In the desert, where the winds can get bottlenecked and come thru a pass up to 100 mph. Ya gotta be careful.
A friend of mind traveling at 45 mph got hit with high winds. Knocked him off his bike and broke his neck. Dead at the scene.

 

I've been locking my saddlebags ever since I had one open up after hitting an expansion joint. That same habit carried over to my KTP when it's on too, and your adventure gives me even more reason to do so.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Can you make a comprehensive claim on your insurance? You can't prevent something like this really, and a TP isn't cheap...

 

I am debating whether to ride from Topeka to Eldorado tomorrow. Winds from the NW at 22 is the forcast. Was the lid locked?

 

I know exactly how those winds are as I rode the.length of the state last on mt way to Colorado springs. Good luck brother keep us posted

 

they were both ok but said they were going to have a smoke before they rode to the next exit.

Great;another hazard on top of the one they almost experienced!

 

Already working with the insurance company to get it fixed, there wasn't but about six items damaged and me looking for the price it already is close to 1500 to 2000 in damage.

 

The lid was latched, but not locked. That will change when the new one goes on.

 

Last month while riding to the Easyrider Show in Sacramento, my left saddlebag came off going down the freeway. The pins somehow came loose. I received the replacement yesterday and I can tell you both are now bolted on and not just because I don't trust the pins, but also because of the people stealing the damn things now. I've ridden in a couple of pretty intense wind storms, but never had my tour-pak lid pop open.

If you need to make a major replacement, check Ronnie's H.D. on line line. I saved $90 from retail on mine.
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Never heard of that happening before. I'll be locking my bags and tour pak from now on.

 

I was blowing threw NC last summer with my cuz and there was a storm we riding into, we stopped geared up for it, got to it, I have my half hemet inmy back tour pack, put the fullface I hada in there, and bam, I knew I locked it, the dam blew open, it was like I had a sail and i was blown alomst across the highway. Man I hear yeh when it comes to the wind, one never knows.