What do your pillions think of the SV?

I have a naked pointy and i am 6 foot 3 and i am fine and my best mate rob is 6foot4 and he get cramped after a long ride, but not that bad

silent wrote:


i ride ultra careful with others on the bike though...anyone else get nervous when someone elses life is in your hands?

Andy


I ride the same way one or two up. I don't want to crash either way Confused

In fact I find the bike handles better two up. Settles the bike and means you can use the rear brake more. I have got an Ohlins fitted though as the standard shock did struggle a bit.
Lissa
PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject:
On a serious note though, we've done 41,000 miles together on the SV, and I have NEVER felt tired or uncomfortable on the back. Our longest day was 603 miles coming back from Germany last year, and even that didn't bother me.

Yes, we have custom seats on the bike, but only for the last year. Even before those I was absolutely fine.

what i guess im saying is that you are willing to go into a corner with more lean because you (or at least i) know it can do it, but i havent tried despite thinking it can easily do it with a passenger on the back because i wouldnt like to hurt them on the off chance that it wouldnt take it

andy

im 6ft and i definately find My K4650S cramped after a couple of hours. my missus is 5ft 10 and she finds it uncomfortable stright away, but bearable after an hour or so she reallt suffers.

Seems a varied response so I guess it's just down to the individual. I think a big factor is how relaxed they feel on the bike, my brother hadn't been on the bike since last summer.

After a slow bimble down some mellow twisties he commented on how fast I'd been which I found a bit strange for him. (He used to have a bike and has happily been on every one I've ever had) I think if he was feeling nervous about the ride he'd be tensed up which would soon transform into general discomfort on the bike?

Lol, I have ridden on the back of my own bike. Never again...

I took my son to snetterton on the back while i was running it in, he couldn't explain how good it was to get off.

Yeah i went on the back of my bike when my sister was riding it, curvy SV. As she is short and split seats their is a lot of wind blast, plus after 50 miles ya can get a numb bum. Also the torqueness of the SV reallly was annoying as my sister wasnt careful and just hammered the bike. You have to get a good position on the bike, i.e. one hand on your knee and one on the grab rail to stop yourself headbutting the rider.

Top Box does the trick. Makes the pillion feel more secure. I don't mean put them in it though

And Silent, it's all about having confidence in your pillion. She is always watching the road , like a rider and she knows my style. Plus the Ohlins adds a bit of stiffness to rear.

i used to love going pillion on the back of my dads bikes but since i had my scooter never again. the last time was when i was 16 and i went on the back of my dads Yamaha XVS1100 Dragstar (While my XVS125 was on order, i know sad innit!) i hated it, it wasn't the bike (i enjoyed riding that the little i did) or my dad (it was not having control )

[TLMark]

Mrs TLmark likes the rear seat and grab rail she's only 5"3 so I have to park near a curb for her to get on as for the ride she likes it I'm not to keen on the drop in performance