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04-19-2009, 09:15 PM | #46 |
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How Do You Learn To Ride 2up?
Started 2 up training today. Spent about a half hour in a large parking lot. Progressed from "whoa, there a bit more weight to balance here and I have to stop smoothly and straight. Actually making me a better rider.
Progressed out of the parking lot to real roads. At speed it was really no different from riding one up. Low speed, still a little stressfull. All in all it will be practicce, practicce, practice until we head for Yosemite in Spetemeber.
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04-21-2009, 02:44 PM | #47 |
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How Do You Learn To Ride 2up?
When my wife is riding pillion, I have her hold onto the bike. Plant her back into the backrest and go where the bike goes. I feel better knowing how her weight shifts when she's tied to the bike than if she were mimicking my movements.
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04-22-2009, 09:24 PM | #48 |
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How Do You Learn To Ride 2up?
I always train my pillion riders to keep their shoulders in the same orientation (angle) as mine. If I'm straight up, so are they. If I tilt, so do they. Had some novices try to follow the bike on sharp corners and about spilled us! Had another pillion rider when we on a bike without a sissy bar that was leaning back, looking straight up and swinging side to side like a metronome. That was a trip! Nothing like frequent practice.
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04-24-2009, 07:27 PM | #49 |
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How Do You Learn To Ride 2up?
Had another pillion rider when we on a bike without a sissy bar that was leaning back, looking straight up and swinging side to side like a metronome. That was a trip!
Bet it was quite a sight too.
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