Learn to wheelie in 30-40 mph cross winds, you will learn how to lean fast, makes regular riding seem simple

 

LOL

winds a bitch when your in turns...other then that ride through it....

I ride ALOT of interstate, and the worst is from semi's....damn wind will bout blow you outta your lane(well not literally, but sometimes it seems like it)

 

Get in a semi's wash and practice being blown around.

 

Glad it made someone laugh. I heard a lot about trucks before I got on the highway but have found the worst part about a truck is being behind it in the wash. I get blown every which way and my head feels like it's a bobblehead. Being next to and passing is easier IMHO.

The worst to me is on a two lane road at 55 speed limit when the truck passes you going in the opposite direction. The wind blast from that scares the hell out of me.

Perhaps I have a differing opinion because my bike is like 100lbs heavier than the newer ones and I'm like 100lbs heavier than many of you guys. I may not get blown around with the side winds like some.

 

Unless your fighting hurrican winds do absolutly nothing. Inertia will keep the bike to where you want to go.

 

^^ i agree and maintain my initial position that don't do anything...don't try and fight the bike...the bike wants to run true...the comments suggesting that wind affects you more than the bike is true....only if you are in gail force winds, the bike shouldn't be moving...i ride on the highway all the time...actually a LOT of the time..and i am always by semis or in crappy wind...gotta love chicago...

now i have gotten used to it but it still freaks me out a bit...but i just tuck a little more and ride normal...if you try to compensate, i would bet you would be making the bike more unstable than it actually felt....best thing to do in terms of semis and the like is just to accelerate past...i usually slow up until it's open and i can twist open throttle and scoot past real fast...where it's just windy, i just tuck a little more and ride like normal....

 

Last fall I was on the freeway and cought a real strong side gust and it pushed me across 2 lanes and almost into the grass in the center-I about had the change my boxers LOL! I just counter steer and try to power threw it a bit.

 

being in Chicago is like being next to a semi all the time....