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Footing a fellow Rider

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Hi,

I don't know if pushing a fellow rider would have been more appropriate to use. Anyways I was curious to know if this happens in Canada? Given we have CAA and all these other toeing companies that would help a stranded car or a bike anywhere. Back home we don't really have toeing companies and this is the method we use to push bikes and cars stranded on the road( out of gas in most cases). It would be interesting to know other tactics people employed in similar circumstances.



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Would have been great yesterday when I stupidly ran out of gas at one of the few Scarborough intersections where no gas stations are nearby. :p

That said, I'd be hesitant to push or be pushed by another bike in the manner shown above -- the potential to cause a single or double-vehicle accident just seems too high. Balancing the bikes together and turning etc at the same radius might be difficult for many riders.


(edit: Hmm... I suppose though, if one of the riders had tow cables/straps of some sort handy, it might be possible to tow another rider somehow. Not sure where one would secure the cables -- forks on the rear bike perhaps, swingarm or frame on the front? But I recall seeing something like that for dirtbikes before...)
 
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I'm going to assume that would be considered stunting here. Anything out of the ordinary is stunting.
 
TekNinja81 said:
(edit: Hmm... I suppose though, if one of the riders had tow cables/straps of some sort handy, it might be possible to tow another rider somehow. Not sure where one would secure the cables -- forks on the rear bike perhaps, swingarm or frame on the front? But I recall seeing something like that for dirtbikes before...)
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definitely wouldn't want to try that though.....

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I think it's a lot harder with sports bikes and cruisers as opposed to scooters. In other countries, it's mostly scooters and they ride it on a daily basis.
 
TekNinja81 said:
Hmm... I suppose though, if one of the riders had tow cables/straps of some sort handy, it might be possible to tow another rider somehow. Not sure where one would secure the cables -- forks on the rear bike perhaps, swingarm or frame on the front?
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Footpeg to footpeg works well (at least for dirt bikes). I scanned an article from a magazine a few years ago that talks about proper procedure for towing (again dirtbikes) if you're interested:

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TekNinja81 said:
(edit: Hmm... I suppose though, if one of the riders had tow cables/straps of some sort handy, it might be possible to tow another rider somehow. Not sure where one would secure the cables -- forks on the rear bike perhaps, swingarm or frame on the front? But I recall seeing something like that for dirtbikes before...)
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Many decades ago I towed a friends Triumph behind my cage with a rope tied around his bars. No problem but illegal now I'm sure.
When doing this on boats the towed boat should use a slippery hitch in case the towing boat gets them going in the wrong direction. Not a bad idea for any tow.

Funniest tow I ever saw was a junker Firenza stalled at a light. The guys buddy showed up with a big Pontiac and a rope. They tied the rope to the Pontiac bumper hitch and then tied the other end of the rope aound the sheet metal and radiator of the Firenza. When the light turned green the guy in the Pontiac floored it but there was about 30 feet of slack in the rope. With a loud GRONK, the front of the Firenza instantly took the shape of a 1954 Studebaker.
 
OP, back home I would see any of the following, option A being the most common:

A)
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B)
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Forget what GP race it was this season but on the cool down lap one rider was hanging onto someone elses bike to get a tow back to the pits, because they cut it that close on fuel. Kinda funny.
 
Got a friend who was cautioned for doing this in the UK (towing a bike), not sure what it would be here apart from maybe a bit silly.
 
Dinh250R said:
I think it's a lot harder with sports bikes and cruisers as opposed to scooters. In other countries, it's mostly scooters and they ride it on a daily basis.
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+1 . Look at the pics carefully. That's a moped or a 125 CC max. I doubt you can do that with a 3500CC triumph rocket III.
 
sid_for_speed said:
+1 . Look at the pics carefully. That's a moped or a 125 CC max. I doubt you can do that with a 3500CC triumph rocket III.
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Yeah. Would be quite an extra load/added strain on the motor of the towing bike, I'd imagine. You'd figure a bike + rider being towed has to be at least an additional 600lbs of weight (more with a large displacement V-twin). The strain and potential to cause engine damage would depend on engine size too, I guess.
 
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