Geez, this thread gained a good 8 pages since I last read anything on here.
I wish I was half as cool as they are... Speaking of which you were one of those who said your extra helmet doesn`t fit. So if I get my own, does that mean you`ll take me?
Not until I get my biked tuned up.
I have never, nor will never, carry a passenger, on my bike !!!!
I feel bad for you man, you're missing out.
I've been carrying passengers as soon as I've gotten my license back when I was teenager. I've probably carried up to over 15 different passengers at this point (I don't know, I lost count after 10), from my kid brother and sister, to my male and female friends, and to my ex-girlfriends. Heck, I even took my old man as a passenger at one point and he has his own bike.
I understand most people on here want to be super safe when it comes to liability issues and what not, but are you really that un-confident with your abilities? Carrying a passenger isn't rocket science.
Don't know if you do any traveling.
I've been to South East Asia, and in Thailand/Laos/Vietnam, they 3up/4up/family-up there. You'll see a woman sitting as a passenger carrying a baby, no one really wears gear or a helmet there. You'll see things there that you would never see here, like loading up their bikes with all sorts of equipment (propane tanks et,cetra). I seen 3 kids looking around the age of 10 all rolling on 1 bike.
You'll probably see the same in South America where laws are lax.
Anyways, my point is; what you see as a liability and are afraid of doing, people in other parts of the world are doing as an everyday normal routine. But whatever, "You do you", man.
Sounds like someone likes attention. Just hope, one of these sorry saps, that actually, takes you on these rides, at their expensive, does not bail.. You know there is an old saying, You want a ride, on my bike. Your going to pay, with gas, grass, or *** !!! hope these jokers, are least getting one of those three, mentioned items of you ! LOL Backpacks, just say no !! ha ha
LOLOL, I like how ZX600 had to use the word easy twice in one sentence, just to show how tense this feliixx dude sounds.
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