Has anyone actually been blown off their bike?

[klingon]

Once more The Powers That Be are warning us to leave our motorbikes at home in the crazy weather.

Like many others, I ride over the Auckland Harbour Bridge twice a day. The other day there were wind warnings on the overhead signs, but the Volty and I just cruised on over with no problems. There was a police wagon in front of me and he kept checking me in his mirrors - I think he secretly wanted the excitement of seeing me blown over the edge. :Playnice:

Do people actually get blown off their bikes? Or is it just a chance for the authorities to get all over-excited and dramatic?

[Joliet]

It felt like I was going to get blown over yesterday while I was sitting at the lights .. was quite scary actually :(

[Colapop]

Yep it happens. Not so much blown off but definitely blown over. Get caught by a gust of wind on a wet road... off balance, you go left bike goes right = sucksville

[nico]

i felt close to being blowen over on sunday last week on moterway into welly defently was blown around thank god for no cars and 3 lanes probally should have taken the cage but bike so much fun even in the crap :niceone:

[jafar]

I have been blown off course on a bike causing me to crash, so yes it can happen. I was a noobie then :doh:

[jrandom]

There was a police wagon in front of me and he kept checking me in his mirrors...

Probably because you're quite hot-lookin' in that tight black gear of yours.

It would appear that (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1127216#post1127216) blown-off-bike incidents are not entirely unknown, however.

[007XX]

Never had that particular issue, and am pretty slight in build, and only riding a 250.

[jrandom]

Never had that particular issue, and am pretty slight in build, and only riding a 250.

And I've never had that particular issue, and I'm a fat bastard on a quarter-ton 1400.

:sunny:

[Hitcher]

Never had that particular issue, and am pretty slight in build, and only riding a 250.

I understand that people like you have to run around in the shower to get wet...

[Nasty]

Being blown off course a number of times (especially on little bike going on Ngauranga George) ... but also been almost sucked under trucks when thee wind has grabbed me :( .. Really unpleasant.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Oh hangon...I thought you said blown off on yer bike!:spanking:

[jrandom]

I understand that people like you have to run around in the shower to get wet...

Ladies and gentlemen, may we have a moment's silence for contemplation, please.

[007XX]

And I've never had that particular issue, and I'm a fat bastard on a quarter-ton 1400.

:sunny:

Boiling down to the riding technique having more to do with it than actual corporeal characteristics...


I understand that people like you have to run around in the shower to get wet...

Not quite...my name is not Veronica Pygmea.

[jrandom]

Boiling down to the riding technique having more to do with it than actual corporeal characteristics...

Spot on, milady.

[Str8 Jacket]

Ive been blown off a dead straight road into a grass ditch by a gust of wind. I have also been blown over onto the road by a gust while turning a corner. Ive been blown into grass bushes by gusts of winds and I have been blown all over the motorway. I know I aint the only one that this has happened to either!. Howevere..... since ive put on almost 20 kilos in the past year, it hasnt happened again?!
Im more scared of the wind than the rain, that's for sure! :yes:

[NOMIS]

Ive got nothing clean to say so ill just be quiet

[Big Dave]

Here let me:

Well there was this redhead.....oh, blown off the bike.

[Badjelly]

While driving my Fiat 132 in a screaming NWer in Canterbury 2.5 decades ago (I remember we passed thru Windwhistle) I wondered whether it was possible for the wind to blow a car off the road. No, surely not, I reassured myself. But last year I believe a car got blown off the road somewhere in N Canterbury and ended up in a field-- I saw a news photo.

I've never been blown off my bike, but I do remember an unintended lane change on the motorway at the bottom of Ngauranga Gorge on my Suzuki GT250. :shit:

[BOGAR]

Came very close when heading past Carterton to Wellington one day. Wind was strong and very persistent so i was slowly getting closer to the edge of the road. Only thing that stopped me going off the road was a wind break that allowed me to get near the center of the road again. sxxt :shit: scared :crybaby: that day but strange thing was on the hill there was almost no wind. not quite the blown off but certainly blown across.

