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Originally Posted by mckayprod
My wife loves riding two-up on the RX3. Neither of us are very big, but we have long legs. She said she has at least as much seat comfort, and room to move around as she had on my BMW K100RT, and that had a factory "comfort" seat. I didn't notice any lack of stability with her 120 lbs. on the back, and our helmets didn't knock together as I shifted or used the brakes. Keep in mind that I'm a pretty pokey rider, and the bike was still in break-in mode. I wouldn't expect domestic bliss at 75 mph on that bike, if it would even do it.
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I wanted to update my post after today's long-ish ride with my wife. We rode the freeway 60 miles to a hiking trailhead and then home again. The return trip was mostly stop-and-go but we were at or near the speed limit on the way there. The bike was EXCELLENT! Not a lot of acceleration available at 7500 rpm, but it hung in there with traffic, plenty of room for passenger and gear, and much easier to crawl through the traffic than a bigger bike would be. For comparison purposes, I weigh 175, she weighs 125...that's the posted load limit right there. Mileage was in the low-mid 50 mpg range.