> :-P

> :-P

> :-P

> :-P

> > Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

> > :-P

> I have no issues with pillions carrying beer.

>> :-P

>Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>experienced and co-operative.

>It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.

>>Peter wrote:
>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>> :-P

>>Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>>allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>>However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>>experienced and co-operative.

>>It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.

> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.

> It depends on the bike and the pillion. The two best pillions I've had
> on my bike were Kerry and Cat (RIP). And they were vastly different in
> body build. I reckon a lot more comes into being able to just go with
> the bike and not fight it. I've been on a VF1000R loaded up so much
> with weight in the gearsack and saddlebags and Kerry on the back that
> getting out of our hilly street in Chatswood, the front wheel of the
> bike was difficult to keep on the ground under medium throttle. Yet
> she was pretty much no effect on my riding as I guess she knew somehow
> what I was about to do. I could suddenly cane the Blackbird and she'd
> just sit there without having to grab onto me. Fucked if I know how.
> Strong thighs or something?

> Cat I didn't even notice on the back of the budgie. Being a slip of a
> girl and happily comfortable, you really didn't notice she was there.

> On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
> to ride small bikes?
> <waves to Cam>.

> news:vukue5dhe6683lgft1tip113ck33es4as5@4ax.com...

> > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:58:09 +1100, CrazyCam
> > <Crazy...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> >>Peter wrote:
> >>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

> >>> :-P

> >>Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
> >>allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

> >>However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
> >>experienced and co-operative.

> >>It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.

> > Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.

> > It depends on the bike and the pillion. The two best pillions I've had
> > on my bike were Kerry and Cat (RIP). And they were vastly different in
> > body build. I reckon a lot more comes into being able to just go with
> > the bike and not fight it. I've been on a VF1000R loaded up so much
> > with weight in the gearsack and saddlebags and Kerry on the back that
> > getting out of our hilly street in Chatswood, the front wheel of the
> > bike was difficult to keep on the ground under medium throttle. Yet
> > she was pretty much no effect on my riding as I guess she knew somehow
> > what I was about to do. I could suddenly cane the Blackbird and she'd
> > just sit there without having to grab onto me. Fucked if I know how.
> > Strong thighs or something?

> > Cat I didn't even notice on the back of the budgie. Being a slip of a
> > girl and happily comfortable, you really didn't notice she was there.

> > On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
> > to ride small bikes?
> > <waves to Cam>.

> Proving that size does matter.

> John Dwyer.

>> Peter wrote:
>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>> :-P
>> Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>> allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>> However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>> experienced and co-operative.

>> It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.

> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.

> OTOH, I once gave a lift to a proper "bikie", a seven foot tall, built
> like the proverbial brick dunnie, Hell's Angel.

> His H-D was stopped on the freeway due to lack of petrol, and I took him
> off the Freeway, he bought petrol and I took him back to his bike.

> Now, this was with the Suzi 750 cruiser, and, at the time,

>>> Peter wrote:
>>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>>> :-P
>>> Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>>> allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>>> However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>>> experienced and co-operative.

>>> It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.

>> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.

> Hi Kevin.

> Is there, perhaps, some punctuation missing, or is it, as the Thespians
> would say, all in the reading?

>> It depends on the bike and the pillion.

> Yeah.

> Am I right in thinking we are in general agreement?

>> On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
>> to ride small bikes? <waves to Cam>.

> Angie and I did a Pink Ribbon Ride on the pink RZ250 once.

> Apart from desperate slipping of clutch to get going, and then care being
> taken not to wheelie the thing, it wasn't too hard.

> OTOH, I once gave a lift to a proper "bikie", a seven foot tall, built
> like the proverbial brick dunnie, Hell's Angel.

> His H-D was stopped on the freeway due to lack of petrol, and I took him
> off the Freeway, he bought petrol and I took him back to his bike.

> Now, this was with the Suzi 750 cruiser, and, at the time, my left leg
> wasn't working too well, so I'd normally stop with my right foot down to
> hold the bike...leaning slightly right.

> Anyhow, off I go with this enormous bloke on the back.  No problems up
> until we get to the first red traffic light.

