Passenger wanting to fall asleep

[dogman]

Hello, having a great time on my new 07 RSMV. I use to ride a 920 Virago with back rest and saddle bags.

My wife finds the new bike so comfortable that she is having a hard time to stay awake. Does anyone else have this problem? If so have they been able to stay seated upright?

[twogan]

Ive made a couple of trips from Niagara Falls to Seattle and mine occationally falls asleep. I can tell cause she buts me in the back of the head. I bought armrest from http://www.diamondraccessories.com/indexpage.php . She loves them and hasn't fallen off yet.
Tom

[GigaWhiskey]

My wife has that sleepy issue so I took a poll. You might find this thread interesting.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=10226&highlight=sleep

Can't find armrests for my bike anymore.

[V7Goose]

My navigator naps regularly on long rides - never has been a problem on the RSV! There seems to be plenty of support to allow her to get a good night's rest without bothering me at all. :080402gudl_prv:
Goose

[dogman]

Thanks for the replys and attached arm rest site. I'll have to get my wife to read these so she won't feel so scared if she does close her eyes and dose off for a bit.

[Little Bob]

My wife naps on long trips, short trips. She says it is like sitting on the couch. I just give a pat on the leg and she is good for a while.:cool10::cool10::cool10:

[BigJohnD]

I get those little helmet to helmet taps on the back of my helmet too...I know she is nodding off when that happens. Then I know it is time to take a "potty" break.

[Brake Pad]

my wife has slept a few times too. I bought the intercom systems so I can keep talking to her.

[sarges46]

My little girl (11) falls asleep just around the time that we exit the driveway! Well, ok, thats a bit of tale but cannot do a trip without her going out. I got armrests for Marilyns bike for that reason and am rigging something up for my bike for our trip to Ontario.

[Skid]

My wife has fallen asleep several times. She wakes up about time I make a turn. I can always tell when she wakes up because she shakes the bike and ask "where are we?"
:sign20:

[Tartan Terror]

Roll of Duct tape or a few bungees and you are Hollywood!!!! No fall off!

[Princess M]

I nod off once in awhile. I also do the helmet bump with DKKnight when I do. I don't go into a deep sleep. I just doze so I don't think I'll fall off. Any ways, if there was a chance of me falling off it would be while turning a corner. Slowing down and down shifting always wakes me, both are done before you turn. So I guess I'm safe.

[BradT]

I bought the intercom systems so I can keep talking to her.

Humm Maybe this Is this why she falls asleep ? :sign13::stirthepot:

:sign20:

Brad

[Venturous]

I know you can not do this on your bike, but if you had an early 1st gen, you could do a good 2nd gear wheelie and not only does it wake her up, but the severe pinching on your sides wakes you up too. :stickpoke:
RandyA

[SteveW]

Wife sleeps in the sidecar all the time. LOL
It makes for a nice quiet ride ;):scared:

[Monty]

It means you're riding too many boring roads. Keep to the twisties, and she'll stay awake.:stickpoke:

[stardbog]

Duct Tape or Bangy cord does a job too.

[Snaggletooth]

My 16 yr old daughter was riding with me on my 1st gen last year. We did a long weekend run and she was prone to dozing off on the long stretches. Again the helmet knocking against mine was a dead give away.

About the third time I told her to give me her iPod. She wears the ear plugs under her helmet all the time but this time I had the iPod in MY pocket. Every time she would doze off I'd crank the iPod to the max and she'd snap right back up and yell "What was that?"

I was more worried about her jumping off the bike than falling off. LOL!

My next step was going to be Duck Tape

[1sttenor]

Ive made a couple of trips from Niagara Falls to Seattle and mine occationally falls asleep. I can tell cause she buts me in the back of the head. I bought armrest from http://www.diamondraccessories.com/indexpage.php . She loves them and hasn't fallen off yet.
Tom

Is my wife riding with you too? Put on the Diamond R rests and she's slept ever since.

[SilvrT]

Duct Tape or Bangy cord does a job too.

now that's almost kinky!

:sign20:

[johnny-canuck]

My wife used to sleep all the time. Bought her a new camera and now all I hear is click, click, click ...