[vifferman]

I reckon, that if we were being technically correct, most of those that have been "blown off their bikes" were more likely to "have lost control of their bikes during windy conditions". And more than likely, this was due to overcompensating during a gust, then swerving violently as the gust diminished.
But of course, they'd never admit to that. :rolleyes:

I too have ridden over the Harbour Bridge many times during windy conditions, and found that if you are reasonably relaxed, the bike will lean during gusts, but continue in a straight line, if you don't fight the bike in an attempt to remain upright. I also found from riding several different bikes in very windy conditions that some are worse than others. The VTR was relatively good - the half-fairing and lowish screen catching less wind (while providing less protection to wind from the front). Also, the diminutive front mudguard wasn't unduly affected by the wind.
In contrast, the VFR's fairing provides better wind protection, but also makes the bike blow a round a little more in side gusts. It also has the strange habit of steering in response to wind on the front mudguard and/or wheel and/or brake hardware. It was especialy noticeable riding north on the western clip-on when there was a strong southwesterly blowing. As it went past each panel of railing, the bike would steer right slightly, so that it was doing this strange wiggle as I rode along. Disconcerting, but not dangerous.

One thing I've thought of while riding in say a 120km/h wind is, "You've ridden at 100 km/h in a 40km/h or more wind - what's the difference?" And in absolute terms, there is none. If you can control your bike riding fast in a moderate wind, then you can control your bike riding slowly in more blustery conditions, Shirley?

[MIXONE]

Coming back from the Hokonui Moonshine many moons ago and a mate was blown off the road into a ditch.He had only had the bike for a week and it had won "Best Jap" the day before.Bike totally fucked,him totally gutted and I don't think his mrs has been back on a bike since!

[Str8 Jacket]

I reckon, that if we were being technically correct, most of those that have been "blown off their bikes" were more likely to "have lost control of their bikes during windy conditions". And more than likely, this was due to overcompensating during a gust, then swerving violently as the gust diminished.
But of course, they'd never admit to that. :rolleyes:



Yeah maybe. I have definately learnt some skills to help keep me on my bike in wind but I know for sure that I could not have done much when I was blown off my bike the first time....

I was riding back from Lake Ferry back to Wgtn along a dead straight road when all of a sudden a gust of wind hit me like it was a brick wall. It just took me and the bike literally sideways then I left my bike while it went up the road a bit.

The second time I was turning right from Taranaki st into Vivian. As I was turing the corner a gust of wind hit me like a wall again. I had a big back pack on and was literally blown over sideways. Naturally due to the riding position the bike fell with me.

Like I say though, I weighed just under 50 kilos and my bike prob only 100 or so at the time......

As for the times I have been blown over lanes, yes they were and now are avoidable. In wgtn you learn really fast to keep ya revs high, arms loose and knees nicely resting firmly on the tank. Also keeping your distance from other vehicles around you on the road helps alot to!

[raftn]

Not blown off. but certainlt blown sideways once, didnt half freak me out!

[alanzs]

Winds will blow over tractor trailer rigs, so yes, they can blow over a bike and rider.
I have ridden very long distances (400+k's) through the desert in extremely strong winds where the bike is seriously leaning over.
I was riding in gale force winds through a canyon and was blown from the lane I was driving in, across two lanes of a freeway, narrowly missing a car, and death. No amount of counter steering would help. I just went faster...
Shit happens...

[vifferman]

It's a weird thing though.
I've been riding to work on the motorway recently, and the bike has developed strange handling in windy conditions - weaving around a wee bit. I've no idea what it is due to, but there's something about the aerodynamics of the rider and/or the bike, or something about the handling that's changed. Making sure the front tyre was properly inflated helped.
I'm fairly sure it didn't do this before, but I'm not sure before what.
Before the Storms were fitted?
Before I got a new jacket and helmet?
Before I upgraded the suspension?
It used to be SO stable, but now it feels a bit... skittery (?) Wandery?
Where's that freakin' spudwhat emotidweebicon when you need it...

