re need advice for riding with someone on pillion i ve never ridden pillion very much but recently had an excellent experience passengering with dave edmondson at pilot while in london i found that it upset the bike much less if i rode with the pilot that is if i looked over his shoulder and anticipated when i should hold on hard for braking or acceleration i tried to always look over the inside shoulder on corners and move as little as possible leaving dave to manage me and the bike as he normally would the bike and luggage hard acceleration can be quite unnerving as the feeling of being spit off the back is hard to fight similarly i held on to the grab handles tightly when dave needed to brake so as not to mash him to a pulp i m a lot bigger than he is reaching around him and pushing off the tank seemed like it would be very awkward and make it even harder for him to manage on the rare occasions when i carry a passenger myself i absolutely refuse to carry anyone who is not properly accoutered for riding that s helmet jacket gloves stout pants and shoes boots as a minimum it s not my responsibility to provide this gear but it s my responsibility to require it if they want to ride and i agree with an earlier poster if you ve not had much experience carrying a particular passenger and especially if you ve not carried many passengers before take a few gentler rides of some duration before you head off to a difficult road like mines mt hamilton that s a nasty place to find yourself in trouble godfrey digiorgi ramarren apple com dod ama rule never sell a ducati the street finds its own rule always obey rule uses for things wg ducati cinelli toyota krups nikon sony apple telebit
