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Vivi and I went out to Panoche' for a soda pop. On the way home
we had another big valley to ride through. I could see the mountains
way ahead, and those way behind. The row crops stretched for miles.
http://www.ihns.net/fortordpl/images/sa ... aug_01.jpg
This afternoon we had a stiff 25 mph wind at our side. I had the burger
leaned quite a ways over. I steered towards the up wind side of the road
to stay away from the on coming traffic..I got one puff that pushed me 3' to the center of the lane. Otherwise, the wind was steady.
I've done this on plenty of bikes. I could feel the wind pressure on my right side, but I could also feel it venting past the opening by my knees. Mmmm, perhaps this is another obscure benifit to owning a super scooter.
One of the "gotcha's" that can happen, if you're not paying attention,
is the occassional farm house that blocks the wind. One minute you're
leaning into the invisible hand of the wind gods, next the hand is jerked away from you.
It never looks pretty, wobbling to get the tires under you. And of course,
just when you're thinking you've recovered, you've passed the house and
the blast resumes.
Anyway, I'm very pleased with passing the "Nasty side wind test"
The Burger handled it well.
we had another big valley to ride through. I could see the mountains
way ahead, and those way behind. The row crops stretched for miles.
http://www.ihns.net/fortordpl/images/sa ... aug_01.jpg
This afternoon we had a stiff 25 mph wind at our side. I had the burger
leaned quite a ways over. I steered towards the up wind side of the road
to stay away from the on coming traffic..I got one puff that pushed me 3' to the center of the lane. Otherwise, the wind was steady.
I've done this on plenty of bikes. I could feel the wind pressure on my right side, but I could also feel it venting past the opening by my knees. Mmmm, perhaps this is another obscure benifit to owning a super scooter.
One of the "gotcha's" that can happen, if you're not paying attention,
is the occassional farm house that blocks the wind. One minute you're
leaning into the invisible hand of the wind gods, next the hand is jerked away from you.
It never looks pretty, wobbling to get the tires under you. And of course,
just when you're thinking you've recovered, you've passed the house and
the blast resumes.
Anyway, I'm very pleased with passing the "Nasty side wind test"
The Burger handled it well.