[vifferman]

Winds will blow over tractor trailer rigs, so yes, they can blow over a bike and rider.
You're talking serious winds though.
I've ridden over the Harbour Bridge in winds gusting 130km/h or more, and it was scary, but I felt safe(ish). And then it was not as scary as driving a Renault 10 over the bridge in lesser winds...

[klingon]

Crikey. After reading some of those stories maybe I shouldn't be quite so casual about the whole thing!

I do enjoy a bit of excitement on my commute though. Same scenery every day... the novelty of "stupid things done by cagers" has worn off a bit... all I have left is the weather!


...One thing I've thought of while riding in say a 120km/h wind is, "You've ridden at 100 km/h in a 40km/h or more wind - what's the difference?" And in absolute terms, there is none. If you can control your bike riding fast in a moderate wind, then you can control your bike riding slowly in more blustery conditions, Shirley?

The trouble with this theory is when you're riding fast the wind is pretty consistent and always coming from the front. The aerodynamics of the bike are designed for that. When a gust of wind suddenly slaps you from the side things behave a bit differently.

[klingon]

I reckon the superior design of the Volty gives me an advantage over the rest of you lot with your fancy fairings and screens. The wind just whistles right through my little naked bike with her spoked wheels.

The Volty and I laugh at your smart bikes with their rev counters and fuel gauges! All they do is catch the wind! :chase:

[SPman]

Never had any trouble on the bridge in 40 yrs of crap weather.

The Rimutakas however............

[vifferman]

I reckon the superior design of the Volty gives me an advantage over the rest of you lot with your fancy fairings and screens. The wind just whistles right through my little naked bike with her spoked wheels.
That's true (for a given value of true).
However (but) the aerodynamics of a faired bike can be an advantage, especially in a head wind (or one just off the starboard or port bow). Plus if the wind's REEEEEAAALY strong,we can at least take refuge behind the windshield.
And it keeps a lot of the weather off.
But (however) the windshield can also be Eggs Sell Ant for funneling insects at one's visor. :doh:

[Lissa]

I havent actually been blown off my bike, but I have been unavoidably pushed on to the other lane near the top of the Rimutakas once when I had the little GN, and I wasnt going very fast at all and luckly nothing coming the other way (or at least that I could collide into). There was absolutely nothing I could do about it, except maybe I should never have been riding up there in the first place. :crazy: But the Rimutakas can be deceptive... calm down in the Rapa but blowing a gale up on the hill.

[hellnback]

It's hard to lane split across the bridge in the wind....:whistle: leave early.

[Roki_nz]

Never been blown off but i have been pushed off course. Can be very common in wellington

[Jantar]

I have had the very un-nerving experience of going around a right hand 65 kmh bend at 65 kmh........ All the time leaning to the left. On the same ride some riders were blown off the road. The naked bikes did tend to manage the conditions better than faired ones.

[sunhuntin]

not blown off, but nearly on a few occasions. best one was down south, the wind being funnelled up a cliff and onto the road. hit my like a ton of bricks and swept me to the left. managed to counter steer the other way, and ended up laughing like a lunatic. lol.

another time was going around one corner, wind funnelled down a hill and, once again, like a ton of bricks. again, kept her on the road, just. that was the first time ive encountered wind like that, so was amazed i stayed on the road. had i not, i would have been into a fence.

i used to ride the foxton straights on windy days for the practise, lol. love wind, specially sidewards. head winds, like today, not so much fun. dont think i got above 90 more than once! LOL. and if i did, it was a downhill, lmfao. never done any unintentional lane changes, but thats cos i ride two lane roads most of the time. i tend to let the bike wander whereever it wants, so long as it stays between the white lines.

[Monsterbishi]

My bike is a fatty 200+kg means the wind does very little ;-)

Had a selection of moments over the years with the cbr250r, got shifted right across lanes but never beyond.

