Hmmm.
I started carrying my daughter on the back of my '91 Dyna (Sturgis) when she was about 3 1/2. Had HD leather bags on the bike so she could not get her feet into the rear wheel. She used the bags as foot rests. In the picture, the bike is still in the garage back in '99 when I was doing a partial rebuild. Wasn't quite finished.
The biggest problem is that she would fall asleep almost immediately. Barely had time to get out of the driveway. So I rigged up a seat belt and shoulder harness to the sissy bar that kept her on the bike. Still, with that great big helmet she would look like she was falling off. This worried the soccer moms in their SUVs with their one kid strapped into a child seat in the center of the middle seat of their land yachts. They would pull up along side, pointing frantically and mouthing "your child is falling off" or something. I'd wave and mouth back, "she's strapped on". "Idiot!" they would say.
It will be way easier now on the Ultra when my one year old son is a bit older. Course his Mama looks at me crossways any time I mention riding on the bike to him. Back in my daughter's first riding days I was a single Dad. No rules, just rights. She is very blasé about riding on the big bike - 11 now!. Usually reads her book on the way back and forth to school or swim team practice. Old hat for her. But her friends all look on with envy. She pretends she doesn't notice. Still have a lap belt though - in case she (or Mama) get sleepy back there.
TQ
I started carrying my daughter on the back of my '91 Dyna (Sturgis) when she was about 3 1/2. Had HD leather bags on the bike so she could not get her feet into the rear wheel. She used the bags as foot rests. In the picture, the bike is still in the garage back in '99 when I was doing a partial rebuild. Wasn't quite finished.
The biggest problem is that she would fall asleep almost immediately. Barely had time to get out of the driveway. So I rigged up a seat belt and shoulder harness to the sissy bar that kept her on the bike. Still, with that great big helmet she would look like she was falling off. This worried the soccer moms in their SUVs with their one kid strapped into a child seat in the center of the middle seat of their land yachts. They would pull up along side, pointing frantically and mouthing "your child is falling off" or something. I'd wave and mouth back, "she's strapped on". "Idiot!" they would say.
It will be way easier now on the Ultra when my one year old son is a bit older. Course his Mama looks at me crossways any time I mention riding on the bike to him. Back in my daughter's first riding days I was a single Dad. No rules, just rights. She is very blasé about riding on the big bike - 11 now!. Usually reads her book on the way back and forth to school or swim team practice. Old hat for her. But her friends all look on with envy. She pretends she doesn't notice. Still have a lap belt though - in case she (or Mama) get sleepy back there.
TQ
go with what is safe for you & the kiddos. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.