Keeping the girl on the bike

[Triple J]

Found it: http://www.a-sider.com/produits,ingles.html

Its a handle that attaches to your tank and gives passengers both the ability to wrap their arms around you, for balance purposes, and a sturdy handle to hold on to. Pricey, but worth it if you're doubled up alot.

Cool idea, but it seems like a lot of force could be transmitted into a connection that wasn't designed for it.  Pics look like it works OK, but I'd be nervous.

[Grampa]

go all out 

[Scotzman]

go all out 

They have something similar in France, but it has a roof on it.

[NAKID]

That looks like it would be hard for the rider of the bike to get away from it in a bad situation...

[1KDS]

Do I see a seat belt on the passenger?

[DesmoLu]

Girl Falls Off Motorcycle

been there, done that. pregnant dog did it all wrong. You don't fly off and land on your chest - you grab what you can, hold onto the grab bars for a bit, ride the tire, and then bounce down the street on your butt. It only counts if you don't have passenger pegs though. If you have pegs, there is no excuse for that shit.

[somegirl]

They have something similar in France, but it has a roof on it.

Are you thinking of these?  No passenger seat.

[somegirl]

On our first date, I rode on the back of MrI's S4R, holding the grab rails.

To encourage me to hang onto him instead, he blipped the throttle, sending both feet flying in the air (they were about level with his head).

Luckily I have strong arms, or that first date would have been a last date.

(BTW he ended up just asking me to put my arms around him later on that evening, which worked much better. )

[herm]

whats wrong with duct tape?

[Speeddog]

The rear of the Monster seat slopes down, so it doesn't really instill confidence in a novice passenger.
I'm 6'1" and my GF is 5'7", and two-up is sorta OK.
I'm about 165# and my girl is ~130#, and there's just really not a lot of room.
If both you and the passenger are smaller, it's better.

The SV-style rear handle might be OK for a leisurely ride, but it's really hard for the passenger to hold on to while leaning forward.
Kinda the same for the Monster side handles.

It is better for the passenger to hang onto the rider.
The grippy seat covering that stopintime mentioned may be something really helpful.

I haven't been a passenger on a Monster, so the above is my recollection of what my passengers have said.

IMO:

No Moto Experience as a Rider

Most of them are good IME.

Moto Experience as a Rider

50% are good passengers.
They know what's going on, and don't try to 'ride the bike'.

50% try to 'ride the bike' and they're really not good passengers, at least initially.
I'll tell them to either hang on to me and lean like I do (best) or be 'one' with the bike (works *OK*, better on a heavier bike).

[El Matador]

You don't need any gadgets. Just make sure to tell your girl to hold herself up with her core and support herself with the tank when needed.

[DesmoLu]

You don't need any gadgets. Just make sure to tell your girl to hold herself up with her core and support herself with the tank when needed.

I don't remember the part where you told me that 

I do remember when you offered to ziptie me to you so I could nap on those last few hours of slab though 

[Scotzman]

Are you thinking of these?  No passenger seat.

Yep, I think those were it, maybe in my mind there was a passenger seat and a wheelie bar.

[Scotzman]

On our first date, I rode on the back of MrI's S4R, holding the grab rails.

To encourage me to hang onto him instead, he blipped the throttle, sending both feet flying in the air (they were about level with his head).

Luckily I have strong arms, or that first date would have been a last date.

(BTW he ended up just asking me to put my arms around him later on that evening, which worked much better. )

That sly 

[El Matador]

I don't remember the part where you told me that 

I do remember when you offered to ziptie me to you so I could nap on those last few hours of slab though 

Hey! why use duct tape when zipties will give you the same results with less of a mess?