Is your bike on Waring-Taylor Street?

[judecatmad]

And if so, does it have a blue tarp attached to it?

The wind is really catching under the tarp and when I walked past I was a bit worried that if it got much stronger, it might end up getting pulled over (even tho the wind is blowing in the direction of the side stand).

Just a heads up in case you didn't realise how strong the wind is out there today.

[MotoGirl]

Stuff like that does actually happen. A workmate of mine had his scooter parked up with a cover on it and a mini tornado whipped through and knocked it right over. The cover acted as a sail and really picked the scooter up and threw it.

Pays to be careful where you park when you use a cover.

[sinned]

Using a cover in wind is a guaranteed method to damage paint work. What is the point of a cover - there is no cover on the bike when ridden.

[Leaf]

Yep, happened to my bike even tho it was parked up next to the side of my house, parallel to the direction of the wind. It caught the covering and i could hear the smash from inside. Doing something that was meant to protect the bike ended up costing me $400
Incidentally it happened on the same day a few weeks ago where the wind and rain flooded northland and closed the auck harbour bridge to bikers.

[Steam]

So many bikes down today, felled by the wind. I counted FOUR proper bikes (two with covers, a nice late-model CB and an old BMW without covers) and more scooters than that. I lost count. Maybe 6 or 7 scooters down? I was fine, I must have missed the worst of it though.