Bike phobia

• blurjoe

  3 Mar 05, 17:59

  mY fren is scare of being pillion... nv on bike before...
  how to train to be pillion proficient??? if make her to be pillion (unwillingly) will endanger us too... i tryin help her to be 'scare-free'
  
  any ideas??
• thoreldan

  3 Mar 05, 18:08

  tell her she can tickle you while riding pillion
• wadthefart

  3 Mar 05, 22:43

  Originally posted by thoreldan:

  tell her she can tickle you while riding pillion

  hahaha this won't works, ask her to hug you and share the sit with you.
• spinnee

  4 Mar 05, 19:02

  tell her to shut her eyes then.. lol
  
  and when she get the feel of being pillion is that 'shiok', i think she'll forget she is on the bike....
• mancha

  6 Mar 05, 01:52

  Fright could be overcome.
  Phobia no.
• TZR

  20 Mar 05, 20:30
• TZR

  20 Mar 05, 20:31

  The reason she is scared is because she have no experience and not used in sitting on a bike. Just pillion her more, gradually she will get used to it and everything will overcome.
  
  And u also have to ride safe and steady to make her have confidence in you. If she don't feel trust in your skill she will never be comfortable.
• kopiosatu

  20 Mar 05, 21:01

  just get her to sit one time.
  
  don't show off by cornering and proving to her she won't fall. it ain't gonna help one bit.
  
  don't squeeze between traffic. ride like how the school taught you, ride defensively. tell her the basics of being a pillion, like why she has to hold on to you and how to follow the turn.
  
  first 2-3 trips she'll still be afraid, gradually the fear will be gone.
  
  BUT if she has a phobia, then you can recommend her to a shrink.
• Gent-X

  21 Mar 05, 10:47

  Well i've gone thru that before....my ex have never been a pillion b4 in her life, so when i told her to hop on my bike, she will find all sort of excuse to siam sitting on the bike. so usually i will park my bike at the carpark near her house and took mrt when going out with her.
  
  no need to force her to become the pillion.......
  
  but in the end almost a year taking mrt to go out with her, she finally agree to sit on my bike.
  
  of course you must built her confident first, like kopiosatu said, use defensive riding technique first. teach her what to do, how to react in different situation.
  
  in the end, she confident enough.......she can sleep from jb to pagoh.....chehhhhhhhh;p