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Old 06-18-2008, 09:50 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Re: Newbie plus pillion question.

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Originally Posted by argila00 View Post
Just ridden the 125 2-up... It went pretty well after I got over how much the back end dipped (even though the mrs is light) and the fact that my stopping distance seemed to double. Only a short ride to the swimming pool and back, not even sure if I got out of 3rd gear so it wasn't that much slower. than normal. I'm sure if I'd tried to accelerate through 4th and 5th that I'd have been disappointed (I mean more disappointed than normal).

Good fun but I wouldn't want to go further than a couple of miles!

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