[vifferman]

lol. love wind, specially sidewards. head winds, like today, not so much fun.
Windy days wind me up summat chronic, and make me ride faster (except when going across the Harbour Bridge on a real blustery day - then I slow down just a tad.

[sinfull]

Yep rimutakas got me one day two up ! Felt like a fucking great hand slapped me sideways 6 ft while i was cornering ! Ok second thought i kicked it away seconds b4 hitting the barrier ! catapalted us both over the edge twenty ft down the bank ! Mrs was spewing when i upped and scrambled back to the bike and left her down the bank ! Well hey she was standing by then !!!

Seen three bikes get blown into the same ditch as straightjacket on one ride, wasn't fixation iether lol but they all ended up in the same spot , was one hell wind tunnel going through !

[nighthawk]

Had a similar experience on the Featherston side travelling back to the Hutt, was taking a hard left corner with a stock truck coming the other way.

Wind funneled between the truck and the hillside and blew me in under the truck just behind the fuel tank.

Got told later I rolled out the back of the truck with the bike (now shaped like a banana) hard behind me.

Got a free helicopter ride and buggered a perfectly good yamaha, have never been comfortable ridding through there since.

:Oops:

[batesclan]

Been blown across road on a FJ11 with bags etc on way to Brass Monkey two up. Lucky nothing coming other way

[mattian]

Like you I cross the Harbour bridge everyday and it can be pretty windy. Doesnt bother me though........ as long as its not a hurricane then I can make it across in one piece. I just stay relaxed and grip the seat with my knees (umm,. and butt cheeks) :shit: You do get blown about alot in the lane but, I find most other drivers tend to keep their distance which helps with my peace of mind. My bike is a low rider with a slightly longer wheel base than some other bikes which provides a little more stability.
I would like to know when the hell are they gonna bulid an alternative harbour crossing, like a tunnel or something more protected from the elements.

[The Stranger]

I do know of one young guy whom was a member here being blown off over on the harbour brigde.
It was a fully faired bike however. I find they tend to be significantly worse in a cross wind than a volty due to all the Tupperware.

[I'm motarded]

Never had any trouble on the bridge in 40 yrs of crap weather.

The Rimutakas however............

I also had a few scary moments on that hill due to high winds :gob

[Mom]

These stories give me shivers! Thank goodness none of you hit a cheesecutter in the process!

I have to say I gave up winter commuting over the Pakuranga Bridge heading to Ti Rakau Dr in bad weather (may be called the Eastern Bypass now) after making an unplanned lane change thanks to the wind!

[alanzs]

You're talking serious winds though.
I've ridden over the Harbour Bridge in winds gusting 130km/h or more, and it was scary, but I felt safe(ish). And then it was not as scary as driving a Renault 10 over the bridge in lesser winds...

Serious winds are the kind I am talking about. I have sat on the side of the road before, as the winds were gale force and tractor trailer rigs and motor homes had been blown over in front of me. The police stopped all vehicles. It was like being in the blast of a helicopter; dirt flying everywhere, sand and pebbles literally pitted the paint on the bike...no place to hide. Not fun. Time to sit down, have a wee smoke and wait. I waited overnight till the winds settled. :shit:

[rainman]

The trouble with this theory is when you're riding fast the wind is pretty consistent and always coming from the front.

I thought you rode a Volty? :dodge:


I reckon the superior design of the Volty gives me an advantage over the rest of you lot with your fancy fairings and screens. The wind just whistles right through my little naked bike with her spoked wheels.

Although there is the "chest-full-of-wind" phenomenon at high speed. I'm sure I'll eventually be able to scratch my feet without bending over.

All your Volty needs is a couple of extra kgs and you too will be able to ride in (almost) any conditions... my 220-ish kg bike occasionally warbles about from side to side in extreme wind, but not to the point where I ever think I will be blown over. Low c.o.g., y'see.

Riding home the other night was fun though - went through a short patch of pea-size hail, the arse was swinging all over the place!

[Steam]

I have been blown off my bike.

When I was in Taiwan I went for a ride in a hurricane. A proper, full-on hurricane.

