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Experienced Member | blackstove Hermon, Maine 3:05 pm September 25, 2009
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After riding a Chinese 150 cc scooter, the 400 is a "ROCK" in a crosswind or any other wind. All I do is to tuck my head down a little and hold the throttle at a stable speed, getting through any bufferting. Hang in there and you will get through any jitters. If you are in Maine any time and want to ride, contact me. I'm in the Bangor area.
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Full Member | Dan Forsley 12:18 pm September 25, 2009
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Besides my unhappiness with turning directly from a stop: which I work on repeatedly, this wind buffeting has given me some jitters.
This morning I was in a long twisty with the bike on a fairly decent lean from my countersteering, and the wind buffeted me fairly good. Being an unexperienced newbie biker I let up on the throttle (not real smart) and lost the momentum that the bike wanted. But I need to learn all this stuff.
Everybody says "just go out and have fun with it"!
Well for me the fun will come only when I learn what I need to know to ride and still get back to my garage.
But most of all I have got to get this turning from a stop down.
Thanks to all for the kind help.
Dan
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| Steve Rhode North Carolina 8:51 am September 25, 2009
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Dan,
I won't lie, the first few times I rushed past a big truck and got buffeted by the wind, it was unsettling but with repetition you subconsciously adapt and just adjust to deal with it. You know it's coming.
My advice, get out on the highway, pass a bunch of trucks, and get the experience under your butt.
I honestly don't even think about it anymore.
And Jack, I'll live through your recounting of the gale situation. I find no need to repeat that. :-)
Steve
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My one claim to fame here, I'm the guy that started the BurgmanRiders.com site.
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Full Member | Dan Forsley 6:25 am September 25, 2009
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Jack
There you go mate! Pretty much sets my mind at "ease".
I've also been told that tractor trailor drafts and passing side winds at high speeds are not for the faint of heart, either.
Dan
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New Member | jackskip 5:00 am September 25, 2009
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Hi there All,
A Brits experience of riding in a high wind.
Two years ago whilst riding in the Outer Hebrides, encountered gale force winds on the causeways connecting Eriskay with South Uist and again on the remaining causeways right up to Isle of Lewis. Under normal circumstances would have probably abandoned riding that day but ferries had to be met and hotel bookings honoured. Only way we found to overcome the winds was to ride with bars at about 15 degrees to the left to compensate for the Westerly gale. Riding over the single track causeways was hair raising to say the least and not a jouney that I would care to repeat again in a hurry – but it proved one thing to me – that the inherent stability of a Burgman 400 is not in doubt.
Cheers.
Jack Mercer
Skipton
UK
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Full Member | ridentoot 7:34 pm September 24, 2009
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The wind in Wyoming one day this past summer was so strong that when I woke up the next morning my jaw felt like I would need another root canal job on one of my upper teeth. My helmet retention strap was trying to strangle me. The good news is that the 2008 Burgman 400 stayed on the road, and I don't need another root canal job, at least not right now.
I've been blown around more on my 1500 cc. Honda Goldwing.
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Full Member | Dan Forsley 3:42 pm September 24, 2009
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Steve
I feel much better! I'm still curious if anyone can report of being "blown off" the roadway (or almost) by a gust of wind.
Dan
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| Steve Rhode North Carolina 3:31 pm September 24, 2009
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Dan,
On one cross-country trip I was screaming into the plains in California and passing trucks. The wind was strong from the North and blowing hard. I just modified my ride so that when I was passing trucks on the left I stood the bike upright but as soon as I was coming out of their shelter I adjusted my lean to the right.
It was a bumpy ride but not a problem. I didn't have to slow down at all.
The wicked winds are those gusty ones out nowhere. Frankly, I had much more trouble in my old VW bus than on the bike. Never blown off the road, or even close.
Steve
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My one claim to fame here, I'm the guy that started the BurgmanRiders.com site.
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Full Member | Dan Forsley 1:09 pm September 24, 2009
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No, Steve, I am not referring to speed wind even at 100 mph.
I'm talking about gusting, blowing, whipping wind. The kind that probably comes down the mountains in California called the Santa Ana winds. The kind that never, ever stops in Kansas and Nebraska kind of wind.
Can this blow you clean off the road, kind of wind? I would love some real good ole windy rider stories.
Dan
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| Steve Rhode North Carolina 12:46 pm September 24, 2009
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Dan,
Are you worried about gusting wind or just normal 'going fast wind in your face'?
Steve
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My one claim to fame here, I'm the guy that started the BurgmanRiders.com site.
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Full Member | Dan Forsley 12:25 pm September 24, 2009
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As a new rider I was not thinking (before riding a bike) about a problem that I now realize we must deal with.
Please give me any experiences that Burgman riders have had dealing with the wind. Can it flat out knock you off your 650 at sixty MPH?
I mean, How bad can it get? I have been riding in very mild wind and I've got to tell you (as a total noob) I am not loving the whole buffeting around thing.
However, bikers have been living with this since the beginning. I can't imagine riding around Kansas!
But if I were to hear that it's nothing to worry about and to just ride "through it" then I'd feel better.
Somehow, I think that a good stong gust could spoil your day.
Any thoughts?
Dan
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