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09-22-2006, 08:29 AM
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| M-J Master Poster   Join Date: Jun 2006
Bike: 2006 Blue M50
Location: New York
Posts: 3,856
 |  Riding in High Winds
Nearly had the stuffing scared out of me on the way home yesterday. I was cruising along on the Interstate, its a 3 laner and all were full of traffic. I had made it to the left lane and had just cleared a pack of cagers & was finally riding with the majority of the cages behind me. Then it happened. A freaking 50-60 mph gust of wind hit me square on the side, just as I had reached the crest of a hill. The bike actually angled sideways (while I was still going straight) as if I were leaning into a turn. I saw the road coming up quick & knew I had enough cages behind me to do way more harm than good. I just heaved her back up straight and I was fine...but man...what a shocker! I was running along at about 75 to 80 mph (it's a 65 mph road) and all I would have had to have done was lose my focus for a fraction of a second & I would have been done for. I can remember hearing the in-helmet commentary come on, saying...."You Lucky Sonovabiotch!"  |
