wind and broken bones

[Hitcher]

When I ride my RGV150 aroundit getshit hard by the wind so what I do is if the wind is hitting the right hand side of the bike I tend to put the knee out into the wind so theair bubble around the bike catcheson my knee andhelps tip it over just keep doing it but dont ride close to the centre line because a trucks can knock your knee off hope this helps

Ivan

P.S

we all have our crashes under braking I have done that before not on the road but at race meetings slamming the front brakes on to hard causing the front end to skid and usally turn the wheel and then its bye bye bike one helpful bit of advice is dont hold onto the bike once this happens relax your hands and if the bike grabs good but once you fell it falling over let go and then try not to move anything cause thats how you brake bones I know I flipped my brothers BMX and landed on the collar bone it bloody hurt like crazy 5 minutes later because you dont fell it all

Gahhhhh! What language is this?? Don't tell me it's English. Because it isn't!

I read it and my right eyelid is still twitching. And I have this strange ringing noise in my ears. What happened to basic conventions, like ending a sentence with a full stop and starting a new one with a capital letter? I won't even go near the apostrophe. Or the difference between past, present and future tenses. I'm off to the mental health thread to recuperate. Jesus wept.

[Motu]

Apostrophe? What apostrophe? I see no apostrophe.....have you broken the code and found the secret meaning we can't see??

[Sketchy_Racer]

Don't worry guys, my mother is a English teacher and when she saw that........




She fainted.

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[Balding Eagle]

I thought that if your mother taught english she would be [B]an[B] English teacher, not a english teacher. But aren't we here to talk bikes. Get enough of that other s..t elsewhere.

My advice on the wind. Not too fast and not too slow. These lead to instability. Relax on the bars and like that other important part of life; keep the body moving.

[Balding Eagle]

Getting back to the original post now. I have taken up riding again after a looong time off and have just achieved my full licence. I took a couple of riding courses and did a lot of reading. Total Control is one book that I found very helpful and moreso than "A twist of the wrist" which was also very highly recommended but I found more focused on the racing rider. Read the books and then go out and put what they say into practice. Good luck and enjoy.

[quickbuck]

Wendy, welcome to KB.

Some good advise already covered here. I was asked by a noob once how to handle the wind, and after thinking about, I couldn't give one definitive answer. Will try the bum off seat method myself. I usually counter steer my way along, but as pointed out you need to keep a good eye out on the shelter.
I have also seen 250+KG of GSX250, rider and touring gear get lifted off the road and get slammed into a bank. Not nice.

As you are in Victoria, look up the guys from "Stay Upright", and do one of their courses. I recommend it to all. The price may seem high (It was $225, maybe slightly more, as that was 10 years ago), but it is nothing compaired to fixing your bike all the time.

BTW, I voted 30 offs. Had most of them in the dirt, and bucket racing, but the slowest ones caused the largest injuries. Worst was when a 44 tonne truck decided he didn't have to look out for motorcycles and turned right across my path.