Crosswinds & Big Rigs
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From: West Texas Sandhills
RE: Crosswinds & Big Rigs
Hate riding in the wind, but in West Texas its just a fact of life. If I want to ride...gonna have to fight whe wind....more often than not its blowing 20+ mph.
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RE: Crosswinds & Big Rigs
ORIGINAL: cowboy Harry
Twist the gas and hold on tite.[8D]
Twist the gas and hold on tite.[8D]
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RE: Crosswinds & Big Rigs
My last bike weighed about 300 lbs.Talk about pucker power.Of course speed has a lot to do with it.I'd get hit at the peak of a bridge with a strong gust,and slowing down was all I could do.On my Sportster which weighs almost twice the last bike,I still feel it,it just doesn't push me around as much.
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From: Northwest of Los Angeles
RE: Crosswinds & Big Rigs
I hate the wind too, and we get a lot of it out my way. That said, my Heritage Classic is comparatively impervious to gusts compared to the BMW R1150RT I used to ride. That bike, because of all the plastic, would skip from lane to lane in heavy gusts like Fred Astaire--just barely touching the ground. I've yet to have to pull off the freeway on the Heritage, where I often felt the need to do so on the BMW.
In any case, it isn't the wind's effect on the bike that bothers me so much as the junk the wind blows around on the road. A few days ago, for example, I had to dodge two large plastic trash barrels that were blowing across all lanes of the freeway. Not fun at 70 mph. Then there's cardboard cartons, assorted tree branches, and my favorite, the crap that blows off the back of the tiny pickup trucks the local gardeners use--often including parts of the truck itself.
In any case, it isn't the wind's effect on the bike that bothers me so much as the junk the wind blows around on the road. A few days ago, for example, I had to dodge two large plastic trash barrels that were blowing across all lanes of the freeway. Not fun at 70 mph. Then there's cardboard cartons, assorted tree branches, and my favorite, the crap that blows off the back of the tiny pickup trucks the local gardeners use--often including parts of the truck itself.
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From: Tulsa, OK
RE: Crosswinds & Big Rigs
around here on the daily commute it seems that the wind is either north or south, so cross winds aren't ususally a problem in town.
on a side note...there is no cure for stupid...several years ago my cousin was driving a big truck and over taking another truck...he looked in his right side mirror just as a bike was splitting the lane between them.....bike, rider, and passenger went under the other truck...my cousin had to tell the other driver he had run over a bike, he never felt it.
be careful and ride safe
on a side note...there is no cure for stupid...several years ago my cousin was driving a big truck and over taking another truck...he looked in his right side mirror just as a bike was splitting the lane between them.....bike, rider, and passenger went under the other truck...my cousin had to tell the other driver he had run over a bike, he never felt it.
be careful and ride safe
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