stupid question about lists of bikes after signatures nklr

[Dust]

Is there any science to riding in cross winds? Riding into town today, was about blown off the road at least 4x. Actually felt like the bike was going to be taken out from under me. There has to ba a point which the power of rotational inertia to keep me on 2 wheels is overcome by the pull of gravity as I am angled over. Do you just "tough it out", slow down, stand on the seat, wet your pants, or take an unplanned offroad trip through the ditch and into the barbed wire fence? You would think dealing with the wind would come naturally to a native Okie. Any advice, wisdom, and experience would be appreciated. Dust A14 "Rhino" Man with BIG Grin (and clean underwear in case I get in an accident)

[Jim Hyman]

Dust, It may go against the grain, but HIGHER road speed may cut down the severity of the wind buffeting. The high in the saddle riding position on our KLRs doesn't help things. I'm assuming that you tried crouching down "road racer" style, with minimal benefit. Once I was on a lightly traveled interstate & rode 200 miles in high wind @ 80-85 mph. At this speed I felt relatively stable & was able to continue. It also helped by keeping a loose grip on my bike. At lower speeds I wouldn't have been able to continue. This is ok if you're not on crowded roads or in the city. There have been several times when I just had to pull over & wait things out. Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA] ps: congrats on the clean underwear, your mother would be proud! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- "Dust " wrote:

> Is there any science to riding in cross winds? > > Riding into town today, was about blown off the road at least 4x. > Actually felt like the bike was going to be taken out from under > me. > > There has to ba a point which the power of rotational inertia to > keep me on 2 wheels is overcome by the pull of gravity as I am > angled over. > > Do you just "tough it out", slow down, stand on the seat, wet > your pants, or take an unplanned offroad trip through the ditch > and into the barbed wire fence? > > You would think dealing with the wind would come naturally to a > native Okie. > > Any advice, wisdom, and experience would be appreciated. > > > Dust > A14 "Rhino" > Man with BIG Grin (and clean underwear in case I get in an accident)

[ddickca]

I find that countersteering works the best in all but the most extreme wind conditions. When riding through strond steady winds, you must lean the bike into the wind. For example, with a strong but steady wind coming from your left side, pushing on the left grip will lean the bike upwind and keep you going straight. Whenever the wind changes, you also have to quickly countersteer to whatever angl you need to kee the bike going straight. With strong gusty winds, it is more challenging. Suddenly a gust appears out of nowhere, forcing you towards the path of an oncoming mack truck. The solution is to lean the bike into the wind quickly, by countersteering forcefully, the same technique you would use for swerving. When riding out on the prairie, it helps to be able to read the wind, and be able to anticipate it. When I am sailing I can tell a gust is coming by the ripples on the water. On the prairies, you can see ripples in the grass or other vegetation, on the fields, or you can see the dust being kicked up, or you can see a tumbleweed(cannonball) being tossed at you. By learning to read the wind, you may get an extra half second or so to anticipate the gust and then you are ready for it. If you are riding against a steady wind, and a big semi goes by you, they can push a huge bow wave of air toward you, or block the wind sudd4enly as they pass, especially if coming from the opposite direction. Of course, there are extremes, such as thunderstorms and line squalls. In these cases you are best advised to seek shelter quickly or do an end run around the storm if possible. I can recall coming out of Rocky Mountain House one year, and going thought the final pass before hitting the prairies. I saw huge barrel clouds coming through this pass along the Saskatchewan River and donned my raingear. As soon as I hit this squall the wind and sleet was so powerful that the wind was actually sliding my bike tires into the next lane. I pressed on anyways for about eighty miles and then caught a motel. By then I was moderately hypothermic, and counted myself as being very fortunate.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dust " wrote: > Is there any science to riding in cross winds? > > Riding into town today, was about blown off the road at least 4x. > Actually felt like the bike was going to be taken out from under me. > > There has to ba a point which the power of rotational inertia to keep > me on 2 wheels is overcome by the pull of gravity as I am angled over. > > Do you just "tough it out", slow down, stand on the seat, wet your > pants, or take an unplanned offroad trip through the ditch and into > the barbed wire fence? > > You would think dealing with the wind would come naturally to a > native Okie. > > Any advice, wisdom, and experience would be appreciated. > > > Dust > A14 "Rhino" > Man with BIG Grin (and clean underwear in case I get in an accident)

[hens_p]

Usually it is what they currently own. Otherwise the list would run out of bandwidth....

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "ddickca" wrote: > I must ask a stupid question of the collective. > > When people are listing various motorcycles after their signatures, > does this mean the current stable that they own, or all of the bikes > that they have ever owned. > > Thanks.