Good, Inexpensive, Cool Two-Up Bike?

[sburns2421]

Originally Posted by banda

Two keys to long term passenger happiness:

1: Make the passenger seat feel secure. It doesn't matter how much padding there is if the passenger thinks she's going to tumble off the back. Retro bikes with a very flat saddle feel this way to passengers, especially if you don't add rear pre-load to counter their additional weight. So you want a seat canted slightly forwards, or even better, with a back rest. Corbin makes aftermarket seats with a detatchable backrest for almost every sport bike ever made. Passengers love them.

2: Don't fold up the passenger's legs. The lower the passenger pegs, the better. High passenger pegs hurt knees - a lot. They also make mounting and dismounting harder than they have to be.

So don't worry about how big the passenger seat is, or how much padding it has - those are totally secondary concerns.

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[AZ Scott]

As I said, passengers always seem secure on my ZRX...

[Just Riding Along]

That was a nice Kawi, maybe I'll find a used one up here some day.

Beemers have nice passenger seats, and the 80's aircooled Boxers can be fun.

[UnpaintedHuffhines]

blackbird



ill cheap, reliable, fun, enough to blast with 2, best all around bottom end sport tourer.

[banda]

Originally Posted by UnpaintedHuffhines

blackbird



ill cheap, reliable, fun, enough to blast with 2, best all around bottom end sport tourer.

Had one - did 30,000 miles of mostly 2-up sport touring on it. It was brilliant for that. Little tight at the knees though.

The fairing is too good in some situations. In the high heat of summer, I would broil behind it with no airflow, even at super-legal speeds.

No other bike I have ridden has an engine that can compare.

[UnpaintedHuffhines]

Originally Posted by banda

Had one - did 30,000 miles of mostly 2-up sport touring on it. It was brilliant for that. Little tight at the knees though.

The fairing is too good in some situations. In the high heat of summer, I would broil behind it with no airflow, even at super-legal speeds.

No other bike I have ridden has an engine that can compare.

summer heat? i been riding in the hottest of hot, i dont get that one. i just take off my gear and take it easy, or i go much, much faster.

[banda]

Originally Posted by UnpaintedHuffhines

summer heat? i been riding in the hottest of hot, i dont get that one. i just take off my gear and take it easy, or i go much, much faster.

Well, I had a taller screen with a laminar strip at the top. That probably didn't help. And it was only really apparent when riding another bike back-to-back.

[Cafe_Racer]

Alright Scott. How much for the ZRex. PM me with the answer.