just curious
 

its the off season, (for most of you haha) heres a question-

Whats the fastest you've been with a passenger? It could also be rephrased as how close to the limit of your ability do you ride when you got some1 on the back?

im sure some chicks (or dudes, i guess :idk: i dont judge lol) like speed "go faster, go faster!" and some like to be whipped thru the canyons....do you give em what they want?

I usually don't haul ass when I'm hauling ass. Many (most?) passengers do not know how to ride and it is too easy to have someone upset the bike at just the wrong moment to risk pushing too far. Light, quick sport bikes do not appreciate inappropriate movement. Having said that my SO (Little Taz) is awesome on the back seat. I will admit to occasionally pushing to maybe 7/10's with her back there because she is so good I can hardly tell she is on there. But it is really hard on her physically, especially when braking. I wish she had a pair of bars to hang on to. So far, in my 40 years of riding she is the one exception to my rule. She knows how to dance in the canyons.
I suppose if I had a heavier, less twitchy bike it would be easier to roll 2Up, but a 600 Sport is not it.

I've had the wife up to 150 or so....

150 on my old YZF-600R. It was topped out and wouldn't go faster, but with just me, it'd only go about 10 mph faster anyway. All indicated speed, I'm sure it wasn't actual.

I've never ridden with a passenger. :idk:

Ridden with a passenger a few times.

Closest was with a girl while I was buzzed with about a month of riding in. Dumb I know but I did it. Anyways, she just caught my buddy tagging another girl and came to me pissed off. She use ot have a BF who rode and rode on the back so she knew how to be a proper bitch. I ended up hauling some ass on the bike which was easy now to me but probably to my limit then. She has her own bike now. A street fighter at that. And neither of us have a death wish (Or as big of one) anymore.

I've ridden in a 350z to 160mph as a passenger.

One buddy of mine who was outright squid and crazier to hell (Infact here is a video of him)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_vMhyaZwU0
I remember looking at his myspace page and seeing a girl write "It was fun riding the motorcycle. But next time we need to go faster". I saw him ride with a girl before (Infact the one I gave a ride to) and he rode like that with her on it (She was into stunting and stuff). So whoever that chick was had to be crazier than fuck.

About 110 or so...

i think the average pass. doesnt know the dif between 100 and 130+

one chick told me we had to go fast cuz she had been 180 in a honda...cvic-i was like did u even look at the fuckin speedo?
"no, he told me thats how fast we were going"

i just walked away lol

i recently hovered around 100-105 with a new chick to see the reaction-she thought we're doing like 150, she was almost sad when i told her the truth :lol:

speeding is just a weight disadvantage, but dipping in the corners hard just throws it all off with a unknowledgable passenger, makes it way unsafer like earlier mentioned. personally im usually just a cruiser with a passenger- stuff that doesnt excite a normal rider excites a new passenger plenty

I've never had a passenger but been one a lot. I've been in the 150's with Jeep in control. We can maintain a good steady pace through the twistys(don't really know mph). I would never attempt this with any other rider and we are always fully geared.

me neither, + i'm super ticklelish so i doubt i ever will.

From what i know i've been a passenger at about 140