I'd never been in a hurricane before and as I had the day off since work was closed along with all other shops in the city due to high winds, I decided to try to find the eye of the storm, which was supposed to be passing about 20 km north of where i lived.
I only went about 1 or 2 kilometres before being blown off the bike into a rice-paddy (I was only going 20 kph, so it was more hilarious than dangerous).

But on the way back I saw whole sheets of deadly jagged roofing iron flying across the road without touching the tarmac, cars crushed by falling trees and power poles, and trees down everywhere.
It was foolish but I was a foreigner in an interesting country and I'd never seen a hurricane except on TV.

A reminder for next time, Hurricanes = Dangerous.

[Swoop]

Once more The Powers That Be are warning us to leave our motorbikes at home in the crazy weather.
Huh? What crazy weather?:scratch: It is just Mother Nature doing what she does.

It's hard to lane split across the bridge in the wind....
I find the cages are quite useful windbreaks whilst filtering!:whistle:

[Hinny]

I wondered whether it was possible for the wind to blow a car off the road. No, surely not, I reassured myself. But last year I believe a car got blown off the road somewhere in N Canterbury and ended up in a field-- I saw a news photo.
East of Avoca in the Canterbury High country a Train got blown off a bridge over the Broken River.

[Hinny]

Ive got nothing clean to say so ill just be quiet

Where's the fun in that?

[Pedrostt500]

Ive had trouble at the top of the Rimutaka hill the bike was picked up and throwen accross the lane by the wind, me and my K100rt arnt no light weights.

[MaxCannon]

I used to get blown all over the show on the GN
Now on a much heavier bike I barely notice the wind

Even some of the strong guts we have lately haven't sent me off course like they used to.

[Hitcher]

East of Avoca in the Canterbury High country a Train got blown off a bridge over the Broken River.

Was it broken before the train fell on it?

[GIXser]

Oh hangon...I thought you said blown off on yer bike!:spanking:

been there done that..... oh affman "where art thou"

[klingon]

Windy days wind me up summat chronic, and make me ride faster ...

Yeah I find that too... I become rather excitable on windy days and I tend to go out for a ride even if I have nowhere in particular to go. I'm often whooping and yodelling inside my helmet when it's really windy.

Just as well nobody can hear me (I think).

[howdamnhard]

Yes I´m sure people have been blown off.More of a problem when going slowly or stopped(no gyroscopic effect from wheels keeping you upright).The wind was probably from in behind you and thats why you didn´t notice it klingon.

[cs363]

I had a wind assisted get off at the old Taupo track many moons ago, it was on the hairpin on a 250 proddy bike. Pretty well just a step off, pick it back up and go affair, no doubt assisted by the slower speed and lean angle at the apex of the turn along with a 16" front wheel. the wind basically just took the front wheel out from under me.

Though I've never seen or heard of anyone getting blown off their bike under normal circumstances I would imagine its quite conceivable given that big trucks can get blown over by high winds.

[Hinny]

been almost sucked under trucks when thee wind has grabbed me :( .. Really unpleasant.

Been blown on a bus :yawn: .. Really pleasant.

[ital916]

I don't have problems on straights, easy enough to loosen up and compensate, it's the corners that get me in high winds. High wind + a sharp handling, light 250 cc bike + rain (in he dry it's alright) = me going very carefully at ten below the posted speed limit. haha

[cruza]

Hah a bad one a few years ago on my ducati heading to the w/coast from chch, down off porters pass and on the gas... and round the sweeping lake lyndon corner at the bottom , and got hit by huge wind sweeping across the lake, blown right across the highway , and left the road onto openish shingle area still doing 90-100km, hell ride stayed upright to just over joggling speed , then flopped on the side. got away with couple small scatches on fairing. lake valley must be like a wind tunnel in certain conditions, as other people have told me experiences of huge wind gusts just after exiting the corner.

[Hinny]

Boiling down to the riding technique having more to do with it than actual corporeal characteristics...

Nah! Fat bastards are always more stable..