We were on our way to Cape Code a couple years ago and we did a long sharp curved ramp onto a toll highway. Bike was in a good lean for about a mile. The toll booth was at the end of the ramp. I pulled up to the toll and stopped just ahead of the window as she pays the tolls. Nothing happened so I looked back and she was asleep :173:

The lady in the booth had a really strange look on her face...

[Tom]

Be Very Careful..There is a VERY bad thing about her sleeping if you are using the headsets.......IF she snores a little like mine it can be very relaxing to the person doing the actual handling of the bike..Those very soft snores you hear in the headset make you VERY sleepy..I have done my part and warned you all. I am surprised the Venture does not have a WARNING LABEL about that!

[Rocket]

My little girl (11) falls asleep just around the time that we exit the driveway! Well, ok, thats a bit of tale but cannot do a trip without her going out. I got armrests for Marilyns bike for that reason and am rigging something up for my bike for our trip to Ontario.
Yup that was quite the sight, pulling up alongside Marilyn & looking at the helmet pressing on her shoulder........... It was lights out as per normal, on that trip.........

[ManWithAVision]

Hello, having a great time on my new 07 RSMV. I use to ride a 920 Virago with back rest and saddle bags.

My wife finds the new bike so comfortable that she is having a hard time to stay awake. Does anyone else have this problem? If so have they been able to stay seated upright?

So maybe young parents with cranky newborns should invest in a Venture!!!!!!!!!

[barend]

how many of you have fallen asleep while riding?

I did that once, some 25 years ago ('83) on a 650 Virago with throttle lock. Commuted 75 miles one way going down I20, late at night and tired, woke up as I lost balance. Probably a good thing I wasn't sitting on the back seat as well.:smile5: No, I didn't go down.

[dogman]

I have to admit about 25 years ago on my 920 Virago while riding straight thru from Toronto to PEI I fell asleep and was awaken as my full face helmet came crashing down on my gas tank. Luckily I kept the bike up and no other cars where affected by my riding. After that I pull over when I get strong tired feeling rather than fighting it. Walk around and if I feel better get back on the bike and keep on going.

[Russ]

Never had the wife fall asleep, but I've fallen asleep riding home from work. was on my dad's Wing. not sure how long I was out and didn't go down, but the rumble strips just about made me leave a rumble strip of my own in my shorts.

as for new parents with cranky babies using the bike to put the kid to sleep, been there, done that. when my oldest was born used to sit him in his carrier on the back seat and just let the bike idle in the driveway.

[1rooster]

Wife sleeps in the sidecar all the time. LOL
It makes for a nice quiet ride ;):scared:

I know what you mean.Sidecar was the best investment I made.The wife sleeps,watches movies,reads,turns on the heat when cold and stays dry in the rain.She is such a good passenger.....:rain2:

[Zfrebird4]

... with friends on their two bikes. My wife was a QS rider. They had their boy of about 6 or 7 with one of them, and they could not keep him awake. We took him between the two of us and he folded right into my wife's arms, ... and continued to sleep like a baby until we dumped him back into their arms at home. Legal? Nope, but we drove very, VERY safe. Kids are neat.

Loved the story of the wife on the Queen Seat asleep at the toll booth where she was supposed to pay. Employee probably had her eyes check the next day! LOL.

JackZ
Ft Collins, CO

[Zfrebird4]

... wife? Any more of them around? Would love to have a Queen Seat or UP rider wife! WOW, that would be cool. Had the QS rider in my second best wife, but never an UP Lady of my life.

LOL.

JackZ
Ft Collins, CO

[GigaWhiskey]

Yanno how you solve this problem, put them on one! I know y'all have seen these and are old but I have no newer ones I can link to.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/gigawhiskey/Erikas%20First%20Day/101_0860.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/gigawhiskey/Erikas%20First%20Day/101_0856.jpg

[BEER30]

Brake Check !!!!!!!
Cure for the sleepy heads !


BEER30:8::8::8::8:

[ctraylor]

My daughter falls asleep and I make her put her hands between my waist and my belt and she leans against me and sleeps and I don't have to worry about her falling off.