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12-10-10, 10:40 AM
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Child pillion seat.
 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/motorcycle-CHI...QQcmdZViewItem The inventor's website. http://www.stamatakis.de/e-index.htm For me this would be ideal to take my daughter to pre-school, but i'm too scared to even think about doing it. So what do you think? Ste. |
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12-10-10, 10:51 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
that just doesnt look safe tbh.
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12-10-10, 10:54 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
imho, if a helmet wont fit and the child is not strong enough/tall enough to be on the back then they shouldnt be on the bike.
My rule is they must be able to get on un-assisted and be strong enough to hold on at 60mph (110mph comes with experience and age) |
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12-10-10, 10:58 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
Try it with a pack of spuds first or something like that, if it can take the extra weight without slipping or coming off should be safe I reckon.
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12-10-10, 11:15 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
not a chance. There is no way i'd take a pre-school age kid on a bike, no matter what devices were used. There's no way protective kit would fit properly, and even if it did they're still extremely vulnerable. Having seen the mess made of cars in 20mph shunts, a small kid would fare a lot worse.
and it's probably illegal.
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12-10-10, 11:46 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
As far as I'm aware it's legal as long as they can touch the foot pegs?
Amusingly I've not read anything that says the foot pegs have to be attached to the bike so maybe just remove them and tie them to their feet? |
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12-10-10, 11:49 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
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As with the sentiment of others, I wouldn't take a child on the bike until they could reach the proper pegs and was confident that they knew what to do. |
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12-10-10, 11:54 AM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
There's also nothing saying the pillion has to face forwards funnily enough!
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12-10-10, 01:21 PM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
Wouldn't trust it.
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12-10-10, 01:25 PM
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Re: Child pillion seat.
with today's traffic and nutters.. NFW.
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