She says she's comfortable....

As an ex-pillion here's my tuppence...

I used to ride with my left hand holding the rider (generally as much of his jacket that I could bunch up. ), right hand holding the grab rail. Always had knees ready to squeeze and heels/toes ready to dig in.

e.g.
Braking:- grip rider with knees and dig heels into footpegs to take some of the strain of heavy braking from right arm (I'm right handed). Obviously adjust according to amount of braking. Don't forget stomach muscles to keep upperbody in place.

Accellerating:- left hand holding rider, right arm pushing against grab rail, toes dipping down on footpegs. Knees, well... gripping the rider... lots.

On the motorway there wasn't much reason to ride like this so I'd just hold the rider with both hands and grip knees.

Was told about that sticky matting stuff for the seat... looked pretty efficient. But then I got my own bike.

sticky matting is pretty good. stopped our lass from sliding up n down . i did set off a bit sharpish one time and guy on bike coming towards me thought i had a lovely pair of boot earings for the helmet

Triboseat



The matting I used got warn away quite a bit. It's not really designed for the purpose of supporting pillions. The Triboseat however IS.

Originally Posted by Kylie

she prefers holding on to me and I do too really, good to know she's still on there!

Have I bought the wrong bike for carrying a pillion, or is there some secret that we're missing? Anybody got any photos of where they and their pillion sit?

If she prefers holding on to you, you could do with investing in a set of Motrax 'Lovehandles' (or similar)



This is a belt which goes around your waist with two grab handles on it for the pillion to hold on to... My missus is much happier with this method of holding on, than trying to use the grab handles

To stop the sliding, you can get a anti-slip cover that goes over the seat which stops the bum sliding around, also very good (so I've heard...)

Stick with it though

Love handles make such a big difference. My 'better half' does the one hand on the grab rail the other on the handles, and found that the sliding then went away.

Originally Posted by PBx

Love handles make such a big difference. My 'better half' does the one hand on the grab rail the other on the handles, and found that the sliding then went away.

The only way to go...

Two hands on the grab rail is too freakily wrong. Dunno how blokes riding pillion on blokes bikes can do it just for honour's sake...

"Kylielooks like next bike (or maybe a second bike, Hmmmnn.) will have to have a one piece seat. Now what do those Sprint ST's have...

Why worry about the seat? - Get her to sit her test.....

.......far too many ladies on pillion - get her out riding.

My good lady Quedos will be along shortly to concur..... it's her fault that I ride

Garry

Originally Posted by BigApe

Triboseat



The matting I used got warn away quite a bit. It's not really designed for the purpose of supporting pillions. The Triboseat however IS.

Its top stuff that triboseat, got one on my SV and its very grippy stuff

Looks like I'll be getting a Triboseat and Love Handles before too much longer
Never taken a pillion yet, but my OH and my son are both keen... so I'll probably take them on a few pillion rides (reluctantly) this summer

I just purchased some today. It seems that triboseat can be purchased from a few places-

http://www.triboseat.co.uk - the site is in the middle of being updated so its a bit flaky but I just ordered mine today and the guy I spoke to (Kevin) seemed very helpful in helping me measure my seat(had some extra padding added). Price £9.49 including delivery.

http://www.triboseat.com they seem to also sell on ebay and it looks like exactly the same stuff as above but at £15.99 including delivery