Riding home in gusty 60mph winds today on a 6 mile adventure

[DugieT]

OMG haha i was having to just hang on at times, just decided to take the back roads home rather than the dual carriageway, but that presented new problems, one the roads were up to 2 inch deep in water at points and two the leaves strewn everywhere, got through the back roads tippy toeing practically lol got on the street roads and the gusts nearly blew me off a few times, just my balance kept me on i think, plus gusts blowing me when i was going over paint on the road back wheel sliding.... Fun Fun

[iooi]

Dont know what sort of bike you have but the bigger the bike the better they handle the wind

I'm just hoping this wind keeps up, shifts all the leaves off the tree's and gets them off the road while they are dry.... Rather than having them stuck to the road...
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[DugieT]

[luke27]

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[DugieT]

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Push down on the handlebar and with one foot.
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Thanks for the tips Just one thing i'm not confident enough to put my foot on the handlebars lol i thought that would just be for show boating
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[DugieT]

[ms51ves3]

[luke27]

[luke27]

[Top Cat]

I had a similar ride home too, my gn isn't the heaviest and me being quite light i did struggle, more when i was stopped at junctions though, had to put both feet on the ground to keep steady!

another problem i had was my life savers, felt like wind almost gave me whiplash!

[luke27]

[DugieT]

They never mentioned the counter steering thing to me either, suppose its something you learn with experience being able to do that steadying in the wind, I was just acting on instincts and it worked ok.
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[luke27]

[bazza]

[luke27]

[bazza]

[Wise1]

Luke,

We understand what your saying but really Bazza's explanation is much simpler to explain

In normal circumstances most would understand that when going through a left hand bend for example you would move or pull the handlebars to the left.

What your thinking is that with counter steering your almost turning the bar to the right but it still goes left.

So its more pushing on down on the bar in the direction you want go, as said by Bazza, push left to go left and push right to go right.

What you dont want to do is give people the impression that if they pull the bar to the right at speed it will go left.

So push not pull
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[Nufkamp]

[Gashead Harry]

During my cbt I was taught several things about riding in stronger winds. Keep a look out for exposed gaps around the roadside such as riding over bridges or fields with no shielding trees and slow down accordingly. I was also shown to lean into the wind slightly and shift my weight over to that one side of the bike.

Hope this helps.
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[Villers]

[Wise1]

Never been blown off, but I was filtering yesterday and every time I passed the end of a car the wind caught the bike, it was like dodgems for a while and funny as f**k trying to dodge car doors, mirrors and keep the bike up and straight while I got to the front. When I did the lights were at red so I stopped and found myself almost off the bike on the right using my weight to push it left and keep it up the wind was that strong.
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