Best Type of Bike for Riding 2 Up in Twisty Roads?

[CorriganJ]

Hi all. I'm wondering what the best type of bike would be for riding 2 up on mountain roads? Crusier, ADV, or sport touring?

This might be an overly simplistic way of looking at it, but I think there are 2 "styles" of cornering? The sports bike way where you hang off and scrape knees, and the style associated with supermoto racing which is leaning the bike more aggressively, but the rider staying more upright?

Obviosuly I won't be cornering aggressively with a pillion. It's not a race we just want to both get to where we are going (usually a hike in the mountains) and home safe. But I have been thinking that a sports touring bike (something like Yamaha XJ6) would have a different riding style to an ADV bike (Say, Super Tenere XTZ 750) and that the ADV bike with its more upright riding style might be easier to ride with a pillion?

Maybe a UJM because of the lower centre of gravity?

Am I talking absolute bollocks?
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[Freddyfruitba...]

If riding with a pillion is a big/significant part of your bike usage, one really important aspect is pillion comfort. That will vary hugely between bikes, and I have no doubt that the sort of bike on which you'd be wanting to get your knee down on corners is not likely to be one on which a pillion is going to be particularly happy. And if you really want buy-in from your pillion to accompany you on long overseas tours, that should be one of the biggest features in your buying decision, IMHO.
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[Analogkid]

Sporty two up, easy FJR1300, fast one or two up, standard suspension is a little bouncy when really pressing (3 figures) on 2 up, but but upgrade shocks and springs and she’s real fun in the twisties, plenty of grunt too. Go from £2k to £15k depending on year, don't be put off by high mileage, as long as it's been looked after it will be fine.

[CorriganJ]

[CorriganJ]

[befonoy44]

I bought this Cruiser bike after seeing fat tire bikes at bike shops for over $1000. It was tough to pedal at first because I hadn't ridden a bike in decades. It sat in the garage for a year and a half looking cool, but that was all. Finally this summer I headed out to the Katy Trail for a 35 mile round trip. I was dying by the end, but I was hooked. I've now put a few hundred miles on the bike. My bike gets lots of compliments.

[Keithy]

I’d like to see you get two up on that

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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[bhinso]

pardon?

[Ste]

[bhinso]

[Barnoe]

If a big part of your riding is going to include a pillion on mountain roads you are going to need a bike with grunt and comfort.

I own a GS which would do the job easily.
i have a 58ltr box i can put on with a padded backrest, the wife loves it and it stops her falling off the back when i suddenly blast off without warning
On the sports bike i nearly had her boots under my arm pits on a few occasions.

The wife reading your post would say GS, Tiger, Vstrom, Multistrada or Africa twin in no particular order.

Book a test ride and take the Mrs
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