How Do You Learn To Ride 2up? - Page 4

Sin City Stan · 04-19-2009, 09:15 PM

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.

gghost · 04-21-2009, 02:44 PM

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.

ndbigfish · 04-22-2009, 09:24 PM

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.

Sin City Stan · 04-24-2009, 07:27 PM

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.

04-19-2009, 09:15 PM	#46
Sin City Stan Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 3,746	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. __________________ Oldest Saloon In Nevada http://www.pioneersaloon.info/ "Sin City Stan" Henderson, NV VBA #01004 VROC #29365 2004 Nomad 1500L5 +100 "The Bike" 2009 Nomad 1700 (past) 2004 Vulcan Classic 800 (past) 2010 Cortez - 2011 Crescent City - 2012 Kanab - 2013 Estes Park Login or Register to Remove Ads
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04-21-2009, 02:44 PM	#47
gghost Advanced Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA Posts: 626	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. __________________ gghost
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04-22-2009, 09:24 PM	#48
ndbigfish Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Braunfels, Texas Posts: 1,162	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. __________________ Brik VBA #1047 07 Electra Glide Ultra (43,300 & counting) 03 Nomad - 37,972 (traded 5/6/13) 99 Nomad - Only a memory since 4/27/13
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04-24-2009, 07:27 PM	#49
Sin City Stan Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 3,746	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. __________________ Oldest Saloon In Nevada http://www.pioneersaloon.info/ "Sin City Stan" Henderson, NV VBA #01004 VROC #29365 2004 Nomad 1500L5 +100 "The Bike" 2009 Nomad 1700 (past) 2004 Vulcan Classic 800 (past) 2010 Cortez - 2011 Crescent City - 2012 Kanab - 2013 Estes Park
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