I DID SOMETHING I'D NEVER DONE BEFORE....

Blondie919

I have my motorbike over five and a half years now and it's only recently that I rode pillion on my own bike. I have to admit it felt weird to be sitting on the back but I also got a real buzz from it too. The guy driving it is handy enough on a bike. I just thought it odd that I'd never even done it before let alone think about it. So, this may be a silly question but have any of ye ridden pillion on yer own bikes and did ye like it?

Pipz

I did. My dad had to drop off a car, so I followed him on the bike and he drove it home since I'm not allowed, or comfortable enough to take pillions. I hated it though. I've been on the back of more bikes than I can even remember, and my dad has been driving bikes forever, so it had nothing to do with that. It was the actual bike. Pillion seat is too high and it's also tiny. Nothing to hold onto at the back. Footpegs not in the best position, and the fact that it's only a 125, it wasnt built for two people, so the power was seriously lacking. Also factoring in that the bike was lowered, the belly was scraping over ramps too. Overall a terrible experience that I never wish to repeat. lol

daenerysstormborn3

Have done it once on my CB and it felt weird. The seat felt really low and I just couldn't get into that right position on the seat. The bike also felt tiny, I felt I could've driven the bike myself from the pillion seat. I'm used to riding pillion on sportsbikes (although haven't done that in ages) so that probably had something to do with it too.

AgileMyth

Not on my current bike but did it a few times on the moped I had in my teens. Always with my dad riding and usually out to collect his car/bike after a night on the piss somewhere! I'd have been on a provisional at the time and therefore not insured to carry a pillion.

Never been pillion with anyone other than Dad and never would be able to trust someone enough! Particularly with my bike!

Del2005

Never been pillion on my own bike. But many years ago my brother, who was couriering at the time, gave me a lift to work. Took about 10 minutes to get from Ballinteer to the city centre.

When I got off I was shaking and pure white and vowed never to go pillion again, it's too risky as I don't know how to ride as a pillion.

Richard tea

Never pillion on my own bike and dont plan to be:P Years ago my bro had a 80cc Suzuki and he took me for a spin out the M50. I thought nothing of it at the time ( I was in my late teens ) but Christ we both just had a helmet for protection:eek:

Alkers

Been on the back of my SV a couple of times, pretty decent pillion set-up imo, decent grab rail and a large enough seat. Have been on an ER6 brifely and a gsxr 600 a good few times, that's pretty poor, you can only fit one hand under the strap and it's between your knees.

cantdecide

I'm a very comfortable passenger, luckily. Been pillion on my own bike a couple of times alright.

On a related note, I had my uncle ride pillion with me at the weekend. I was so chuffed he asked me because he always says he's a nervous passenger. He told me afterwards that he reckons it was the late eighties or early nineties when he last rode pillion. I was actually pretty touched that he trusted me that much.

bladespin

Never been comfortable as a pillion, might have a few trust issues, TBH I reckon you're either built to be on the back or on the front.

varadamo

well i was a pillion on my own bike before i owned it !
seller met me near home and dropped me home to do paperwork - back of a blackbird and i didnt know the rider - didnt like that at all .
Seems to me that most riders dont like to be on the back of any bike -especially your own

Del2005

varadamo wrote: »

Seems to me that most riders dont like to be on the back of any bike -especially your own

The way I see it is that motorcycling is dangerous enough, no point in putting my life in someone else's hands. That and the fact I'm not built for sitting on pillion seats, too much weight in the wrong place on a bike and me:D

bradknowell

Yeah I've been pillion on my bike loads of times. Was weird at first but then i thought, meh its better than walking.

inchiuvatu

ive been pillion a few times on others bikes and once on my own bike, it didn't bother me much (except for i found how hard the olhins shock is as a passenger!)

but the people driving the bikes in question were all much more experienced so i had more confidence in there ability on the bike than my own, i reckon i would be a bad passenger if i didn't have that confidence in them.

Wonda-Boy

There are very very few people I would get on the back of a bike with TBH, would really have to know them. Not too fond of giving pillions either unless the passenger is a rider also makes it alot more easy.

Please Kill Me

I was on the back of my own bike (ZX9) one day when Derek from Dogs Box Motorbikes was riding it, we were going up to his shop. I have to say, never again!! I didn't like it at all. I had a lot more respect for my missus from then on as she spends a lot of time on the back of my bike when she's not on her own. Like the previous poster said, it's better to have a pillion who rides but it's not for me.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Its been twenty odd years since I was a pillion on a bike, and tbh I don't think I could do it now.

I've no pillion seat or foot rests so I don't have to worry about carrying anyone

Tigger

i've been pillion twice
hate it cant believe people do it

the mrs has a bike but sometimes she goes on the back of mine
i don't mind taking her but find it hard to believe someone would choose
if i broke down i'd rather walk then get on the back