Man I Hate Head Winds
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Man I Hate Head Winds
Took off out of Omaha on Friday, headed to Ft Worth TX to support a poker run for veterans. Typical this time of year winds out of the south so expected the head wind. Pretty steady 20-25 mph until Texas. Cut the gas mileage from normal 42 to under 35. Five gallon tank and instead of filling up every 200 miles or so down to 150. Made for a long *** ride. Looked forward to the assist from the wind on the ride home on Tuesday. Right.
Tuesday take off out of Ft Worth and the wind is out of the Northwest 20 gusting to 35 through Texas, OK and Kansas. Calms down a bit by the time we hit Nebraska. Ran into off and on rain from Wichita KS all the way home. Temps when we left TX was 65. Steady drop in temps all the way home to 39 when I pulled into the driveway.
All told over 1700 miles in four days of riding. The two days in Texas we were a little windy but temps in the 90's. Totally worth every windy, freezing mile we rode.
Tuesday take off out of Ft Worth and the wind is out of the Northwest 20 gusting to 35 through Texas, OK and Kansas. Calms down a bit by the time we hit Nebraska. Ran into off and on rain from Wichita KS all the way home. Temps when we left TX was 65. Steady drop in temps all the way home to 39 when I pulled into the driveway.
All told over 1700 miles in four days of riding. The two days in Texas we were a little windy but temps in the 90's. Totally worth every windy, freezing mile we rode.
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Love that Breakout ya got but as mentioned, a fairing/shield helps a lot. Have a fairing and backrest on both of my bikes but a removable Memphis Shades on the Road King. Occasionally I take the fairing off but usually not for very long. Kinda spoiled...
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I was in Chicago a couple of weeks back. All through Indiana I had swirling cross winds that weren't exactly a load of fun. Last year I was riding towards Toronto around the London area and had 100 miles of 40 mph cross winds to deal with.
As far as gas mileage is concerned I get horrible mileage on the slab. 35 mpg is about my average. That's with my 3.3 gal tank. 100 miles and I'm riding on fumes.
As far as gas mileage is concerned I get horrible mileage on the slab. 35 mpg is about my average. That's with my 3.3 gal tank. 100 miles and I'm riding on fumes.
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I used to ride a bicycle long distances seemed to always have a headwind in both directions. On a motorcycle it's an inconvenience. When you are using leg power it's painful.
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so, you'll keep the Breakout then, huh? did you do anything special to set-up for the ride? with my lower back, I think I'd be in traction for a week if I covered that many miles on this bike as is.
great looking bike, btw...
great looking bike, btw...
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I've pretty much given up on the idea of light wind in the spring time here. It's either ***** cold or windy as hell until it gets hot so I've gotten pretty used to riding in the wind. I don't have a windshield on my bike yet so I try to keep off the interstate if I'm going into the wind. My Honda Shadow was a pain in the *** to ride in anything over 25mph winds. I guess because it was so light. Now on my street bob the only thing blowing all over the place is my skinny ***. 