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Should a fairly new driver wait totake on a passenger? Don't bitch me out here, I already know the risks but I've been riding with my husband who drove years ago but hasn't on a regular basis until the last few months.He has taken a week long safety class recently to brush up.I bought the bike and there is no way I'm not going to be on it......maybe I'm crazy, not sure. He says he doesn't really notice me back there (years of riding with my older brother being threatened with bodily harm if I so much as moved my head) and so far no problems. I have a friend who is flipping out that I'm on the back of this bike so soon and thinks DH should ride for months before I join him. Other people say it depends on the driver. Thoughts? I'm still going to ride, but I was just wondering what peoples feelings were on this. At my age I can be stubborn [8D]
RE: How Long?
If he feels comfortable with you on the back and you feel comfortable riding with him you should be OK. At least you aren't perched on the back of a crotch rocket behind some kid who's been riding for 15 minutes
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I feelit's a whole different ride with a passenger. Especially if it's a nervous one who moves around and is constantly grabbing onto you. There's been a few post here discussing this topic. I recommend you look into them. Like riding solo, practice in a safe area during the day. I practiced riding two up the same way I did when I first rode solo. Take you time & be safe
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I feelit's a whole different ride with a passenger. Especially if it's a nervous one who moves around and is constantly grabbing onto you. There's been a few post here discussing this topic. I recommend you look into them. Like riding solo, practice in a safe area during the day. I practiced riding two up the same way I did when I first rode solo. Take you time & be safe
I feelit's a whole different ride with a passenger. Especially if it's a nervous one who moves around and is constantly grabbing onto you. There's been a few post here discussing this topic. I recommend you look into them. Like riding solo, practice in a safe area during the day. I practiced riding two up the same way I did when I first rode solo. Take you time & be safe
I've been riding on and off for some 30 years on a Triumph Bonneville, but the Mrs hadn't been on the back in a long time.
I made sure I was real comfortablewith the Low Rider before we rode 2-up, and took a lot of short "getting used to it" rides for a while.
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Sounds like he feels he has hisbalance (and confidence) back and you are the perfect passanger not moving all over the place soheck yes, go for it. In my limited experiencea lot of 2up has more to do with the passanger than the driver. I can ride all day, doU turns, gravel roads and on and on with the wife on the back but with my sons (both weight between 160 and 175) i find my self getting surprised regularly as they lean over to do who knows what at a stop light or gas station. Just the other day i reminded my youngest thata 100 of his175 lbs is above the belt line that he justleaned over to stare at the ground or the girls behind us. I think anytime you get a 100 pund shift to one side of the bike there is going to be a moment of pucker factor no matter how much riding you've done.
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you are the perfect passanger not moving all over the place
I've been told that by some other people I've ridden with......mybrother takes all the credit for that. Like I said, I never moved a muscle for fear he'd never let me back on again.
you are the perfect passanger not moving all over the place
I've been told that by some other people I've ridden with......mybrother takes all the credit for that. Like I said, I never moved a muscle for fear he'd never let me back on again.
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I would never ride on the back of a motorcycle with someone else driving. PERIOD!. Now, with me as the driver..."hop on". This is truly the way I feel.
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as a new rider, I would not go 2 up. My wife, however, rode for years, a long time ago, and when she started riding again, it was easy for her to take someone on the back. Judging from your situation, since your husband was an experienced rider in the first place, and he is comfortable with you on the back, I don't see a problem.
