GingerMidget's new bike!

[nathanwhite]

you suggested 'get down on the tank'..that's like worst thing you can do in wind.

I seem to be missing your point here, could you explain why this is a really bad idea?

When the wind gets really bad on the motorway, gusts blowing every direction and what not, I lean down over the tank. While wind noise increases, the wind force buffeting me decreases quite significantly.

[GingerMidget]

Just a thermos ?

I went to wellington, to pick up a motor (in pieces). For a bucket racer I built, on my bike.. Carried the bits home in a big ol back pack.



Last monkey I witnessed applying that mantra, had copied JRandom dipping a finger in his own marmite pot.. Poor thing didn't like that smell however and fell out the tree.

Thanks for the laugh buddy. Badly needed!

[Oakie]

I seem to be missing your point here, could you explain why this is a really bad idea? .

Never really thought about it but ... depends on where the wind is coming from. I guess ducking down into a head-wind will work but in a side wind you are as much of a sail lying down as you are sitting up ... more-so perhaps as lying down you are creating a larger soild area that wind can't get through. Other thing to consider would be the height of the handle bars. Lying on your tank with clip-ons is probably Ok but lying prone with higher handle bars might give you less control. Dunno.

[gatch]

Thanks for the laugh buddy. Badly needed!

You think that's funny ??

Just you wait till you see JRandom and the monkey side by side..

[Madness]

I seem to be missing your point here, could you explain why this is a really bad idea?

It has been my experience that Auckland very rarely has windy days that compare to a typical windy day in Wellington. To cope with a sudden strong gust of wind you need to be able to react almost instantly by shifting your position, bodyweight and in severe cases by steering the bike into the wind. Hunched over the tank you're hardly in any position to be able to do this quickly enough. As has been stated, the best way to cope with strong wind is to grip the tank with your knees and keep your upright upper body as loose as Nodrog's bumhole.

With respect, I think you've just been hunching down in the occasional breeze, all good fun. If in doubt still, try riding over the Rimutaka Hill in >120km/hr winds some time

[gatch]

It has been my experience that Auckland very rarely has windy days that compare to a typical windy day in Wellington. To cope with a sudden strong gust of wind you need to be able to react almost instantly by shifting your position, bodyweight and in severe cases by steering the bike into the wind. Hunched over the tank you're hardly in any position to be able to do this quickly enough. As has been stated, the best way to cope with strong wind is to grip the tank with your knees and keep your upright upper body as loose as Nodrog's bumhole.

With respect, I think you've just been hunching down in the occasional breeze, all good fun. If in doubt still, try riding over the Rimutaka Hill in >120km/hr winds some time

I thought when you are hunched over the tank, it places your forearms closer to 90 degrees from the steering head. Which is ideal for maximum leverage on your handlebars.

Also if you are hunched, with all of your weight on your footpegs and gripping the tank with your knees, it will make transitioning side to side on your bike faster.

[Number One]

It has been my experience that Auckland very rarely has windy days that compare to a typical windy day in Wellington. To cope with a sudden strong gust of wind you need to be able to react almost instantly by shifting your position, bodyweight and in severe cases by steering the bike into the wind. Hunched over the tank you're hardly in any position to be able to do this quickly enough. As has been stated, the best way to cope with strong wind is to grip the tank with your knees and keep your upright upper body as loose as Nodrog's bumhole.

With respect, I think you've just been hunching down in the occasional breeze, all good fun. If in doubt still, try riding over the Rimutaka Hill in >120km/hr winds some time

Thankyou sir..I knew someone would come along to explain what I couldn't be arsed typing out on my iPod

[nathanwhite]

It has been my experience that Auckland very rarely has windy days that compare to a typical windy day in Wellington. To cope with a sudden strong gust of wind you need to be able to react almost instantly by shifting your position, bodyweight and in severe cases by steering the bike into the wind. Hunched over the tank you're hardly in any position to be able to do this quickly enough. As has been stated, the best way to cope with strong wind is to grip the tank with your knees and keep your upright upper body as loose as Nodrog's bumhole.

With respect, I think you've just been hunching down in the occasional breeze, all good fun. If in doubt still, try riding over the Rimutaka Hill in >120km/hr winds some time

This makes sense.
I suppose you could say auckland winds are the occasional breeze compared to wellington one. To quantify a little further I'm thinking of winds that push the rider around a bit, but don't shift the bike much if at all.

[GingerMidget]

This makes sense.
I suppose you could say auckland winds are the occasional breeze compared to wellington one. To quantify a little further I'm thinking of winds that push the rider around a bit, but don't shift the bike much if at all.

Thats not wind. Wind to me is shift you in to another lane if you aren't careful. I experienced those on the scooter enough to be quite aware of what happens.

Oh, and i don't like the feeling huncing down. It feels un natural on that bike, and I don't feel like I have full control of the bike. So its not something I'll do very often.

[nathanwhite]

I thought when you are hunched over the tank, it places your forearms closer to 90 degrees from the steering head. Which is ideal for maximum leverage on your handlebars.

This is does on bikes with clipons, but on me wee scorpio and other naked bikes, the bars are high enough that this optimum position is achieved with a much more upright position

[Number One]

This makes sense.
I suppose you could say auckland winds are the occasional breeze compared to wellington one. To quantify a little further I'm thinking of winds that push the rider around a bit, but don't shift the bike much if at all.

Lol yeah well GM is riding in Wellington...she needs to be up to 'proper motorway wind' specially in some of the natural wind tunnels we have here.

[nathanwhite]

Lol yeah well GM is riding in Wellington...she needs to be up to 'proper motorway wind' specially in some of the natural wind tunnels we have here.

hm. Think i'm going to have to come down to wellington now

[Madness]

This makes sense.
I suppose you could say auckland winds are the occasional breeze compared to wellington one. To quantify a little further I'm thinking of winds that push the rider around a bit, but don't shift the bike much if at all.

I used to fang ove the Takas on a rather heavy sprot-tourer regularly. A couple of times the wind literally picked me up and dropped me on the opposite side of the road. You're riding in & out from behind ridges so the variation in wind strength is incredible. You learn to be loose or you crash.

Thankyou sir..I knew someone would come along to explain what I couldn't be arsed typing out on my iPod

YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETCHEEKS!

Yada yada yada, ride like Rossi.

If that works for you then that's great but I don't agree with giving newbies advice to ride hunched over the tank. If for no other reason than they look like cocks, as GM has discovered in Te Gorge.

Fuck I'm bored.

[GingerMidget]

The reason wellington is so windy, is the politicians are full of hot air, and auckland sucks.

[nathanwhite]

The reason wellington is so windy, is the politicians are full of hot air, and auckland sucks.

I like the first bit of that.
That second bit is just mean.