> I'm trying to get the bike to lean slightly right, so I can get my foot
> down, and the big bloke is trying to get it to stay upright, or perhaps
> lean slightly left..... :-O

> After a few moments of panic the guy on the back just put both of his feet
> down, and held the bike vertical!  :-)

> regards,
> CrazyCam

>>>> Peter wrote:
>>>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>>>> :-P
>>>> Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>>>> allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>>>> However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>>>> experienced and co-operative.

>>>> It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.
>>> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.
>> Hi Kevin.

>> Is there, perhaps, some punctuation missing, or is it, as the Thespians
>> would say, all in the reading?

>>> It depends on the bike and the pillion.
>> Yeah.

>> Am I right in thinking we are in general agreement?

>>> On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
>>> to ride small bikes? <waves to Cam>.
>> Angie and I did a Pink Ribbon Ride on the pink RZ250 once.

>> Apart from desperate slipping of clutch to get going, and then care being
>> taken not to wheelie the thing, it wasn't too hard.

>> OTOH, I once gave a lift to a proper "bikie", a seven foot tall, built
>> like the proverbial brick dunnie, Hell's Angel.

>> His H-D was stopped on the freeway due to lack of petrol, and I took him
>> off the Freeway, he bought petrol and I took him back to his bike.

>> Now, this was with the Suzi 750 cruiser, and, at the time, my left leg
>> wasn't working too well, so I'd normally stop with my right foot down to
>> hold the bike...leaning slightly right.

>> Anyhow, off I go with this enormous bloke on the back.  No problems up
>> until we get to the first red traffic light.

>> I'm trying to get the bike to lean slightly right, so I can get my foot
>> down, and the big bloke is trying to get it to stay upright, or perhaps
>> lean slightly left..... :-O

>> After a few moments of panic the guy on the back just put both of his feet
>> down, and held the bike vertical!  :-)

>> regards,
>> CrazyCam

> A truly beautiful story, CC.... That's the kind of pillion I need, I reckon!
> A Tall one who can flat-foot the bike FOR me, tee hee!

> betty

>> A truly beautiful story, CC.... That's the kind of pillion I need, I
>> reckon! A Tall one who can flat-foot the bike FOR me, tee hee!

> It's good to be big. Mostly. Apart from getting things to fit, doorways,
> small vehicles, airline seats, etc...

>>>>> Peter wrote:
>>>>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>>>>> :-P
>>>>> Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>>>>> allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>>>>> However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>>>>> experienced and co-operative.

>>>>> It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.
>>>> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.
>>> Hi Kevin.

>>> Is there, perhaps, some punctuation missing, or is it, as the Thespians
>>> would say, all in the reading?

>>>> It depends on the bike and the pillion.
>>> Yeah.

>>> Am I right in thinking we are in general agreement?

>>>> On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
>>>> to ride small bikes? <waves to Cam>.
>>> Angie and I did a Pink Ribbon Ride on the pink RZ250 once.

>>> Apart from desperate slipping of clutch to get going, and then care
>>> being taken not to wheelie the thing, it wasn't too hard.

>>> OTOH, I once gave a lift to a proper "bikie", a seven foot tall, built
>>> like the proverbial brick dunnie, Hell's Angel.

>>> His H-D was stopped on the freeway due to lack of petrol, and I took him
>>> off the Freeway, he bought petrol and I took him back to his bike.

>>> Now, this was with the Suzi 750 cruiser, and, at the time, my left leg
>>> wasn't working too well, so I'd normally stop with my right foot down to
>>> hold the bike...leaning slightly right.

>>> Anyhow, off I go with this enormous bloke on the back.  No problems up
>>> until we get to the first red traffic light.

>>> I'm trying to get the bike to lean slightly right, so I can get my foot
>>> down, and the big bloke is trying to get it to stay upright, or perhaps
>>> lean slightly left..... :-O

>>> After a few moments of panic the guy on the back just put both of his
>>> feet down, and held the bike vertical!  :-)

>>> regards,
>>> CrazyCam

>> A truly beautiful story, CC.... That's the kind of pillion I need, I
>> reckon! A Tall one who can flat-foot the bike FOR me, tee hee!

