1st Pillion Passenger

[gsxr600menace]

Any tips you can give me for taking my first pillion passenger (our lass) out on the back of my gsxr600 ? does the bike feel heavier at slow speed ?
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[Villers]

Im no expert, but I took my lass out on the back last summer.

I gave her the thorough instruction session and we worked out a code for if she was scared or anything went wrong. To cut a long story short she was scared, not like 'slow down' scared - she just couldnt handle it! 20 in a 40 was too fast for her!

Just thought I'd warn you.

Anyway, the bike will feel like a pig going slow especially if she's 'expecting a harsh winter' so to speak. Even so my gf's a size six and she wriggled all over the place so at slow speeds it felt like it had a mind of its own.

My worst experience was last week when I took my 16st+ mate on the back of the hornet (poor little bike). Im five ten and 11st, hes nearly 6 feet four. I managed on the open road once he stopped leaning for me (he's a biker too ), but at slower speeds it was a nightmare.

good luck
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[Suzuki]

Depends if she's a fat cow or not.

If she's a 7-stone midget, then you'll barely feel her on the back.
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[Zoffo]

It's a good test of how smooth a rider you are too. If yer lids are banging together every gear change then try clutchless changes.
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[Suzuki]

[gsxr600menace]

Are clutchless gear changes bad for the bike ?

She is not big so i am hoping it will not feel that bad.
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[McJamweasel]

Clutchless changes are fine if done correctly.

TBH unless you're good at them anyway I would avoid. Just take it easy on the clutch and make sure you match the revs to road speed before letting the clutch fully out. That way you should stay smooth.
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[shellshock]

I take my other half quite regulary, he's heavier.

Best tips that apply I find are, make sure they don't lean for you , use both feet to stop at first, until you get the feel for it, and make sure they know not to wiggle on corners and at slow speeds.

[RealNinja]

[Dracan]

My girlfriend's only about 8 stone, and I hardly know she's on the back. I feel it a bit when we're going very slowly through traffic, but when we get going she may aswell not be there.

The most important thing is that she leans with the bike. There was one time when I was going around a roundabout, and she decides to talk to me in my left ear (ie. leaning the wrong way). The bike suddenly stopped turning, and went in a straight line. Luckily, I had time to compensate and make it around the roundabout safely. It just made me realise how important the passenger's leaning is. Luckily, apart from that one time, she's generally a very good pillion.

I've also taken my brother on the back, and he's heavier than me. He goes on the back on my dad's bike a lot so he's good at getting the leaning right. Apart from when going slowly, I didn't much notice he was on the back either. Being on a GSXR600, unless you're caining it, then you probably won't notice the speed difference either.
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[stinkwheel]

[Yoshi]

Hi, I'm New!

Lol, this weekend I took my friend on the back of my suzuki TS50 trail bike (Im 16 lol, and the aprilia is in the garage so this is all i got) the TS aint running quite right anyway (may have something to do with the hole in the exhaust...) and struggles to reach 30mph with only me on boad, but they were only country roads so I thought what the hell!

And my mate is a chubby bugger!

So first of all I stalled it coz I wasnt used to having the extra weight, got it going for a while, topped out at a mind-boggling 23mph! then came the hill... I swear it probably took me 5 mins to get up this hill lol!

To make it worse I dropped the bloody thing when i was turning it round as there was some fine gravel (not on the road no damage done, we had jumped off the bike before it hit the ground!)

So poorly TS50+steepish hills+gravel+fat mate = not a good idea!

Anyway... riding pillion is great! I go pillion on my dads bike (ZX9R) and its great fun only thing better is actually riding lol!

Matt
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[pipnet11]

For me it didnt feel much different except for needing a bit more throttle. The big difference I noticed was stopping. Now twin leading shoe drum brakes are just about OK for 1 person, but not so much for 2 people! Stopping required a relayed message from a few miles infront When my restriction finally runs out (next august ) I will be able to get a bike that is actually happy going AND stopping with 2 people on board
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