Intrducing your Pillion

[Cartman]

I have two pillions who both are part of the reason for the GTR, the War Office wanted GSA comfort , or better, but with more "whoosh" and the boy wanted "fast and comfy". WO is warming to biking since the GTR arrived, even been to Normandy on it, and the boy loves it!

[The Oil Baron]

This is Ruth (the Baronness) and she is fitted with and automatic speed limiting device. Oddly enough when she's on pillion my kidneys have been known to spontaneously start to bleed under hard acceleration..... ::)

[Rusty]

Cartman ....Never heard a reference to "The WO" !!  Like it  ;D  ;D  ;D

[Cartman]

Cartman ....Never heard a reference to "The WO" !!  Like it  ;D  ;D  ;D

Ah yes

One cannot proceed without permission of the War Office, my youthful collegues on my course describe her as Dragon Ops, but she isn't as keen on that one :P

[Boomer]

DO sounds good to me. In my case it would be Dragon Overlord!
When driving around the UK I often point to a pub and say
"Look honey, there's our pub"



rapidly followed by a thump. ;-)

[Ziderman]

Sat up at stupid hour having hurt my self at work , just looking through some old posts. This one from last summer I had forgotten. Noy the pillion though...have kept this one. Off to Portugal on bike with her this spring.
Dont think she likes the look of the back of the Mt o3 though. Taking the GTR any how..

[O.C.]

Hadn't seen this post... what a good idea

My original pillion was responsible for getting me back into bikes in the early 90s after a lengthy lay off..we went on to become husband and wife...she went on to morphing into a bike and ended up with another unlucky sod...I'm not bitter...in fact I'm pleasantly relieved...it cost me a bloody fortune though.

Moving on I now have a superb pillion, and she's called Gillian  (see what I did there) 

Seen here at the Bridge January 2010 ..brrrrr... she's a star 

[kwarrgtr]

Yeah - this is a good post, like it. When I got back into biking my (then) wife hated the bike, but she hated me more actually. I guess I should be grateful, cos while that Deuville was extremely dull.... I thank it as it brought matters to a head... no, conclusion I mean

Anyway, my partner has been on about three/four times for short bimbles (BUT shes not too keen when I filter) - she did 'threaten' to come touring this year, which was my excuse/reason for getting the gtr, you know pillion comfort and all that. I now read, that maybe its not as comfy for her as I thought - but I woulda got it anyway, one test ride and I was convinced. So, if she comes to euroland this year (or the gtr meet) great, if not - more room for my crap 
ps sorry no photos (bike related), but shes Brenda

[Ziderman]

You either love them or hate them ..Pillions that is. My last wife was superb on the bike , had some fantastic tours together. One of the times we did get on...!
I had another Woman in Plymouth who was loads of fun , but not into Bikes. This one   I got now is ideal. So I am lucky guy there.
I remember going up the road with my Auto com plugged in , with no one to talk to...how sad is that. ...but now , I have...

[viper]

My Wingman ( Wife ) is an invaluable asset . Been my wingman for 30 years now and reads me like a book, she is an excellent car driver and when on the bike is an invaluable extra set of eyes, a few times she has seen something in the blind spot and alerted me to it. Always on duty when on the back , TBH I hardly ever ride without her, she naggs me to go out on a sunday.

Our first meeting when i was 17 was through the bike, she was already married and in a terrible situation, I told her to wait on the corner of her road, i got my superdream 250  and spare helmet out and did a " Ride by" and resued her chucking her on the back and riding off into the sunset, she never went back and later got divorsed, the love of the bike is the only thing we really have in common.
You only realise how good your wingman is when you take someone out who is crap, took her sister out on the back who is a lot lighter and it was like having a dead elephant on the back.

My wife is really responsible for me getting the GTR, i had ridden it and the FJR and liked both, thought the FJR had a better feel about it, i prefered the styling , the ride . Wingman hated the FJR purely from a visability point of view , couldnt really see over my shoulder like she could with the zed and gtr, so i went for the GTR and jolly glad I did now.

[zedmeister]

Angie is my pillion she is awesome loves the bike the best pillion i have ever rode with she does it all brilliantly, we have been together now for 4 years, in that time we have covered in excess of 50,000 miles on 3 GTR's, she has the best rib shot in the world if i get too giddy with the right hand, funnily enough if i go out on the bike alone it does'nt feel the same not just a weight thing either ( although she only weighs 8 stone wet through and 5' 1" tall ) and she rides herself too, a ducati monster 796 and she knows how to handle it too.

[viper]

this is a good thread and well done for starting it,one of the few topics that me and my wingman have read together. Some really nice storys emerging and all because of the ladies in our lifes

[stoketim]

hi this is my partner Claire ,46yrs we have been to together 7 years and have a few miles up are belts, Claire had a honda bros before we meet but had given up riding several years before and had not got back in to biking until i surprised her by passing my direct access then we when out and boughta susie SV650 for her and a Z750S for me, after a  couple of years decided we wanted to do more touring together so she sold the SV and i bought the GTR 

[BigAlan]

Her indoors hates bikes with a vengeance, especially when she had to look after me for five months after a big crash and subsequent repaired hip, shame really because the GTR is awesome and I am no longer a nutter, cool calm and relaxed me.

So if any of you have any daughters who would like to hop on the back point them my way   

Alan

[Ziderman]

this is a good thread and well done for starting it,one of the few topics that me and my wingman have read together. Some really nice story's emerging and all because of the ladies in our lifes

Was way back last summer when started. Guess we all look at recent stuff & forget rest. Some smashing looking ladies being posted...beats photos of tyres for sure...lol

Going to see if I got any more...might even be one of me & x somewhere....yikes...!