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How I typically ride the C14:

I have never had a passenger, ever (0%)
18 (19.8%)
Very rarely do I have a passenger ( < 5% of the time)
43 (47.3%)
Occasionally a passenger (5-15%)
18 (19.8%)
Sometimes a passenger (15-25%)
4 (4.4%)
Often a passenger (25-50%)
2 (2.2%)
Frequently a passenger (> 50%)
6 (6.6%)

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Offline tomp

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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #40 on: February 20, 2015, 01:59:29 PM »
The last time I had a pillion, it was a lady my friend's wife invited on a ride with us.  I was on a Heritage, and we rode over 300 miles with one brief stop.  I had to peel her off the back and hold her up as her legs had stopped working.  I said "never again", and haven't had anyone but my son on the back, a few times. 

Most important to me is not being responsible for another's safety and well being, when I cannot control how they react to turns, breaking, accelerating, etc,  while on the back of my motorcycle... My ex was a good passenger, except for the bitching about weather conditions....
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #41 on: February 20, 2015, 02:58:34 PM »
Quote from: tomp on February 20, 2015, 01:59:29 PM
, except for the bitching about weather conditions....
....and helmet hair and needing to pee and you're going to fast and .....
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #42 on: February 20, 2015, 03:12:44 PM »
Quote from: gPink on February 20, 2015, 02:58:34 PM
....and helmet hair and needing to pee and you're going to fast and .....
  What, has she ridden with you too?????  Her new husband rides a Harley, and she hasn't ridden with him since 2007.  Hee, hee, hee.  He thought he was getting something special.  He should have asked me before taking her away....   
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #43 on: February 20, 2015, 03:47:33 PM »
Some things are universal.
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #44 on: February 20, 2015, 04:06:27 PM »
Frequently  ride with my Parrot
His name is Oki  and love the bikes
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #45 on: February 20, 2015, 04:26:16 PM »
Quote from: JhVenezuela on February 20, 2015, 04:06:27 PM
Frequently  ride with my Parrot
His name is Oki  and love the bikes
 ;D ;D ;D
And unlike my ex, your bird only repeats what you have taught it to say.  Shame we can't do the same with the women in our lives.. Looks like a great passenger, for sure. .  tp
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #46 on: February 20, 2015, 08:48:36 PM »
Ah, so that's what your Parrot looks like.  ;D
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #47 on: February 20, 2015, 08:56:32 PM »
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #48 on: March 02, 2015, 01:49:51 AM »
Ride 95% two up. My wife loves being on the back. We are on a 3 week trip around the Sth Island of New Zealand now. Have also shipped our bike over to the USA and gone from San Fran- Chicargo  - San Fran in 6 weeks 2 up, and loved every minute of it.  Very lucky to have such a keen riding partner.
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #49 on: March 02, 2015, 07:23:49 AM »
Quote from: XR6 on March 02, 2015, 01:49:51 AM
Ride 95% two up. My wife loves being on the back. We are on a 3 week trip around the Sth Island of New Zealand now. Have also shipped our bike over to the USA and gone from San Fran- Chicargo  - San Fran in 6 weeks 2 up, and loved every minute of it.  Very lucky to have such a keen riding partner.

Wow! Now that sounds like a vacation! Would love to do the reverse, from US to NZ. But my wife would never go for it.
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Re: Riding solo
« Reply #50 on: March 09, 2015, 08:38:06 PM »
Quote from: VirginiaJim on February 19, 2015, 02:11:08 PM
Well, I have dabbled with taking my grandson with me on short trips but he has a tendency to fall asleep (he's 10).  I'm scared he might fall off...

I started the Grand Kids (all 5 of them) on 4 wheelers and then small dirt bikes. They are more than ready to ride with me by the time they are 12 or so. Moms aren't to agreeable before that age even though I started my daughters riding with me they were only 6 or maybe less but in front of me on my GL1000. Not to afraid of them falling off that way. Suppose I can't do that these days.
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