Backing up with passenger
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From: Straight Jacket Memories and Sedative Highs
Sure I don't want to look like a panzy, but thats not all Stopping and having her get off in the road, isn't a great option
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From: Straight Jacket Memories and Sedative Highs
Does she your ***** in her purse then, or is she nice enough to do it in private. Wow.
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From: Upstate NY
Depends on the passenger.... Wife can't get off the bike with me on it (Bad knee and can't get her leg over the tour pack.) so unless I need her to dismount, she stays on (about 80% of the time). My daughter doesn't need to, she weighs maybe 100 pounds soaking wet, but she will hop off so I can fold up the passenger boards and have more leg movement.
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From: SE Michigan
I'm a big guy, the bike is about 900, and let's just say my wife is a woman who enjoys the occasional second helping....
...it really doesn't make much of a difference either way.
She's been through the academy with me and she is a good rider, but we are working on her mounting and dismounting skills. I don't mind if she uses me to steady herself, but the force she puts on my has to be downward vertical only. She has pulled me horizontally a few times and even though she is my lovely bride, she gets the stink eye and strong objection. She's getting better though. It's kind of a joke now, every time she gets on, we rate her performance.
Now if I only I could get her to work harder in other performance areas....the mount....the dismount....vertical pressure....pulling me to the side....
...it really doesn't make much of a difference either way.
She's been through the academy with me and she is a good rider, but we are working on her mounting and dismounting skills. I don't mind if she uses me to steady herself, but the force she puts on my has to be downward vertical only. She has pulled me horizontally a few times and even though she is my lovely bride, she gets the stink eye and strong objection. She's getting better though. It's kind of a joke now, every time she gets on, we rate her performance.
Now if I only I could get her to work harder in other performance areas....the mount....the dismount....vertical pressure....pulling me to the side....
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Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Kansas
Depends on the traffic, the condition or where I am parking and if it is uphill , the beginning of a ride or the end of a long day of riding. My wife is a good passenger and when we are about to park she will ask do you want me to get off the bike first or wait. Also will depend on which bike I am riding and if we are traveling and have luggage.
