Wind does anyone else have any problems with it

[Steve C]

Are you suggesting my b*lls are getting bigger????

I was thinking feet but I guess you have balls there too

[nomad]

What IS going on here?

When I joined this forum, there's no WAY that a thread about wind would stay serious for more than about three or four posts...

Fletch! where are you dude?

even after this the posts are staying serious
are we turning into a load of old farts

[Steve C]

even after this the posts are staying serious
are we turning into a load of old farts

I think they're blowing me off

[pxlpig]

absolutely brick myself on the motorway when I see the trees bending from left to right ahead.....probably stems from a 70mph near miss with a lorry on the M20 when a gust caught the steed and nearly blew us into the central reservation...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkk, change thy underwear!

[pxlpig]

just been informed by the missus that i have a problem with wind when asleep...hahaha

[Redbus]

Its only this last year, i've started to get a little uneasy when riding in the wind. I just think its me. But as the winds got stronger or what. Or am i just being a boy about it all.

This is the reason for a good pair of bikers trousers. They keep your saddle clean. Thats why I like to change at the end of my ride.

[skyrise]

While I was learning to ride the place where I took lessons let's you take out 125's by your self to practice on. I took a little SR125 and went for a 20 mile ride to see my girlfriend. stopped for tea and cuddles

went back on the bike. By then the weather had picked up quite a bit.. the wind was so bad the the gust's were f"£$ing scary... at one point i thought i would just have to get off and call them up and let them know where their bike was.. I was blown all over the place, for a while there that was going to be the day that i would deiced that i would never ride a bike after i pass my test.

but thankfully my TA is a lot more steady in the wind than the SR was

[jimanni4147@tiscali.co.uk]

A tip, picked up from an advanced riding course, relating to cross winds, is that the bikes consist of two huge gyroscopes, those are, the wheels. The bike wants to go in a straight line.
Tank slapper, let go of the handlebars and allow the bike to come through.
Side wind, virtually let go of bars, but keep throttle in place. Trying to countersteer, only makes the problem worse; obviously reduce speed. Takes guts, but try it, I have a Pan 1100 which is reputed to be a bad un in cross winds, but it works.

[Zenarchy]

Tank slapper, let go of the handlebars and allow the bike to come through.

Does that work? I've never had one of those so far (look terrifying from some of the videos I've seen).

I read that you're meant to hold the bars firmly when that happens though eg : http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=190

Edit>> Though probably not this firmly:

[Gromit3528]

JEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZUUUUUSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

That guy is a real survivor, he really did not want to crash that day but must have used up more than a few of his nine lives getting back on the bike at speed.

RESPECT