f**kin wind

[Ant]

does everyone gett effected by side wind or just me?
earlyer went out on my bike and on a local B road get to bout 60mph and i was nearly thrown off!
is this just my inexperiance or the fact ive got a light bike? or is it just summet i have to learn and live with?

[Sproketjockey]

Unfortunately you are not alone, I suffer from this problem a lot, it's probably a lot of factors, fairing, light bike and not being used to it all contributes so don't worry about it.

Matt
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[WildGoose]

i often get knocked about by the wind, bit annoying, but nothing to panic over, just learn how to react
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Robby]

you feel it lot more on the NSR than you will on a bigger heavier bike.

[Crazy Manx Man]

i'm affected by high winds, i think most are
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Too Fast For Even The Plod To Keep Up With

[Doddmaster]

Fairings are for homosexuals, so take em off!

Nah, it is a light bike covered in plastic, it's normal to get blown around a bit. A racing crouch will help a bit

[Rob]

Yeah, i have a real wind problem !!!!
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[Danny]

[Phoenix]

I get thrown about just as much on the Blade as I did on my a TZR, the only difference is that it felt like the wind was almost pushing my wheels out from under me on the TZR. On the heavier bikes it just tries to push the whole thing into the other lane, you'll end up leaning into the wind to counteract it, just dont emphasise it too much coz if u hit a load of trees where theres no wind you'll go into the ditch

[timelimit]

yea been suffering from a bit of wind abuse as well and thats in bloody london. mainly on flyovers or near my house (euston tower area gets pretty windy ) duck in a bit and bring urself closer to the bike. seems to help me a bit.
gonna try riding to farnham next monday, so im sure i'll get whipped about by some evil winds
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[Mrs_Hippy]

I get blown about a lot but there is a large amount of me and the bike for the wind to catch! Around here there are a lot of dry stone walls alongside the roads and when you pass a gap in them when its windy you better hold on.

As for farings the hippys commuting bike (the ZZR) is large and faired so the wind has a real go at him when it gusts from the side.

As for farings being for wimps 15000 commuting miles in ALL weathers I think the hippys new faired bike is going to be a godsend! Maby now he wont be so worn out and grumpy after a 12 hour shift and a couple of hours commuting - we can only hope!
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[Deano]

I was out sunday! with 3 other bikers and we kept having to come off the motorway coz the wind throwing us all over the place and the had big bikes like fazer 1000 and XJR1300 and they were affected.
Basicly all bikes are afffected you just have to be more cautious in more open areas especially open roads like dual carriageways and motorways....
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[Ant]

[Bendy]

I find it more of a pain at slow speed TBH... on the motorway you just have to anticipate it and compensate, but at least you have a fair whack of momentum working in your favour.

In town when you're pootling at slow speed and you suddenly get whacked by a gust, that sucks... esp if you cant reach the ground terribly well. I half dropped my scooter once doing about 3 mph when I just got scooped up by a gust from a totally unexpected direction, it had funnelled through a bunch of buildings and was going opposite to everything else