Despite the cold...
 

... I went out for a ride today. Took Katie on the back too. I have never riden with a pillion before as I have only had my license a few months and it was new for Katie too.

I took it easy and kept stopping to make sure she was ok and we ended up having a really good ride. Katie was very nervous to start with but really enjoyed herself, which is great cos I have already booked the Ferry for our trip to france in May!

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Ace. Hope the next trip is great for you :)

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Cheers, weather pending I hoping to take her to Devils Bridge in the mornign for a brew and a bacon butty :-D

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I'd go steady, its the start of the bad weather :( Bloody weather... Have fun :D

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well done on the pillion job..:-)
Be careful tomorrow, it be purty cold out, and icy in tha morning

France.....ooooo you'll likee that!!

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Sounds like you were very sensible and sensitive to Katies needs. :)

Like the others have said, just be very careful today, and don't let your enthusiam overrule your head.

Nice one, the pair of you.:smt038

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were abouts in france are you going in may? You arnt going the the le mans gp round by any chance? You see I'm going to watch the moto gp in le mans in may and I'll be taking my girlfriend pillion, she's called Katie too! weird..... :p

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eyup gaz and katie,

could be worth looking at aftermarket seats for extra comfort on long journeys maybe? Everyone seems to rave about corbin seats on here and from the pics I've seen, they look proper smart :) just a thought & well done

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We are going 4th-15th so will miss the GP but we will be traveling back not too far from Le Mans. We are going down to Saint Hillaire de Reiz in the Vendee for 5 days and will be bimbling around for the rest.

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Hiya Paul, are they expensive as am not sure how long I will be keeping the SV for?

I want to do alot of touring two up so I will have to see how well it copes. Been looking at something like a 1250 Bandit S or a Fazer 1000 for the future.

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ouch £315 the pair, not cheap!

We did manage a little ride to devils Bridge this morning, by god was it cold though :-D

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aye those corbin seats are a bloody fortune but somehow, everyone I know who has one managed to get theirs from ebay for mucho cheapness :(

prolly be better investing in heated clothing i guess

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When YC first started taking me out and about on the bike, we came up with a bit of sign language between the two of us. Possibly a better alternatice for you instead of stopping? He taps me on the leg and give me the thumbs up to check I'm ok, I respond with a leg squeeze lol. Does the trick though, made me feel loads better knowing he hadn't forgotten I was there :lol:

Great to hear Katie enjoyed it though, next step on her own bike? ;-)

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Many there??

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aye gokart...I mean corbin seats are a rarity on ebay..but they do come up every now and again. Another option is to give Tony archer a ring and ask him if he can turn your stock seats into gel seats. Hes very reasonable and is online

http://www.tonyarcher.co.uk/

he put a gel thing in my other halfs VRaptor stock seat for when we went to France a couple of years back. I'm thinking of using him to put a new covering on my OEM gel seat as its a little like a nappy being fabric, I'm going to ask him to make it look like my corbin seat. Hes very very good and is well known up and down the country

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More Cars than bikes, very quiet :(