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Mother nature kicked my @ss yesterday with a constant flurry of left/right to right/left haymakers! I'm fine taking on blows from the front or back but yesterday she was kinda p!ssy and decided to take it out on me (or at least that's how it felt)!
Anybody got any tips for controlling the bike against lateral movement from strong wind gusts? I would kinda lean into the wind but then it would suddenly stop and I'd be heading toward the wall - hence I immediately got off the interstate after crossing the necessary bridge and stuck to side streets. But even on neighbor hood roads at 15~35 mph I was being blown around.
I felt like I was on ice or like a sailboat or something. I tried tucking in and it helped some (I have the bubble screen that does nothing against side wind of course) but it was so uncomfortable steering that way I just sat up and dealt with it. I started to worry that something was wrong with my tires but since it did it at low speed I'm thinking they are fine.
Is wind (along with heavy rain and snow) a force against motorcycle riding? Does some adjustment to tire pressure help? Is the effect so great because I make the bike top heavy and the FZ6R (470 lbs) is light (and an underlying excuse for me to skip the R6(417), R1(454), and go to a zx14(566), gsxr1300(573), or vfr(591)......no time soon of course, maybe 2 years or so )?
Any and all tips, hints, and cheats are appreciated!
Anybody got any tips for controlling the bike against lateral movement from strong wind gusts? I would kinda lean into the wind but then it would suddenly stop and I'd be heading toward the wall - hence I immediately got off the interstate after crossing the necessary bridge and stuck to side streets. But even on neighbor hood roads at 15~35 mph I was being blown around.
I felt like I was on ice or like a sailboat or something. I tried tucking in and it helped some (I have the bubble screen that does nothing against side wind of course) but it was so uncomfortable steering that way I just sat up and dealt with it. I started to worry that something was wrong with my tires but since it did it at low speed I'm thinking they are fine.
Is wind (along with heavy rain and snow) a force against motorcycle riding? Does some adjustment to tire pressure help? Is the effect so great because I make the bike top heavy and the FZ6R (470 lbs) is light (and an underlying excuse for me to skip the R6(417), R1(454), and go to a zx14(566), gsxr1300(573), or vfr(591)......no time soon of course, maybe 2 years or so )?
Any and all tips, hints, and cheats are appreciated!