Wife's First Time (be nice)
Truer words were never spoken...
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Daytona, Fla.
Teach her that if you should go down, to put the low side foot out to get it out from under the bike.
Those rules will get her through the learning process, & when she becomes comfortable you'll have developed a joint riding style.
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Northern VA
Bottomline: you must be more deliberate and careful in everything you do when carrying a passenger.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Indiana
Great suggestions for you, from all the others. Google "two up motorcycle riding".
Should be lots of information. Pay attention to what others here have said about having a signal when each of you are ready. Don't touch front brake when the handel bars are turned and you are going slow. Good luck.
Should be lots of information. Pay attention to what others here have said about having a signal when each of you are ready. Don't touch front brake when the handel bars are turned and you are going slow. Good luck.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: East Coast of FL
I found this link from a similar thread a while back... great advice!!!
http://www.chuckhawks.com/motorcycle_passenger_tips.htm
http://www.chuckhawks.com/motorcycle_passenger_tips.htm
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Joe Kucinski
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From: Florence, MT (Bitterroot Valley)
My wife quit riding after a long trip to Vegas on the back of my first Harley. An old rigid Ironhead. When she climbed off after that trip she said: "That's the last time I'm ever riding a motorcycle." The trip was eight days and all she had to sit on was a small P-Pad about 4 inches wide by about 6 inches long. She meant it! It was 33 years later before she ever got back on. She now rides every chance she can. Moral to the story: Make sure she's comfortable. Take it easy. Get plenty of rest stops for her. And communicate so she knows what to expect, and what NOT to do. An old trick riding through the twisties is to have her put her chin on the your shoulder in the direction that you are going. Left turn, her chin on your left shoulder, etc.... it keeps everything in balance, and helps her realize not to lean the OPPOSITE direction if she gets a little nervous in the turns. Take it easy, and let her get used to it. You'll be fine, and so will she. Just don't do anything stupid like I did, and ruin it for her, and YOU for the next few years.