riding with a passenger

[Pistolpete]

hey ppl

im selling my car to buy a bike, is this a bad thing?
my folks have a car each and my sis is buying one soon, so i could probs borrow one of them if i need to go out somewhere nice, or cart ppl around. (by the way ill be 19 for another month, so im still a teenager, so if u tell me not to sell the car, in my youthfull know it all eagerness i wount listen to you)

also whats it like riding with a passenger?

ill b carting my gf around my the gpx when i get my hands on her (get my hands on the gpx i mean, iv already got my hands on my gf )

[aussieidiot]

i had both car and bike up until about 2 months ago. even with the car there i'd take the bike but sometimes you really just wanna car.

as for passengers, some are good and some are shit. riders generally make worse passengers. my wife is great. i don't even know she is there but her sister is shithouse. she wiggles and tries to see around me and just won't sit still. it really upsets the bike

also think about the loading of the bike. mines max weight is 186kg including locks and accessories. also the power of the gpx may suffer with the weight.

the main thing for girlfriends is the hair. with a helmet you can't have nice hair so it will be a downside to it all but depends on the girl

[aussieidiot]

forgot to add that you can't carry passengers until youv'e held your full licence for one year

[Pistolpete]

bugger! never knew about that! makes sense thow i supose

as for the weight, i weight 80kg and her about 45kg so its not too much of an issue.

oh god i suppose her mum will want a ride too, i wonder how much she weighs...........

anyway i have already told her that im not taking her out till i feel confident about everything to do with the bike. as for shite riders we'll just have to see i guess.

what do u think the penalties would be for ignoring the law? (not that i would ever consider it!! oh no of course not )

[aussieidiot]

not sure but not advisable coz you've only got 4 points to lose and ignorance is not a defense

[Too New To Know]

fuckit man, she can wait to cruise on the back.. be patient, get to know your bike before you put a loved one on the back!

also check into the laws for your state, im sure they will differ.

[Pistolpete]

yeh very true bro(s)

Whos calling her mum a loved one! haha

point taken thow, thanks

[Too New To Know]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHHA you crack me up... glad to have you join the forum .... us newbs need to stick together, even if we are on the opposite sides of our country!

[speediva]

As for carrying a passenger. I have been riding for 3 years now, and I have YET to carry a passenger. I'm too scared. That, and there aren't too many people I know who weigh less than me (even at 150 lbs) that I could put on the back anyway. I really don't like the idea of putting someone bigger than me on back b/c of balance issues.

[Too New To Know]

As a youngen, i never used to let anyone 'dink' me and i never 'dinked' anyone on my pushbike..

Yanks: "DINK" = some wiered term that i've never stopped to think about how amusing and wiered it is until now, but which is the word used for when your mate sits on the cross bar of the handlebars and you ride.. you are 'dinkin' him...
i remember when i used to ride past a mate or someone i knew and they'd be like "give us a dink mate", hehe i'd just tell them to F$^# off, because for some reason i dont trust them to keep me on the bars and i dont trust myself to keep them on the bars...

[Too New To Know]

i do apologise, that was a really shitty story

[aussieidiot]

lyndon, go sit in the corner and have a good, hard look at yourself. he he

a mate of mine used to let his misses on the back of his CBR250RR and the bike really suffered. it wasn't really designed for that weight and he had to constantly adjust the chain due to the suspension bottoming out.

i know i suck as a passenger but others can be good. its best to learn how to ride a bike first then try to go 2 up. i wouldn't try it on anything smaller than a 600

[Too New To Know]

was this missus a bit uhhh, on the.. BIG side?

[speediva]

Shit, I had a friend who had a (awful) green Kaw Ninja 250 and a BIG girlfriend who was ALWAYS in tow... he still got that thing up to the 3-digits somehow... Still goes against all the rules of physics, but he did it.

[Too New To Know]

hahahahahahahahhaha

not happy about your hate for green though