>> betty
> I reckon you were a suck of a kid

>  never did bad stuff
> so you're short

>  on the other hand I have a boot print embedded in my nether regions and I
> am quite tall

>>  never did bad stuff
>> so you're short

> Hmmmm. interesting (if weird) theory - are you saying that I'd be taller if
> I'd done bad stuff? Yeah, I was a good kid (too fucken scared to be anything
> else!)

> Hmmm, another interesting theory - does a boot up the arse kick-start Human
> Growth Hormone? I suspect not - I have boot-prints up the arse (and
> glass-prints on the back, hand-prints on the shoulders and the head) - and
> I'm still fucken short.

>>> I reckon you were a suck of a kid

>>>  never did bad stuff
>>> so you're short

>> Hmmmm. interesting (if weird) theory - are you saying that I'd be taller
>> if I'd done bad stuff? Yeah, I was a good kid (too fucken scared to be
>> anything else!)

> I think the parable has perhaps something to do with the tongue-in-cheek
> retort that good kids got all the pats on the head, which kept 'em
> stunted...

>>>  on the other hand I have a boot print embedded in my nether regions and
>>> I am quite tall

>> Hmmm, another interesting theory - does a boot up the arse kick-start
>> Human Growth Hormone? I suspect not - I have boot-prints up the arse (and
>> glass-prints on the back, hand-prints on the shoulders and the head) -
>> and I'm still fucken short.

> and conversely the kicks up the backside provided an upward impetus.

> I musta done my share of good stuff AND bad stuff.

> "Toosmoky" <toosm...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4af13579$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>> bikerbetty wrote:

>>> A truly beautiful story, CC.... That's the kind of pillion I need, I
>>> reckon! A Tall one who can flat-foot the bike FOR me, tee hee!

>> It's good to be big. Mostly. Apart from getting things to fit, doorways,
>> small vehicles, airline seats, etc...

> ...leather jackets, kevlar-lined duds,  ...

> :-(

>Yeah, I was a real fucken suck of a kid. No wonder I'm fucken short.

>Fuck you atec.

>>>>>> Peter wrote:
>>>>>>> Am I allowed to have a pillion that is heavier than me?

>>>>>>> :-P
>>>>>> Subject to the maximum weight limit of the motorcycle, yes, you are
>>>>>> allowed to carry a passenger heavier than the rider.

>>>>>> However, it really isn't much fun, unless both rider and pillion are
>>>>>> experienced and co-operative.

>>>>>> It is much easier carrying a smaller pillion.
>>>>> Dunno I entirely agree with that, sorta.
>>>> Hi Kevin.

>>>> Is there, perhaps, some punctuation missing, or is it, as the Thespians
>>>> would say, all in the reading?

>>>>> It depends on the bike and the pillion.
>>>> Yeah.

>>>> Am I right in thinking we are in general agreement?

>>>>> On a small bike I think it would make more difference, but who wants
>>>>> to ride small bikes? <waves to Cam>.
>>>> Angie and I did a Pink Ribbon Ride on the pink RZ250 once.

>>>> Apart from desperate slipping of clutch to get going, and then care
>>>> being taken not to wheelie the thing, it wasn't too hard.

>>>> OTOH, I once gave a lift to a proper "bikie", a seven foot tall, built
>>>> like the proverbial brick dunnie, Hell's Angel.

>>>> His H-D was stopped on the freeway due to lack of petrol, and I took him
>>>> off the Freeway, he bought petrol and I took him back to his bike.

>>>> Now, this was with the Suzi 750 cruiser, and, at the time, my left leg
>>>> wasn't working too well, so I'd normally stop with my right foot down to
>>>> hold the bike...leaning slightly right.

>>>> Anyhow, off I go with this enormous bloke on the back.  No problems up
>>>> until we get to the first red traffic light.

>>>> I'm trying to get the bike to lean slightly right, so I can get my foot
>>>> down, and the big bloke is trying to get it to stay upright, or perhaps
>>>> lean slightly left..... :-O

>>>> After a few moments of panic the guy on the back just put both of his
>>>> feet down, and held the bike vertical!  :-)

>>>> regards,
>>>> CrazyCam
>>> A truly beautiful story, CC.... That's the kind of pillion I need, I
>>> reckon! A Tall one who can flat-foot the bike FOR me, tee hee!