Not quite...my name is not Veronica Pygmea.[/quote]

I suspect it may be Veronica Filiformis - Threadstalk SpeedWell

[cruza]

Was it broken before the train fell on it?

They get huge winds thru that area at times, valleys are like wind tunnels, some of the viaducts have side protection to reduce the wind.

[007XX]

I suspect it may be Veronica Filiformis - Threadstalk SpeedWell


For a second there, I thought you were calling me a bad weed...til I googled Threadstalk Speedwell of course :laugh:

[Mental Trousers]

As for the times I have been blown over lanes, yes they were and now are avoidable. In wgtn you learn really fast to keep ya revs high, arms loose and knees nicely resting firmly on the tank. Also keeping your distance from other vehicles around you on the road helps alot to!

Spot on. You'll find that putting lots of weight on the downwind foot peg (wind from the left stand on right footpeg) helps too.

Riding 1 gear down keeps the revs up and more revs means more spinning mass and much more stable.

Arms loose and knees holding the tank is how people should be riding pretty much all the time.

[rocketman1]

Ive been blown off a dead straight road into a grass ditch by a gust of wind. I have also been blown over onto the road by a gust while turning a corner. Ive been blown into grass bushes by gusts of winds and I have been blown all over the motorway. I know I aint the only one that this has happened to either!. Howevere..... since ive put on almost 20 kilos in the past year, it hasnt happened again?!
Im more scared of the wind than the rain, that's for sure! :yes:

Mate you are one really blown guy, you could call yourself a blow-n job specialist

[McJim]

Do people actually get blown off their bikes? Or is it just a chance for the authorities to get all over-excited and dramatic?

Well I have to admit that every time I've been blown I've not been on my bike :girlfight: so I suppose that qualifies as being blown off my bike. To be quite honest I'd be surprised to find if someone had been blown ON their bike. I'd be worried I'd drop it.:rofl:

[Smoggy]

Once more The Powers That Be are warning us to leave our motorbikes at home in the crazy weather.

Like many others, I ride over the Auckland Harbour Bridge twice a day. The other day there were wind warnings on the overhead signs, but the Volty and I just cruised on over with no problems. There was a police wagon in front of me and he kept checking me in his mirrors - I think he secretly wanted the excitement of seeing me blown over the edge. :Playnice:

Do people actually get blown off their bikes? Or is it just a chance for the authorities to get all over-excited and dramatic?

A few years ago, when living in the UK, I was on my way to Stranraer, to get the ferry over to N.Ireland. Was riding my ST1100 then, and spent the last 100km riding at an angle of around 45 degrees - or very close there to. It was interesting.

[Hinny]

For a second there, I thought you were calling me a bad weed...til I googled Threadstalk Speedwell of course :laugh:

Well you are very speed y to talk (post) to new threads.

[Biggles2000]

A few years ago on my Triumph 1200 Trophy, two up with all the gear, coming back from the Brass, heading back to Wellington, just north of Blenheim, in a storm I was hit by such a strong and sudden gust of wind that I pulled my wrist out of its socket trying to hold the bike on the road. Didn't go down but i did have to find a doc in Picton the next day cause of the pain and swelling. Gave my wife the sh1ts who to this day won't go out in the wind on a bike.

[LittleAngel]

When I had the trusty GN I used to hate the wind.. Used to scare the crapper out of me. :eek5::shit:

Since Ive been riding bigger bikes it hasn't been a problem. :ride:

Until... I was riding a few weeks ago through Dunsandel and was minding my own business when I started passing a few cars etc, came around the bend and decided to pass a bus, was half way through passing when a sideways gust came along! :gob:

Was soo strong I started to get the wobbles. Thankfully at the time I didn't panic and just buttoned off a bit and pulled in front of bus (going slower than I was planning!! probably annoyed the shit out of the bus driver!! and cagers behind me!!) and paid more attention to what was going on! :slap:

Hard to hang on to the bike yet keep relaxed arms etc! Wasn't till I was a bit further down the road and the wind had settled that I realised that it could have been a whole different scenario!! :shit:

