Question about tyres for outfits

If you have a stiffened rear shock you will perhaps not need as much. Im just thinking that ive altered the geometry by effectively 2" and i reckon thats about how much the rear drops with a pillion.

Just out of interest is it as bad fully unladen?

Edit.
If you look on sbw motorads site they have seriously dropped the front. They have also fitted sidecar tyres too on some.
 
I guess that means that it’s worth dropping the forks a bit..

I took the outfit for its MOT on Friday having not used it for about 8 months (scandalous I know). I realised I was talking bollox about it only shaking the bars with a pillion. What I should have said is that it "feels worse" with pillion.

It's certainly still there between 15mph and 20mph. When its just me and the sprog I ride more aggressively so I spend much less time in the "danger zone" to the point I hardly notice it because I''m hooning around. That's not to say a pillion does or doesn't make it worse due to geometry change but rate of change (with respect to speed) is definitely a factor too.
So apologies for misleading you there.
 


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