Adventure Motorcycle Passenger Secrets - PILLION TIPS

Bret Tkacs offers some great advice for riding with a passenger.

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[mindaukas]

I would love to see more tutorials on rough terrains with passenger! Posture, weight balance, hand position of pillion, sand and gravel etc., etc..
Thanks for great content!

[ZirgerAcademy]

Nice play... i love how the dialog set me up to expect Christina to be the passenger. Love it... well done.

[jdman]

Yes! More passenger videos like this please! Always look forward to your videos.

[mikemills]

Cool, never thought of having the passenger mount first that way.

[ddickerjr]

Bret, had I heeded this video every time, I could have avoided a broken mirror, a heated discussion and a tired, cranky pillion. I'm glad to have watched it and knew this would be an effective solution. It is our standard loading procedure now.

[ACatherine]

Passenger first mount is the way I used to roll. I'm glad it's being suggested as the best way to go; And I'd recommend the same thinking for street only rides as well.

[AmishDoinks]

Awesome. My dad finally got himself a bike yesterday after many many years of wanting to get back into it, an earlier model Triupmh Tiger 955i, we went for a ride yesterday it being my first time pillion but I have done a small amount of riding as well. My dad is much much smaller than me, hes about a foot shorter and 60kg lighter so it was a new experience for him as well and my god was it just the best experience I've had in a long while! I'm so happy for my dad and excited for our adventures to come :)

[ExploratoryBehaviour]

I couldn't have agreed more... My pillion experience has helped me so much to be a better, sharper and a more considerate rider...
I wish this video was longer though... Got me interested!!!

[jaimeerrasti]

Great tips! For the last three years, since I started riding with my GF, she always climbed up the wrong way, as you describe, and a KTM 1190R with bags is a high mountain to climb up. We didnt know ant better than that. THANK YOU !!!

[audikool]

My girlfriend used to fall asleep until we started tackling the dirt roads. Now she loves the alt route instead of the boring highways. Gonna try that tip about sitting the pillion down first

[nicolassolberg]

Excellent tips. Passengers on the road requires some teamwork, but on trails even more so.

[alexbristol]

Hi Bret, excellent videos - thank you for doing these for us. I always strongly recommend to friends that ride motorcycles with a passenger to have an intercom in rider and passenger helmets, not only better safety by warning each other of pending events like "I need to accelerate quickly" but also makes motorcycling far more enjoyable to the passenger and builds better team work. A point that seems to be missing from this video.

[tudajfor]

Best how-to video for passengers on the internet!

[RW-yghc]

Ha! Bret, Terri and I are super stoked about this topic! I think we were the inspiration from this weekend. You gave us some great direction and after Terri (bad knee) got herself mounted on the GS, I tried to mount up in the rider position and I needed some work on my balance. We worked on it on Sunday and it went a little pear-shaped, but we're working on it. We really appreciate you spending time with us this weekend on it; it was the highlight of the show for us.

[BuluBiker]

This is a real important topic, I was always looking for such a topic for how the pillion can get over an adventure bike with all the luggage attached... Thank you so much for covering this topic.
Also plz see if it is possible to make a video on adventure bikes and short rider...

[BenalRida]

Wow, I never thought this to be a possibility. Thanks so much. When I get a big bike I will try as you showed.

[jamestucci]

Thanks great video. I’ll show my wife. We’ll practice soon. Today was my first day riding in the rain. Home safely. Thanks to videos you and other riders produce.
Thanks KLR James

[SheenHunter-SeattleFreeze]

Is it weird this video is SO ROMANTIC to me?

[onemilemore]

What a great, new spin on ADV riding! Not much out there for tips on riding off road two-up. I'm sure it's quite the challenge but like you said, I'm sure it can be quite rewarding. Now this is a way of bonding with ones special someone I'd like to try. However, I can also see it leading to a fair amount of screaming... Guess I've found another quality way of screening for the right woman!

[blaze-JS]

Great tip on the mounting - unexperienced will even understand the center of the bike better that way and might have less fear that the bike will drop down with them.