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Taking the new Missus for her first spin on the beast!

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Well, it's happened...MP, my long term expert pillion, has left the scene...in fact, she has left the country!!!!

And recently, i have gotten together with a new young lady... :D:D:D

Well, this young lady is a road bike virgin....never been on one in her life..rides on dirt, but is $hit scared of road bikes! But nonetheless, she has decided that she will venture onto the back of the "Wolf Beast....Damien" for a ride....

She is crappin her dacks, but is also dead keen....and in light of recent posting's on here about freakin the missus out, whilst taking her for a spin...i thought i would share the experience....

I am pretty experienced at riding 2 up, must be over 50000km's with a pillion strapped on for the ride now...so am thinking i should be able to "break her duck" without too much stress...

Soften up the suspenders from their regular sport mode...at the back at least, go easy on the take off's, nice gentle cornering angles, no "jolting" via abrupt throttle blipping, oh, and keep the speed somewhere closer to zero, than infinity!

Will let you lot knows hows it goes!....she will be wearing full leathers, etc, and i will get here to relay her thoughts via this joint, first time i get back on here after the "big ride"!!!!

:D:D:D

Could be the start of something wonderful, or a very short foray, that consigns me to one up Sports riding for eternity...or now at the very least....

:rockon:
 
hope everything is smoooooth . . . . ;)

I've not manged to convince the wife that it might be good for her to have a pillion ride, let alone get her into a bike shop to kit her out with all the gear :rolleyes:

in her younger days she rode pillion loads with her brothers and their friends, so maybe she just don't trust me . . . . :shakehead:
 
Hope she loves it!

In my experience, women don't like wheelies and stoppies... go figure...

Yeah dont think i will be doing either...neither are really my "bag" anyways...i like my bike's head bearing's the way they are!

:thumbup:
 
I did a unintended (well, kind of) wheelie with my wife on the back and she has not ridden with me since :D
 
well yeah but I did not expect her to fall off the back!!!

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well yeah but I did not expect her to fall off the back!!!

LMFAO! Hope she was OK????? One question, after you made sure she was ok, did you have a quiet...emphasis on the quiet...giggle???

No wonder she doesnt want to get on the bike anymore!

:D
 
LOL I finished the ride and picked her up afterwards :BLAA: :rof:

Just kidding, she almost fell off (what she said), but didn't and just got a little scared... that was years ago and the real reason she stopped riding with me is the kids... since the 1st one was born, no riding for her anymore!!!
 
LOL I finished the ride and picked her up afterwards :BLAA: :rof:

Just kidding, she almost fell off (what she said), but didn't and just got a little scared... that was years ago and the real reason she stopped riding with me is the kids... since the 1st one was born, no riding for her anymore!!!

Hmmmm... my first kid kept me off the bikes for a lil while!

As for the finishing the ride thing...if you did that, i reckon the marriage would of been a one way ticket to the divorce courts! :eek:

Still cool image you painted in my feeble mind! :cheer:
 
Do what I used to do to my wife,I would get to a speed hump,go over nice and slow with the front wheel ,then just as the back wheel gets to the hump........jab the throttle.........just a little bit ,lol
 
Do what I used to do to my wife,I would get to a speed hump,go over nice and slow with the front wheel ,then just as the back wheel gets to the hump........jab the throttle.........just a little bit ,lol


Your a cruel & evil man Mick....but i like your thinking!

:D
 
Last year a friend took me for a ride on his new Concours - he inadvertantly (or at least that's what he told me!) popped a wheelie. I wasn't hanging on too tight and he took my by surprise but.......I loved it! LOL

Good luck with the ride, keep us posted and remember:

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Having a pillion on is always a fun experience!
My missus is the kind who always knows whats best, EVEN when doing something she has no idea about. Her idea of 'helping' me when she is the pillion is, at the WORST time leaning back and taking all the weight off the front wheel (she is used to a scooter so probably doesn't know any better). I have never ever done a wheelie or a stoppie, until she got on the back and decided to lean right back as I took off at a set of lights. It was also a really placid takeoff. She also does it when cornering....
I stopped encouraging her to get on the back, because she isn't really interested in learning how to do it properly and always knows best. I know she can pillion in a crunch but after a 90 minute arguement about her putting the boots I bought her for riding on before I would pillion her, including calling her parents to get her in the **** about being unsafe on the road I really cbf anymore. I mean seriously, slipons when you have a pair of 150$ perfect riding boots.......
Anyway next time she comments on a squid in nothing but T-shirts, shorts and thongs I'll be reminding her of that little gem.
 
Well, tonight is the night, going for a short ride tonight after dinner....

This will be interesting!

:D
 
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