When my ST1100 was new to me it came with a after market windshield. I affectionately called it "the Kite" because it was like having a huge kite on the front of my bike in cross winds. I was riding on the north coast on the island of Hawaii. It's an area known for strong winds - which I didn't know about until this ride. I lost track of how many times I thought I was going to crash during one ride in particular. I talked to my brother in-law about that stretch of highway, he's a truck driver. First he laughed and then told me how his semi trailer gets blown around on that highway. My point being: 1 - full faring bikes do get pushed around by winds then bikes with windshields. 2 - Even without winds they will move around more than your nighthawk with a windshield. Even though they are much heavier. 3 - I think the extra weight exaggerates bumps and grooves on the highway that make your bike move around. Question about your PC: Is the windshield stock or after market? If after market is it bigger than stock? Sean
On Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 2:20:53 AM UTC-10, EGrider wrote: > Funny timing for this thread. I finally put tags on the PC800, so I'm > finding out what I bought. I find it wanders, or at least tilts back and > forth, at Interstate speeds, and it's kind of unsettling. At first I > wondered if it was highway grooves, but I just took the Magna down the same > stretch of highway Sunday and that's not it. PC800 wanders with Dunlop > K555s; Ol' Yeller does not with K505s. Same tread pattern. I was wondering > if the wind was throwing the PC800 around with that fairing on it, but it > would seem that the wind would throw a fork-mounted windshield around more > than a frame-mounted fairing. Not sure where to go with this. > > Other than that, I'm finding the PC800 to be pretty useful. It's nice > being able to throw a gallon gas can or a 6-pack in the trunk, and it's > very nice not to have to remove a tank bag to gas up. Gas gauge, which > actually works, is a novelty, too. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
