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Originally Posted by Validioxus
Hi everyone
I read the forum here at work quite a bit (boring summer job, smh) and really enjoy all the different opinions and insight I read; im usually not much of a poster but something happened yesterday which I wasn't expecting at all. And I was wondering if this happened to anyone else.
So two days ago I carried a passenger for the first time. I told her all the generic info: dont bounce around, lean and look through corners, etc.
We spent a while in a parking lot so she would get used to slow speed maneuvering and help calm her nerves a bit. Long story short, we wound up going up to 40/45mph for a few minutes before calling it quits.
I was being safe and cautious with the added responsibility of a passenger and trying to be as steady and smooth as possible in all aspects of my riding.
So the following day (yesterday), I went riding again for almost two hours and I felt much more relaxed/confident in my abilities. The bike felt much lighter and I felt I was able to take corners a little more quickly; but I did feel my body position/technique/smoothness in general improved as well. It was also the first time wearing earplugs while riding so maybe that contributed to the extra 'relaxed' feeling. Anyways, I was just curious if this had happened to anyone else after riding 2up for the first time because i thought it was pretty neat.
sidenote: I started looking through corners more while driving a car for practice, anyone else ever done this? haha
Cheers
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I want to start taking my wife on the bike but I want to make sure that I am completely confident in my own abilities before I start adding more risk and responsibility. The only thing we did so far is drive around in a big circle in my parking lot race track and it was pretty fun. I was really expecting the bike to bog and struggle but it did pretty well, much better than I expected.