delboy
Junior Member
Hi All
Took the wife on the back of the bike for the first time this weekend. She was very nervous at first but then got into it. She didnt feel very comfortable holding the grab rails, but our helmets kept crashing when she held on to me. She was very good at leaning with me and at no time did i feel unsafe, which was good! Just stayed on local roads that i know really well and didn't go over 100kph. When we got off, she told me that she loved it. She loved the feeling of being closer to the surroundings and being able to smell everything. She had all my gear on, so now we have to get her her own. Wait till you see, give it a year and she'll be looking to get a bike! laugh.gif
Also I also upped the preload on the back to max which made a bit of a difference, but the bike still felt a bit overloaded. It does say on the swingarm to put the front and rear tyre pressures up from 33 and 36 to 36 and 42 respectively, but that seemed very high to me. Anyone got any recommendations!
Cheers
Del
Took the wife on the back of the bike for the first time this weekend. She was very nervous at first but then got into it. She didnt feel very comfortable holding the grab rails, but our helmets kept crashing when she held on to me. She was very good at leaning with me and at no time did i feel unsafe, which was good! Just stayed on local roads that i know really well and didn't go over 100kph. When we got off, she told me that she loved it. She loved the feeling of being closer to the surroundings and being able to smell everything. She had all my gear on, so now we have to get her her own. Wait till you see, give it a year and she'll be looking to get a bike! laugh.gif
Also I also upped the preload on the back to max which made a bit of a difference, but the bike still felt a bit overloaded. It does say on the swingarm to put the front and rear tyre pressures up from 33 and 36 to 36 and 42 respectively, but that seemed very high to me. Anyone got any recommendations!
Cheers
Del