Hair-raising harbour bridge crossing this arvo.

[Hailwood]

Hey you guys want a realise theres life south of the bombays and come to a town that gives you a frequent wind velocity of 140ks it adds to the adventure!!!!

We call that breeze eh down here...I do laugh weather warning for Auckland wind expected to reach 100kphs..ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thats really windy...pfffttt. Having said that I have riden over that bridge in a light wind and it wasnt fun so I can imagine just how scary it must be in a real gust....respect to those who ride it every day....

[vifferman]

We call that breeze eh down here...I do laugh weather warning for Auckland wind expected to reach 100kphs..ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thats really windy...pfffttt. Having said that I have riden over that bridge in a light wind and it wasnt fun so I can imagine just how scary it must be in a real gust....respect to those who ride it every day....

The gusts are actually harder than that on the bridge - you've got a long fetch in the main directions wind comes from (NE and SW) so it gathers some velocity. Then the structure of the bridge itself means that in places the gusts are actually harder than the wind strength expected.

However, having commuted over it at least twice a day for 7 years, I found that even on days when there were signs indicating motorcyclists shouldn't use the bridge, it was actually not too bad. The VFR was the worst of the five bikes I've ridden over it - going north in the outermost 'clip-on' lane in a strong souwester, the bike would do this strange 'wiggle dance' where the wind blowing under each successive panel of railing would blow on the front mudguard and steer the bike slightly. Apart from that, it was exciting, but I had no real sphincter-opening moments.
At it's very worst, I had to slow down to 30km/h, get my weight forward, hunker down over the tank, and pick the best lane.
However, traveling over it in a lesser wind in a Renault 10 (rear wheel drive) without a bag of sand in the front was 'interesting'...

[Jaghund]

Had a similar one last saturday between National Park and Taumaranui. 100kph+ cross winds and all sorts of debris to avoid on wet road. Not so bad on the big old RX, but my mate on his Duc was looking pretty flimsy. Don't you love the change of seasons?

[JimO]

booo hooo what a pack of whining poofters i think you will find that the roads and footpaths dont ice over apart from a couple of shady hills that can easily be avoided but you believe what you want we dont want you snivelling latte drinkers here mincing about felching each other

[jer66]

Had a suzuki impulse years ago going over the harbour bridge. Fuchen shat my self a big gust came just as i got to the top i dont no how i stayed on.