Sorry to hear that, glad you're wife is ok. But that is the advantage of a real motorcycle, the larger it is the less you are affected. My point was that when you get hit with a cross wind there is really nothing you can do but keep steering straight and let the bike lean into the gust which it does by its self. Personally I don't ride in winds above 40 MPH, it is too much work and too stressful. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "James O'Gorman" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:12:44 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Cc: Kurt Nolte<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] OMG Wind!!1!! and other items Roll with it - my wife rolled with it right into a cornfield last summer on her moped. She was going 55mph, and just like *that* veered off the road, over the gravel, down into the ditch and into the corn. She literally rolled off the bike into the corn. *amazingly* not a scratch on the brand new moped (it only had 150 miles on the clock), or on the wife. I'd be a sad, single man it the wind blew the other way that day! I was riding right behind her on the NH when it happened. At any rate, lean into the wind. As it pushes against you, let it push the tires, not the rider. Since we live 5 miles from a wind farm, we would never get to ride if we waited for it to stop blowing. I guess the Dakotas have some pretty fierce winds - ask someone who's been to the Sturgis rally about the winds out there. - JO On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote: > Where would be the fun in that? I'm confused... not ride? When it's 75F out > there and gloriously sunny? > > You say strange things! > > :p > > But seriously, basically saying I just have to roll with it and try not to > end up off the road with a big gust? That's what I was afraid you were going > to say... :/ Thanks though! > > -Kurt > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yea the wind feels like it just pushes on the wheels, you just have to go >> with it and steer straight. Or don't ride when its windy. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
