillion shits me right up absolutely hate it, but maybe thats because i'm so used to being in control of the bike, i'd rather ride on top of a car strapped to the roof personally