Wind turns houses into firewood in a heartbeat.
Wind pushes sailboats around the world.
Effect a Harley? No way!
Wow!

 

It depends...If she's cute i'm all in!

Yea,like those guys from the UK that have those HUGE tags its like "left Full Rudder!"

 

Sometimes my lack of social skills surprises even myself. While being a smartalec or wisecracker is sometimes entertaining, seems this forum is best when we're helpful. What is obvious to some may not be to others.
Wind for example. While what martinj and some others said may be normally true, if you were to harness the wind, in a ram air or cold air induction system you could gain some horsepower. Like these guys at sport rider magazine did on a dyno. http://www.sportrider.com/ram-air-test-part-deux

 

It just keeps getting better and better.

 

A couple of weeks back I rode in winds that measured up to 62 mph at the airport. The winds were straight from the west and my route was a north south one. Only crossed the centerline three times in fierce gusts. Good thing I was on lonely roads. Should have taken the trike.

 

I think we need to know the exact angle the wind was hitting the bike, and the humidity and temperature. You just can't calculate the affects wind would have on an engine without knowing the variables.

 

Lol! I'd tell you but I was too busy clinging on in full pucker mode!

 

Their gains were more along the lines of 7 horsepower, at 150 mph, using induction systems factory-designed for ram-air. Boost generation at much lower speeds is negligible, because the air pressure drops exponentially with a reduction in speed.
Maybe one could get something like one horsepower extra out of a Harley at 100 mph by designing and building a ram-air induction system. Or five, driving at 100 mph into a 50 mph headwind.

More power potential might be realized by tuning the intake manifold lengths (ours are way too short), and that would also have the advantage of being independent of forward speed. It's hard to figure out how to fit really long separate intake manifold runners onto a Harley though, without it looking absurd, or interfering with rider ergonomics. It's also a challenge to fit two separate tubes to the intake ports, with the limited space between the cylinders.
Maybe if one used two front heads, or two rear heads, or flipped one of the heads around backwards....

 

Yer right, i should have read it more carefully. I edited my post.