Posted by MoParMaN on March 5, 2009, 6:17 pm
Went riding around the chicken farms of east Texas. Wind is blowing with
gust to around 40mph. I was in the middle of a 90 degree turn at about 10
mph, when one of those 40 MPH gust caught my windshield from the opposite
was I was turning. I swear, the bike just stopped like a stalling
airplane, except when the wind quit, I started going forward again, a
little wobbly, but I kept it upright.
I went home and parked it.....Tomorrows another day to ride and I want to
be there for it.
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Posted by Stephen! on March 5, 2009, 6:47 pm
> Went riding around the chicken farms of east Texas. Wind is blowing
> with gust to around 40mph. I was in the middle of a 90 degree turn at
> about 10 mph, when one of those 40 MPH gust caught my windshield from
> the opposite was I was turning. I swear, the bike just stopped like a
> stalling airplane, except when the wind quit, I started going forward
> again, a little wobbly, but I kept it upright.
Used to commute between Stockton, CA and Mare Island. There was one
place along I-80 right before getting into Vallejo that the wind would
come from the north (right) through a left hand curve. There were
several times I went around that left hand curve leaned to the right.
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Posted by Jujitsu Lizard on March 5, 2009, 10:36 pm
>> Went riding around the chicken farms of east Texas. Wind is blowing
>> with gust to around 40mph. I was in the middle of a 90 degree turn at
>> about 10 mph, when one of those 40 MPH gust caught my windshield from
>> the opposite was I was turning. I swear, the bike just stopped like a
>> stalling airplane, except when the wind quit, I started going forward
>> again, a little wobbly, but I kept it upright.
> Used to commute between Stockton, CA and Mare Island. There was one
> place along I-80 right before getting into Vallejo that the wind would
> come from the north (right) through a left hand curve. There were
> several times I went around that left hand curve leaned to the right.
One of the funny experiences (that we've all had) is having a steady wind on
the freeway so that one is leaned to one side but going straight. Takes a
small amount of getting used to.
The Lizard
Posted by MoParMaN on March 5, 2009, 11:06 pm
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>>> Went riding around the chicken farms of east Texas. Wind is blowing
>>> with gust to around 40mph. I was in the middle of a 90 degree turn at
>>> about 10 mph, when one of those 40 MPH gust caught my windshield from
>>> the opposite was I was turning. I swear, the bike just stopped like a
>>> stalling airplane, except when the wind quit, I started going forward
>>> again, a little wobbly, but I kept it upright.
>>
>>
>> Used to commute between Stockton, CA and Mare Island. There was one
>> place along I-80 right before getting into Vallejo that the wind would
>> come from the north (right) through a left hand curve. There were
>> several times I went around that left hand curve leaned to the right.
> One of the funny experiences (that we've all had) is having a steady
> wind on the freeway so that one is leaned to one side but going
> straight. Takes a small amount of getting used to.
> The Lizard
Yup, then the wind quits blowing and oh hell!!
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Posted by dizzy on March 7, 2009, 8:19 am
MoParMaN wrote:
>>
>> One of the funny experiences (that we've all had) is having a steady
>> wind on the freeway so that one is leaned to one side but going
>> straight. Takes a small amount of getting used to.
>Yup, then the wind quits blowing and oh hell!!
It's only happened to me once, but it was a doozy. Riding for miles
through Montana, leaned-over about 45 degrees. Seriously. It sure
felt like that, anyway.
Fortunately, it did not suddenly quit blowing...
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> with gust to around 40mph. I was in the middle of a 90 degree turn at
> about 10 mph, when one of those 40 MPH gust caught my windshield from
> the opposite was I was turning. I swear, the bike just stopped like a
> stalling airplane, except when the wind quit, I started going forward
> again, a little wobbly, but I kept it upright.