I remember riding a Honda Spree (A small 50cc scooter) in Las Vegas (I was 16 at the time) perfect day....then came the 50mph sand storm....no choice but to keep riding , I was leaning hard and squinting, while a LVPD patrol car drove by laughing..
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Best Wishes,TonyQ -- 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.