[ajturbo]

there was this one time, a BIG group of us were heading off to the brass monkey...

it was a "bit" windy

front guy was on FJ1200
next guy was 2 up on XJ650 turbo
i was next on my 750....

we were all leaning into the wind on the straight road, when i noticed the front guy suddenly get pushed to edge of the road (our side), so i slowed down.....

the guy on the turbo didn't have a chance, the wind pushed him of the road and onto the grass verge, there was nothing he could do, i had vissions of him getting tangled up in the wire fence, so slowed even more, i reached the smae point on the road and was nearly in the grass also... why i didn't? i have no idea...

the turbo guy,( said later), that he had no other option but to grab a big handfull of throtle and hope for th ebest... the turbo kicked in and some how he got back on the road,...... slowed us down for a couple of K's.....

[nico]

2day is one windy ass day got blowen around abit on way to work i think someone mentened it b4 but the vfr awsome in head on wind cut slike hot knowfe thru butter but down side is a really good sail inc fat bastard riding for side wind good leg workout squesing that tank lol :Punk:

[InsaneSpeedDemon89]

Ive been blown off a dead straight road into a grass ditch by a gust of wind. I have also been blown over onto the road by a gust while turning a corner. Ive been blown into grass bushes by gusts of winds and I have been blown all over the motorway. I know I aint the only one that this has happened to either!. Howevere..... since ive put on almost 20 kilos in the past year, it hasnt happened again?!
Im more scared of the wind than the rain, that's for sure! :yes:

Me 3!
Motorways a bitch and one of those corners on the rimutakas gets the wind real good... causing expensive repairs, luckily the cars following stopped.

[MarkH]

Even some of the strong guts we have lately haven't sent me off course like they used to.

Sometimes strong guts can cause very bad wind!

[klingon]

Please excuse me dredging up a really old thread... just thought it might be relevant again given the current weather warnings...

[firefighter]

There was a police wagon in front of me and he kept checking me in his mirrors - I think he secretly wanted the excitement of seeing me blown over the edge. :Playnice:

I know your kidding, but even so i'd very much doubt that! You have any idea how much work for him that would result in?! In the wind and rain?!:pinch::cold:

[Skyryder]

Ive been blown off a dead straight road into a grass ditch by a gust of wind. I have also been blown over onto the road by a gust while turning a corner. Ive been blown into grass bushes by gusts of winds and I have been blown all over the motorway. I know I aint the only one that this has happened to either!. Howevere..... since ive put on almost 20 kilos in the past year, it hasnt happened again?!
Im more scared of the wind than the rain, that's for sure! :yes:

So that would be a wind bust.:doctor:

Skyryder

[Despatch]

I've been blown off the road years ago on the Takupau plains riding an NX650 (Honda Dominator). I've made involuntary lane changes before on a bike too. It is more of a problem in gusty wind rather than steady wind, because in the latter you can "lean" steadily against the wind and not get caught out.

Generally, the heavier the bike, the easier it is to control in the wind; You can use the bike's weight rather than your own to control it. You might clip the odd wing mirror splitting lane too.

I got blown about a bit in a severe storm in London some time ago on the M40 to Oxford. My standard courier bike (CX500) was out, so I was riding a little CD200. Lorries were overturned and trees uprooted, but I managed to keep the little bike on the road somehow. Much of the M40 (like the Harbour Bridge) is elevated, so quite exposed.

The weather would have to be pretty severe for me to be put off riding due to the wind. It doesn't hurt to be cautious though.

[TerminalAddict]

Those of us who completed Grand Challenge 07 will have fond memories of 150 kph cross winds on SH16

[LBD]

I have been blown all over the road and learnt some valuable counter steering skills. And I have ridden or tried to ride in wind so strong that I had to lean so far I was laying the bike over till pegs on the ground and or the wheels were slidding out...gave up about then. (XT500 on gravel)

[tigertim20]

Ive been blown ON my bike a few times, does that count?