First pillion
 

Took Mrs Guru :kiss: out yesterday morning.

Her first time on a bike and my first time taking a pillion.

After reading a few of the 'pillion' posts I told her what to do and what not to do.

Hooked up the Autocoms and off we went. Glad I had the Autocom.

Didnt go very far... and only covered 30miles in total. But I really enjoyed it and so did she. :D

Tried to get a bit of everything, 30's, 40's, roundabouts, dual carrigeways and NSL's.

So now we're going to try and get out for an hour or so on a Saturday or Sunday morning (weather permitting) to build up some confidence and experience.

Im glad she enjoyed it. :thumleft:

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cool man :D the thing is now that she likes it.. you gotta be able to find time for just you and the bike ;) lol, sweet man im happy for you :)

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When I had the standard shock on the back of my bike I swear blind it handled better 2 up . I took a first timer out as well and my first pillion over any large distance . SV handled just fine with no "Moments" to speak of ....... just had to remember to ease off a bit earlier and make sure that back brake is fine after the winter and you`ll be cool .

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Yey, good for the pair of you, Mrs Gura will have the bug in no time :-D

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Im in similar situation with our lass, shes gradually gettin used to flyin on the custard

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glad you both enjoyed it, you have just made it harder for you to get out on the bike on your own, every time now you will get "what about me" lol. ps i have same problem.

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If it comes to that we'll just need to get her through her test so she can get her own bike :riding:

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Finally got rid of your pillion virginity hah. Nicely done glad you both had a fun and safe time. :)

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good to hear your Mrs enjoyed being pillion. Taking it easy is a sensible thing to do, gives you both a chance to get used to being on the bike together :)

Maria

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Taking the wife out for her first blast as a pillion tommorow, cant wait

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i shud b takin the mrs for a run to matlock tommorrow, happy days

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Spare a thought for those of us whose OHs hate bikes and wish that a large hole would open up and for every bike on earth to disappear into it. Mrs Ed hates bikes and will never get on the back. If she would then I'd buy something a bit more pillion-friendly, maybe a Sprint. She says that Sophie needs at least one parent:rolleyes: S desperately wants to come on the back with me but there's no chance.

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Yes, I can never understand why riders don't want to take their OHs as pillions, unless it's for a practical reason like Eds.

I reckon I have ridden less than a thousand miles solo since I've been with Lissa.

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well my oh was like this until i passed my test and practically strapped her to the back went for a run then asked her "Well?:confused:"

I knew it'd eitha be "Yea it's ok a bit at a time:smt023." or "Don't eva tek me near that thing again!!!:thumbdown:(the bike):p"

Thankfully it was the first:D

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She might come round....eventually. Never say never! :cool:

Maria

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A bit of a dramatic stance to take with sombody of your age. I think the first ten years or so after passing the test at 17 are the most dangerous, I would imagine 48 year old bikers getting killed is quite rare, unless it was a situation where the accident was the result of very unfortunate circumstances, but then you can die in those kind of accidents in the car.

Have you asked her to put some faith in your riding and common sense and trust you? When you ride the bike I assume you have no intention of dying yourself, so if you really thought the bike was that dangerous ask her if she thinks you would still be riding it.

My wife loves the bike, but having both of your kiddies parents on one bike doesn't half make you ride carefully! She just doesn't get out as often as she would like 'cos riding together requires a babysitter.

My son will get out on the bike when he's old enough. My wife will be worried sick from the time we leave until the time we return (she gets mildly worried now when I go on my own), but I don't think she will stop him from going, she will put her trust in my riding and my desire to keep my son in one piece.

How old is Sophie?

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ditto,
my mrs feels the same as she used to work in A+E so we are all organ donors.
We aint got kids though so cant use that excuse.
I have got a lambretta as well, she dont mind that, she'll get on that no problem as she is closed in.
Too open on the sv, even offered to put some kind of top box on to act as a backrest. no success so far.

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Did you go to matlock?
I went there today, seen loads of bikes, few sv's.
Seen a yellow curvy parked up on the shops side about 2 ish.
Even seen some kids on loud monkey type bikes dressed as super heroes, original !!

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The yellow curvy was me:p (parked outside the arcade)

I also saw the super heroes on the monkey bike:)

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Cool,
Them kids just kept going up and down, them small bikes sounded good for little engines dont you think?
I was in my car unfortunately:(.
I would have said hello if a, i knew whose bike it was, and b, you were by your bike.

