do we all have issues when the wind blows at a good clip???

Does your scoot cut right thru it or do you get "pushed" around???

Today in NE Wisconsin, the wind was 25-30 mph.

I had a tough time keeping my '05 Ultrain a straight line; all over the place - especially at 50 mph+ into the wind.

Took the fun right out of my 250 mile ride today.

Wondering if there is something wrong or if this is normal for a batwing bike???

 

I have a RKCustom with a windshield and I sometimes get blown around as well. In fact, the only time I have been really scared on the bike was at about 80 mph in a turn on I-81 and a wind gust blew me from the right third of the lane to the left third of the lane. I slowed to about 55 mph and was "hit" again, which moved the bike around pretty good. I don't think anything is wrong with your bike, it just the way the wind gusts sometimes grab the bike. I hate the wind!!!

 

Here in Northern Nevada, it being high desert, we have wind. 20mph is'nt unusual. Some places just south of Reno 40mph is normal and it blows trucks and travel trailers over. There is a wind warning sign on the road before you get there with a bypass road to get around it, but there are alway a few nuts that want to make the evening news! It moves my SG around pretty good. Usually there's not much traffic so I just go with it, but it can be tricky. Always, in the wind.

 

I don't think it is just you. Just like a good side wind blows my van around, it will also blow my Ultra around. Granted, the bike doesn't have the same cross section as the van, but at the same time, it only has 1/2 the wheels on the ground too.

On my RK, I had a taller than stock windshield, which acted like a sail....worse, if I had the soft lowers on it. With the Ultra, the wind effects aren't as bad, but it still knocks me around a bit, especially at higher speeds.

 

I rode sport bikes for years and am now on a Street Glide and I would say that the weight of the HD helps with high winds but still get blown around a fair bit, expecially with cross-winds. Never been on a bike that wasn't affected by high winds (or when passing a semi-trailer for that matter and breaking through his flow lines).

D

 

Should a' Bought a "Road Glide"...
Frame mounted Shark Nose Fairing Cuts through the Wind Better & NO strain on the steering\forks - Live near Palm Springs and around 4pm the wind normally blows 10 - 20mph and when the wind blows hard it's 45 - 65 mph... They close the 10Fwy sometimes as it blows over trucks & Campers... Then again that could be the reason they mounted all those Fan out here??? (LOL)

WIND SUCKS - NO MATTER WHAT YA RIDE!!!!

 

Second that on the Road Glide! I did the Mackinaw Bridge with 30 -35 MPH winds last fall with my riding buddieson EG's and UG's and they were blowing all over the place....me, I got pushed a little from the side but no effect on the steering...

07 Road Glide
Stage 1
SE Touring Slip-Ons

 

An advantage of having the side car - stability.

Hack

 

It's been windy here in Chicago the past couple of days and I've been getting my A$$ kicked by the wind. It was 92 degrees yesterdayso the wind was not going to stop me. When at a light was the worst, the crosswindsalmost knocked me over.

 

RG makes *all* the difference...cross winds, trucks, flow lines and a more comfortable ride.