pillion

Example Sentences

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Two males, believed to the be the driver and the pillion passenger of a motorbike, were killed after the crash with a BMW car.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

As the convoy left the hospital it was chased by two motorcycle film crews, with one cameraman standing on the pillion seat.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2017

A somewhat less comfortable pillion seat is hidden beneath the rear cowl, with slender fold-down passenger pegs available along with an integrated grab bar.

From Forbes • Jul. 1, 2015

In Monrovia, she switched to a motorcycle, riding pillion with a young man who agreed to take her to the plantation and whom health authorities were subsequently desperate to trace.

From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2014

In the latter case the men sat in front and the women on a pillion behind.

From American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History by Gordy, Wilbur Fisk