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My 10 yr old loves it and its hard to keep her off the back
She did the whole of AR09 with me

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Taking my missus out for the first time soon.
She's never been out on a bike ever so I'm a bit anxious.
Shopping in HG today for gear so hoping it works out :)

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Middle aged men are the most likely to be involved in a bike accident :thumbsup:. The reason behind it being I would assume do the DAS go get them selves a brand new fireblade. Or born again bikers doing the same. 17 year olds arent just restricted with the power but what they can afford to buy and insure etc;)

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Yeah, but who is more likely to have a fatal accident? I don't know the answer, but if you can find a statistic somewhere it'd be interesting. Thing is though we are comparing with the first 10 years after passing the test at 17, so you'd have to find the right statistics. I reckon if you can ride since 17 and live past 40 you'll ride bikes 'til you're 85, and probably crash with a fraction of the frequency in those latter 45 years.

Anyway Ed's past being middle aged now ;):D

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bet it was fun in the car, stuck in the traffic:p I had a baptism of fire to filtering 2up.At first it was:confused: then once i got used to it it was more like :grin:

yea them lil bikes sounded cool, when i saw them i was sat outside a cafe between the blue n white fish shop and the bikers gearbox shop.

well u cnt really miss me:grin: i wear black rst leather trousers and a bright blue Rizla Suzuki jumper over my jacket. Say hi nx time if u c me.:thumbsup:

did you see that women arguin wi thos bikers over who claimed the space 1st? that wo r8 funny:D, me n lass was watchin n giggled away as the women still didnt give up th space n did no more than got out of the mpv n directed her oh into the tiniest space btween the bikes and anotha car. this was outside the church thing that used to sell antiques before it shut down.

I was ready to take details n give them to the biker if she hit the bike.:p

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Traffic was s h 1 t, didnt see the woman argueing, wish i had :D
If i see you again i will defo say hello.
Once i have got my confindence up and venture further afield i will come over there on me bike. Its about 1 hr or so to matlock from my house so should be good ride out.
phil

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According to the tinternets fatal accidents are most likely to occur to a sports bike rider aged between the ages of 26 - 40. So the first 9 years are perfectly safe.

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So in a year and a half i should be safe ;)

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Bloody typical! :rambo:

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I'm safe for another 8 years and 3 months....If I'm lucky I wont have to wait that long...

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Statistically there is probably a hell of alot more 'sports bikes' on the road than any other.

The definition of sports bike to the masses and people who magic these figures up.....they range from a fully faired SV entry level sports bike to an RC8

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Took my gf on her first ever bike ride this weekend... 1000 miles ;)

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I took my wife on my bike a few months ago after she kept going on and on about it. thankfully she grew up around bikes as her brother, mum and dad all ride them.

I had never taken a pillion before then but she knew what was expected of her. :confused:

I was worried at first asking her where she was going to hold onto - grab rail or around my waist. Ended up she just sat their with her hands on her knees very relaxed. :o

I think I was more worried about the responsibility with having both of us on the bike. :pale::pale: We only went out for about half an hour and I have to admit we both enjoyed it.:D

Every time I start my bike up now my kids have to sit on it and give a few revs before i leave. My daughter aged 6 keeps asking me to take her on the bike but she knows that she is too young and can't wait til she is old enough to go out on it. :rolleyes:

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Thats the problem!
I dont often get out without the Mrs any more.

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best thing i purchased was a nice set of "love handles".
Just clip them round your waist and the pillion had some perfectly placed handles to hold onto!

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You also get something similar to love handles, but the strap goes round a kiddies waist as well as yours then clips you together so you can't drop them off the back. Saw a 6 or 7 year old wearing one at the weekend and it's quite a good idea. Although the law says they need to reach the footpegs, I've always thought minimum age for a child needs to be when you can trust them to hold on properly and not fool about, this strap helps mitigate some of that and give the parents more piece of mind

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But then (god forbid) you did come off, surely there are heightened chances you land on your child thus causing more damage because you are attached? :confused:

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Yeah thats what I was thinking :smt105

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Back when there was a Miss Spiderygirltype thing she came on the bike a few times. Once on the way to the Ace she said "wow it doesnt feel like you were going as fast as you did before" which really suprised me cos we had taken a slight detour and on a private road got it up to a ton!

So i rold her and promised she'd feel different if she could see ahead and what i'll do is get up to speed, tap her leg and then duck down so she can get the wind blast (on my old naked) and see how it looks.

She was not so happy when we got home, lol.

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Heeee!!!!!