Bike ride's in Auckland for 250cc's, interested?

[Zapf]

Hhahha.. me same. specially when you have cars passing you. Also, I found that wind noise went up heaps when I have my head close to the bike.

[DEATH_INC.]

Don't pull wheelies on the m/way in strong sidewinds,as soon as the front gets higher than the barrier you change lanes REAL quick.........

[aff-man]

Buuger it all.Sorry guys forgot to set mu alarm and so did the typical student thing of waking up at 10ish. Sucks oh well might take the bike for a litttle putter around

[Two Smoker]

Don't pull wheelies on the m/way in strong sidewinds,as soon as the front gets higher than the barrier you change lanes REAL quick.........

LMAO yep i can vouch for watching that happen LOL.....

[Two Smoker]

I found if I went in for the racer tuck position (chest on tank, chin on top triple clamp) that lowering the total C of G reduced the leverage that the wind had on me. Unfortunately I felt like a dick doing it at 110km/h on the motorway

This is only useful on a small bike when it is extremely windy (ie wind speeds of above 70kmh)

other than that its useless unless you want to make the bike go fast.... head wind is tolerable if you are doing sub 200kmh, but over that speed and you have to duck due to the force of the wind being so strong..... on the RG at 180kmh i can quite happily have my head above the fairing.... ON MR's bike doing 260kmh i HAVE to be behind the blade other wise i will get neck problems and a squashed nose

[Devil]

Bah, I should be able to come out with you guys in a month or so, whenever I can get my thumb out of its brace

I think it'll be time to get my restricted then, so that'll be handy.

[vifferman]

wow what an experience today, rode to dury pass the autobann and back. In gusty head/tail/side winds. On a naked bike.

Is there any tricks/positions to not catch so much wind?

Having been over the Harbour Bridge in very strong winds more than a few times, and subject to nasty things, I've learnt a little. There are some things you can do that will help.
Keep your weight forward (to weight the front tyre), and crouch a bit to reduce frontal area.
Don't grip the bars tightly; the wind gusts on your arms and shoulders will cause the bike to weave if you're holding the grips tightly. If you ride relaxed, you end up not over-compensating for the wind gusts (and hence weaving all over the road).
If the wind is coming from the side or diagonally from the front, stick out the knee on the windward side.
If you must carry luggage, keep it low and close to you to minimise wind drag.
Avoid travelling near large unaerodynamic vehicles like trucks/buses, vans, stationwagons (decreasing order of turbulence), as the wind velocity and buffeting can increase as the wind goes around these. You can use trucks or buses as mobile windbreaks if you're going directly into the wind, but you need to follow fairly closely, so you're then subject to exhaust fumes, lack of vision (for hazards coming up), and road spray. Similarly, you can ride alongside a bus/truck to get some shelter from a side wind for a bit. Be aware too that a bus or truck has a large bow wave (it takes summat like 10hp for a truck just to overcome air resistance and move a truck-sized block of air out of the way at 60-70kph), and this will be worse in a headwind. As you pass a bus or truck, you'll find just as you're nearly level with the front, it will get harder to overtake (especially on a small bike) and you will tend to be pushed away from the vehicle by the pressure wave.

[Riderskills]

I'm up for a run on my GN250 on sunday if anyone is heading out let me know.

[InDeSkyz]

Please don't think I'm hi-jacking, but those of you that wanted a smaller ride (slow) or closer to home - have one organised for tomorrow: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=19655

gah at this being an old thread!

[Sparky]

just a thought guys, check the date of the last post of that thread, Hmmmm it's a year old!!