>>> betty
>> I reckon you were a suck of a kid

>>  never did bad stuff
>> so you're short

> Hmmmm. interesting (if weird) theory - are you saying that I'd be taller if
> I'd done bad stuff?

> Hmmm, another interesting theory - does a boot up the arse kick-start Human
> Growth Hormone?

> So.... I think your theory's fucked.

> Oooh, another possible PhD topic: Does gender have an effect on the efficacy
> of kick-starts up the arse? (I fucken hate playing the gender card, but I
> wonder if it actually makes a difference in this case????)

> Gee you have some thought-provoking theories in your repertoire...

> betty

>>>>  never did bad stuff
>>>> so you're short
>>> Hmmmm. interesting (if weird) theory - are you saying that I'd be taller
>>> if I'd done bad stuff? Yeah, I was a good kid (too fucken scared to be
>>> anything else!)
>> I think the parable has perhaps something to do with the tongue-in-cheek
>> retort that good kids got all the pats on the head, which kept 'em
>> stunted...

>>>>  on the other hand I have a boot print embedded in my nether regions and
>>>> I am quite tall
>>> Hmmm, another interesting theory - does a boot up the arse kick-start
>>> Human Growth Hormone? I suspect not - I have boot-prints up the arse (and
>>> glass-prints on the back, hand-prints on the shoulders and the head) -
>>> and I'm still fucken short.
>> and conversely the kicks up the backside provided an upward impetus.

> Not for me it didn't.

>> Or at least that was the 'conventional' wisdom when I was growing up. :)

>> I musta done my share of good stuff AND bad stuff.

> Well clearly it didn't matter whether I was good or bad (and believe me, I
> was GOOD. Just never bloody GOOD ENOUGH.)

> The day I got my HSC result I spoke to my mother and told her my mark, which
> was in the top 10 fucken percent of the state. The bitch wanted to know
> where I'd fucked up. Gee, maybe something to do with having been chucked out
> of home by her drunken fucken boyfriend only a few weeks after I got home
> from a year in Japan as an exchange student, and had to spend most of my HSC
> year boarding with old people - one of whom was a fucken million-year-old
> dirty old man who used to try and get into the bathroom while I was in
> there.

> Yeah, I was a real fucken suck of a kid. No wonder I'm fucken short.

> Fuck you atec.

> betty

>> The day I got my HSC result I spoke to my mother and told her my mark, which
>> was in the top 10 fucken percent of the state. The bitch wanted to know
>> where I'd fucked up. Gee, maybe something to do with having been chucked out
>> of home by her drunken fucken boyfriend only a few weeks after I got home
>>from a year in Japan as an exchange student, and had to spend most of my HSC
>> year boarding with old people - one of whom was a fucken million-year-old
>> dirty old man who used to try and get into the bathroom while I was in
>> there.

>> Yeah, I was a real fucken suck of a kid. No wonder I'm fucken short.

>> Fuck you atec.

> Fucken, bitch, fucked, fucken, fucken, fucken, fucken, fuck.

> One of the boys now, Betty?

> =================

> Onya bike

> Gerry

>>The day I got my HSC result I spoke to my mother and told her my mark,
>>which
>>was in the top 10 fucken percent of the state. The bitch wanted to know
>>where I'd fucked up. Gee, maybe something to do with having been chucked
>>out
>>of home by her drunken fucken boyfriend only a few weeks after I got home
>>from a year in Japan as an exchange student, and had to spend most of my
>>HSC
>>year boarding with old people - one of whom was a fucken million-year-old
>>dirty old man who used to try and get into the bathroom while I was in
>>there.

>>Yeah, I was a real fucken suck of a kid. No wonder I'm fucken short.

>>Fuck you atec.

> Fucken, bitch, fucked, fucken, fucken, fucken, fucken, fuck.

> One of the boys now, Betty?

> =================

> Onya bike

> Gerry