Got my butt kicked by the wind today
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Got my butt kicked by the wind today
Was riding from Morgan Hill, CA, to Monterey today. Man, was the wind ever so fierce!! I don't know what the gust were but I was leaning well past vertical into the wind and was still being blown all over the lane. It was AWESOME!! I haven't had that much fun on my bike. Sure, the thought of totally biting it and smearing myself on Highway 1 kept playing through my mind but I didn't care. I felt like one of those old, crotchedy sea captains piloting his boat into the eye of a storm. Thank God for windshields.
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RE: Got my butt kicked by the wind today
Morgan Hill.
Wow that brings back memories.
Quail Canyon Inn - Frank Rapero and his wife Louise (original owners)
Uvas and Croy Road - No one around for miles and miles and miles.
I bet it's changed now huh?
The main street of Gilroy was Freemont, wherehighway 101 went through town...
I could tell ya Blood curdling stories, but my throat - its parched.
Wow that brings back memories.
Quail Canyon Inn - Frank Rapero and his wife Louise (original owners)
Uvas and Croy Road - No one around for miles and miles and miles.
I bet it's changed now huh?
The main street of Gilroy was Freemont, wherehighway 101 went through town...
I could tell ya Blood curdling stories, but my throat - its parched.
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RE: Got my butt kicked by the wind today
ORIGINAL: Lord Albany
Was riding from Morgan Hill, CA, to Monterey today. Man, was the wind ever so fierce!! I don't know what the gust were but I was leaning well past vertical into the wind and was still being blown all over the lane. It was AWESOME!! I haven't had that much fun on my bike. Sure, the thought of totally biting it and smearing myself on Highway 1 kept playing through my mind but I didn't care. I felt like one of those old, crotchedy sea captains piloting his boat into the eye of a storm. Thank God for windshields.
Was riding from Morgan Hill, CA, to Monterey today. Man, was the wind ever so fierce!! I don't know what the gust were but I was leaning well past vertical into the wind and was still being blown all over the lane. It was AWESOME!! I haven't had that much fun on my bike. Sure, the thought of totally biting it and smearing myself on Highway 1 kept playing through my mind but I didn't care. I felt like one of those old, crotchedy sea captains piloting his boat into the eye of a storm. Thank God for windshields.
I was think about that at the times most people would pull over.
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RE: Got my butt kicked by the wind today
glad you had fun.
We put up with wind year round here.
High plains Wyoming.
There always a wind warning up and tractor trailers going in the ditch round here.
G/F has a sporty I got the EGC sometimes you have no choice got to ride in it!
We put up with wind year round here.
High plains Wyoming.
There always a wind warning up and tractor trailers going in the ditch round here.
G/F has a sporty I got the EGC sometimes you have no choice got to ride in it!
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RE: Got my butt kicked by the wind today
ORIGINAL: rocknrod
Morgan Hill.
Uvas and Croy Road - No one around for miles and miles and miles.
I bet it's changed now huh?
Morgan Hill.
Uvas and Croy Road - No one around for miles and miles and miles.
I bet it's changed now huh?
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RE: Got my butt kicked by the wind today
Maybe its just me, but I can't stand the wind. I'm not talking about the wind in your face feel of a bike; I love that. But for some reason it just ticks me off when I take a blast of wind from the side. Its ususally a cold blast too, which probably has something to do with it.
