Hmm well when I first went on the back I had both hands on the grab rail then I switched to just one, now I very rarely use it. It just annoyed me after a time, my arms felt like they were pulled out their sockets after rides so I sort of "weaned" myself off using it as confidence increased. I keep my eye on the road 95% of the time* so I can anticipate YC's braking and accelerating. I'm basically using my legs most of the time with my hands resting where I feel them to be the most comfortable so on his waist/my knees/my lap. I find it far more comfier to grip with my legs; when he brakes I grip more, before he accelerates I make sure I'm sat back in my seat, sort of sitting in the space that the grab rail provides (if this makes sense!). It can help to use the footpegs to push against on acceleration but I am only talking from my own experience, your pillion must do exactly as she feels comfortable. Also I felt more "at one" with the bike when cornering and such, I wasn't constantly having to think about what my arms were doing and could just enjoy the ride
In my eyes if a pillion is thinking about their position on the bike constantly then they are thinking a bit too much. It really should become second nature after a while.
Love handles are supposed to help no end and your pillion will have their arms in front of them which should help lots more I think.
*(birds/roadkill/other bikes/fit fellas tend to distract me the other 5%
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Originally Posted by kurtis.randle
one foot under the foot rest other ontop hands on grab rail behind as foot is helping with going of backwords seems to work for me oh sometimes two feet under footrest does the job . hands stop you going forwad feet stops you going backwords , DOES ANYONE ELSE USE THIS OR THINK IT MAKES SENSE???????
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Makes sense...errr not particularly no....you put your feet under foot pegs? How does that work? The footpegs flip up easily, how on earth is this supposed to stop you going backwards?