What makes a bike safe for passenger?

I have been riding an old 1980 400 cc hawk for years now but I want to
ride a safer bike. I ride infrequently just around town. I am mostly
drawn to dependable standard japanese bikes.

For a motorcycle optimizing passenger safety (and comfort) the Woolsey
Gyrocar would be hard to beat.

Not much bigger than a Venture.

I've lead a sheltered life, apparently. I'd no idea such a thing was
technically feasible. It's a wonder Spagthorpe didn't get there
first. Perhaps they had no one on staff to speak Russian.

Speaking of Russia, I tripped over this: color photos of the empire
before the Revolution. They are each retouched from three color
filtered and nearly simultaneous exposures on monochrome glass
plates. The photographer exhibited them by superimposing color
projections. He died in Paris. The Library of Congress acquired the
remaining negatives from his family in 1948.

"Wooden mills using wind-power to grind wheat and rye are photographed
in the middle of summer on the vast Siberian plain in rural
Ialutorovsk county in Western Siberia."

o Prokudin-Gorskii, Sergei Mikhailovich. "Mills in Ialutorovsk Uyezd
of Tobol'sk Province." 1912. _The Empire That Was Russia: The
Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated_. 9 Dec. 2003. Library
of Congress, Washington. Digital color rendering
LC-DIG-ppmsc-03965. 23. 12 Feb. 2006

o Brooks, Lynn, et al. "Photographer to the Tsar: Sergei Mikhailovich
Prokudin-Gorskii." _The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii
Photographic Record Recreated_. 9 Dec. 2003. Library of Congress,
Washington. 12 Feb. 2006

Al Moore
DoD 734

this is what I'm looking for...

1) a common bike, easy to find, get parts for.

2) $1000 or so.

3) I'm 6 foot, my lady is tall as well.

4) is comfortable/safe for the rider

I look with envy a fiberglass tail pipes, as my lady did burn herself a
bit last summer. My bike is a bit of a nasty handler, weird slow
bouncing on uneven curves that unnerve me.

Bikes I have had interest in...

nighthawk 650's, late eighties.
GS450 suzuki

Those cool racey sportbikes have passenger pegs so high up. Why to they
do that? Seems unstable. I could afford one of those early ninjas, but
they seem poor for the passenger.

What should I be looking for to make her more stable. She is fine on my
bike, loves riding, but are there bikes better for passengers?

BMW K75.

That's what m'lady liked when she was passenging.

Just don't put a Corbin Gunfighter seat on it:

unless you want her slamming into you at every stop... The rear seat cover
raises up into a very handy back rest for the rear passenger but the seat
angle is such that they slide forward at ever stop.

pooder was here noting that she rides her own now

Sean Q

Thanks, Tor

I suggest you buy a Nighthawk 750. This one: