Reply To: Suzuki GSXR 600 K8 good beginner bike?
April 27, 2009 at 9:54 pm
#18066
eternal05
Participant
The ninja’s a hard bike for passengers for two reasons:
1) It has sport bike posture, meaning your passenger will be higher than you, and far off the back end of the bike. This severely affects the handling of the bike, more so than it would on, say, some cruiser.
2) It’s very very light. The weight of rider and passenger will about equal the weight of the bike itself, meaning that any rider or passenger error can completely destabilize the bike.
If you want to attempt it, make sure your passenger is a pro already, and start out in a parking lot until you get used to the feel. It’s pretty scary when you get going for the first time.