2 UP – DUAL SPORT TIPS
DUAL SPORT Means Riding 2 – Up
If you want to take your significant other along on a Dual Sport ride, try these tips from some people who ride Dual Sport (2-Up)
Try these 4 inexpensive modifications and take your significant for a 2-Up Dual Sport ride
- Custom Pillion Pad
- Cutoff Backpack
- Set Screws in Passenger Pegs
- Strapped on your luggage rack Fanny Pack
SEAT CONCEPT
Forward sloping seats are no fun
- A forward sloping seat is no fun for either you or your passenger.
- Purchase some Seat Concepts foam, cut out a piece of the old foam, and have a seat made with a Pillion for the Passenger.
- With Seat Concepts foam and the cushion in back, it’s easy to find your ‘Sweet Spot’.
- And when you don’t have a passenger, the extra height gives you a place to spread out.
OH SHIT HANDLES
Some of us are rather voluptuous…
- It’s a long way for a reach around.
- If you want your passenger to be comfortable, and secure (and who doesn’t), cut the back off of a backpack.
- Or use a Jet Ski Vest.
- Have your passenger hold onto the straps, under your arms or off the front of your shoulders.
- This works great and is a stellar recommendation from Pros.
- Your backpack Must have a strap around the chest.
WHEN THE GOING GET TOUGH
When things get ugly, and your passenger can’t keep her feet on the pegs, it becomes no fun riding 2-Up.
- Aftermarket Passenger Pegs are almost impossible to find.
- We have found that short set-screws, drilled, tapped and Loctited in place work.
- They offer tremendous gription and work great, without much cost.
- Screw the set-screws from the bottom of the peg.
- So you don’t wear out the Allen head.
- And there is no danger of sharp objects for the drivers legs with set screws.
- Radiused footpegs, even with set screws, can’t provide more “gription” than something with more surface area.
STRAPPED ON FANNY PACK & TOOLS
Use the straps from your Fanny Pack, and Zip ties and secure your Fanny Pack to the Luggage Rack.
- Put some foam underneath the pack.
- You cant ride a passenger while wearing a Fanny Pack
- And the pack serves as a bum-stop for the passenger.
Try these 4 modifications and take your significant other for a ride.
- Pillion Pad
- Cutoff Backpack
- Set Screws in Passenger Pegs
- Strapped on Fanny Pack
Riding 2-Up beats riding alone:
- If things do go astray, or when you take a break, you have someone to chat or walk with.
- And share the sights with.
- And you have someone to wear the Backpack.
- And carry the water and spare parts !
- And not wearing a fanny pack is so nice.
