Cross Wind
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RE: Cross Wind
ORIGINAL: 08fatboy
Just wondering if it's me or has anyone else noticed the bike being moved in a crosswind? The bike is a 2008 FatBoy with the cast wheels. Now I have to say I haven't been riding in several years and just bought this bike a few weeks ago. I think it has got to be the wheels cathing the wind.
Just wondering if it's me or has anyone else noticed the bike being moved in a crosswind? The bike is a 2008 FatBoy with the cast wheels. Now I have to say I haven't been riding in several years and just bought this bike a few weeks ago. I think it has got to be the wheels cathing the wind.
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Banned Camp
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Simpsonville, SC
RE: Cross Wind
I get blown around on my bike too. It probably has more to do with the wind catchin' your body, than your wheels. If it's really windy outside, I normally wind up gettin' blow all around in the lane I'm in. I've never crossed over into another lane, though. I think your cast wheels are fine. Unless you're lookin' for an excuse to get new wheels. In that case, you definitely have to get rid of them! 
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From: San Antonio, Republic of TEXAS
RE: Cross Wind
well - that's 11 that says it doesn't matter - no matter what you ride
and 1 says he gets blown around with stock fatty wheels......
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?????????????????
and 1 says he gets blown around with stock fatty wheels......
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?????????????????
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RE: Cross Wind
ORIGINAL: monsterdeluxe
Northside is on crack.
Didnt notice a difference from Fatboy to Road King. Still get pushed around.
If you read what I said before making insulting remarks you'd know I didn't say a thing about being pushed around by the wind, it just "feels" wierd in the wind. He asked if anyone else felt this. I did. I rode the same bike before and after. I felt a significant difference. So I'm on crack. The difference between a Road King and a Fatboy is more relevant? I ain't exactly a new rider. I have 3 Harleys licenced and insured. I've been doing rides to both coasts for over 35 years, have built frame up choppers and wore a rather infamous patch for many of those years. Fatboy cast wheels feel wierd in the wind compared to spokes on one of my my bikes. I know the difference.
Northside is on crack.
Didnt notice a difference from Fatboy to Road King. Still get pushed around.
If you read what I said before making insulting remarks you'd know I didn't say a thing about being pushed around by the wind, it just "feels" wierd in the wind. He asked if anyone else felt this. I did. I rode the same bike before and after. I felt a significant difference. So I'm on crack. The difference between a Road King and a Fatboy is more relevant? I ain't exactly a new rider. I have 3 Harleys licenced and insured. I've been doing rides to both coasts for over 35 years, have built frame up choppers and wore a rather infamous patch for many of those years. Fatboy cast wheels feel wierd in the wind compared to spokes on one of my my bikes. I know the difference.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Bellevue, NE
RE: Cross Wind
My Fatboy was nuttin compared to my Ultra. Now there's a big bike with a lot of surface area. I never bought into the "myth" about the wheels and the wind. Baloney.
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From: San Antonio, Republic of TEXAS
RE: Cross Wind
ORIGINAL: Northside
All these guys can tell you the cast wheels aren't a problem, they ARE! I bought a new '02 Fatboy. I was always feeling something wierd in moderate winds. It never did anything bad, it just always felt like it was going to. It wasn't a comfortable ride, and I'd been riding Harleys since 1970. I was going to sell it, but tried spoke wheels as a last resort. I put on the new wheels and went for a ride on the interstate as a front was coming in, real windy. It felt just like any other bike in the wind now. I could relax. Huge difference. I rode the same bike with both sets of wheels. There IS a difference
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ORIGINAL: 08fatboy
Just wondering if it's me or has anyone else noticed the bike being moved in a crosswind? The bike is a 2008 FatBoy with the cast wheels. Now I have to say I haven't been riding in several years and just bought this bike a few weeks ago. I think it has got to be the wheels cathing the wind.
Just wondering if it's me or has anyone else noticed the bike being moved in a crosswind? The bike is a 2008 FatBoy with the cast wheels. Now I have to say I haven't been riding in several years and just bought this bike a few weeks ago. I think it has got to be the wheels cathing the wind.
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Advanced
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Dallas Texas
RE: Cross Wind
If the wind's up your going to get pushed around, it doesn't matter what bike you're on. I try to keep ahead of trucks as this just makes things worse. If possible I try to keep one lane between me and the truck whenever possible. Most of the time you can't do this.
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From: West Texas Sandhills
RE: Cross Wind
Happens to me too. I have had laced and spoked alloy wheels and has happened with both. I am willing to bet all the beer in the cooler it isn't the wheels.
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