pillion in a million

[rick54]

Last week, beautiful sunny weekday, my wife says lets go for a ride...she has been on the back of the the TRX a few times, but only for short 30 min rides. We ride from our home in Copacabana ( near Gosford NSW ) out to Wollumbi ( the home of the famous Dr Jurds Jungle Juice )...about a 90 min ride, some through town but mostly nice winding countryside. We enjoy a couple of beers and lunch at the Wollumbi pub and stay abouyt 90 mins. We then get back on the TRX and have a great ride home. I put a sheepskin on the pillion seat to try and maximise my wife`s comfort. Her comments are when we get home are " I must really love you because that is the most f..... uncomfortable pillion seat I have ever been on and my bum is f.....hurtin big time". Just wondering how other members partners have coped with longer pillion rides. My wife is only 50 kg and 5 feet 5 inches tall, she loves going pillion but I think that may have been her last on the rex.

[Mincehead]

90 minutes? PAH, that`s nowt, try almost 400 miles with only fuel stops lasting 10 mins max, so normally well over 5 HRS?
My other half does it annually from Edinburgh to Stratford-Upon-Avon, she nearly always cries, I get shouted at, my head gets battered but within half an hour of our arrival it`s all forgotten about until it`s time to do the return journey.
I have a good quality gel pad that get`s fitted but she`s 5` 6" and around 140lbs according to which scales she uses.
Serves her right for wanting to come with me, she could stay at home while I party like a MF!

[Rod.s]

90 minutes? PAH, that`s nowt, try almost 400 miles with only fuel stops lasting 10 mins max, so normally well over 5 HRS?
My other half does it annually from Edinburgh to Stratford-Upon-Avon, she nearly always cries, I get shouted at, my head gets battered but within half an hour of our arrival it`s all forgotten about until it`s time to do the return journey.
I have a good quality gel pad that get`s fitted but she`s 5` 6" and around 140lbs according to which scales she uses.
Serves her right for wanting to come with me, she could stay at home while I party like a MF!

What a load of BS, what you got trapped on a round-about for 5 Hrs? Mate you Poms tell the biggest stories, 5 Hrs in any direction in the UK and you're swimming for the last Hr April the 1st was weeks ago, 400 miles, don't make me laught

[Mincehead]

Ahem, ok, ok, so we have a tiny nation in relation to your `mostly` desert rock. But YES it`s true, sometimes I`ll drive for 12 hours or more with a couple of piss and fuel / food breaks when on my tours visiting friends and family.
It is a fact though, that in the UK nowhere is further than around 70 miles from the sea in at least one direction.
Many of our roads don`t allow high speeds due to traffic and conditions, it eats into journey times.

[Rod.s]

Ahem, ok, ok, so we have a tiny nation in relation to your `mostly` desert rock. But YES it`s true, sometimes I`ll drive for 12 hours or more with a couple of piss and fuel / food breaks when on my tours visiting friends and family.
It is a fact though, that in the UK nowhere is further than around 70 miles from the sea in at least one direction.
Many of our roads don`t allow high speeds due to traffic and conditions, it eats into journey times.

Arh the truth comes out, you were stuck in a traffic jam for 4 1/2 Hrs And as for our desert rock, we like to call it home or God's country

Happy trails
Rod

[Jak]

Having driven in both countries ... the traffic in the UK is unbelievable compared to Oz, it takes soooo much longer to get anywhere here! I was driving on the Sunshine Coast once and was amazed at how my Oz mates thought the ten car wait for a junction was "awful traffic"

Mini-me used to fit OK on the TRX when she was about 6 ... anyone over 4'6" is gonna find it uncomfortable. Personally I hate going pillion anyway (and hate having a pillion when I'm riding) ... if your other half complains, tell her to get her own bike

[Kayla]

Stuff going pillion! The last time I rode pillion was because I had to, a week before we went to collect my TRX It was horrible, I hate the feeling of not being in control. I won't carry pillions either- why make the back of your bike 60kg heavier?

[Mincehead]

I quite like it actually, especially on my Skorpion, gives plenty of plastic rocket riders a fright if it`s a good bit of twisty stuff.
Plus Dawn`s really a natural and rarely complains no matter how much I`m pushing on. It`s the TRX that upsets her.

[gregs656]

The riders seat is uncomfortable enough, sod the pillion seat for a laugh.

[Mincehead]

Now again, I disagree, I find the riders seat quite comfy, must be all the old British and Italian stuff I`ve had over the years spoiling me. Either that or 40 years plus on bike seats have hardened me ass!
I cycle too so maybe that toughens it up?

[slow codger]

Had my seats recovered, but I dont find the seat too uncomfortable. Had worse and survived! I dont have and so don't carry pillions.

Dave E

[NWS870R]

Spend a few years on super moto's & converted enduro bikes - makes a TRX feel like an armchair!

[gregs656]

I might just have a bony arse I suppose but it only takes maybe a half hour to an hour before the pain kicks in. I tend to wear cycling shorts on long trips now!

I've thought for ages that cutting off the section that tapers in would probably help.

[rbaron25]

MF ??? = Merry Fairy ???
Everyone knows you have a tanned leather hide toughened to the durability of a boot strap chewed by an Inuit that knows how to chew leather.

[B-art]

@Rick54

I have a BMW GS for that problem.