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What's helpful to me:

jstark47 wrote:The techniques described at this site: http://www.flamesonmytank.co.za/ride.htm#wind have been helpful to me. Basically, grip the tank firmly with your inner thighs, and keep your body relaxed and fluid from the waist up. It really helps reduce that scary "omigod the bike's outta control" feeling.

(Thanks to forum member Sapaul for steering me towards that website.)

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ZooTech wrote:Sorry to hear it. My bike is virtually immune to wind.

the wind does nearly nothing to my vtx as well, and i've ridden many times in the center of the state with the wind gusts coming off of the tater fields. the only time i start getting worried is when me sized objects start taking flight.

Here in the valley where I live we are shielded from much of the wind when it blows in the flat lands or up in higher elevations, but the gusts can be 35 to 40 mph.
My bike never seems to be moved by the gusts but just ME ON THE BIKE!

I've been blown completely off the road a couple of times on my commute to work up the interstate in my truck. Havent run into those kind of winds on the bike yet. But i dont slab it much on the bike. need the cargo capacity of the truck too much for the bike to be my daily.

The roads around here are surrounded by forest...both sides... I havent had to deal with cross winds...I have had to deal with Transport truck wind blast a bit.... but no big wind blasts yet...

Was taking a curve from I70 to 470 and was hit by a huge crosswind in the middle of the curve...knocked the bike up...boy did that suck

Glad I was paying attention and holding on.

Watch out for that one...it really sneaks up on ya

I have rode threw gusting wind but my lightning is so quick and nimble that I can very quicky adjust, I do it automaticly so it doesn't bother me much.

I have been riding just a few days and I was surprised how bad the crosswinds can be. I was blown across the lane while doing 75 on the highway. I can say that my O-Ring was never tighter.

I hear you on those crosswinds. I had never encountered anything significant until just last week on the highway heading out of the city. It was a super windy day and I must admit when I got out there and started getting blasted around, I was scared. After about 15 some minutes of battling and leaning me and my bike into and against this wind and I hadn't gone down or been shoved WAY over the lane, I thought "to hell with this, I am gonna DO this" and just kept going and tried my darndest to relax the death grip I had on the bars and change my thinking and get into this ride, going with the flow and learning something from this experience....

Oh yes, the first big blast that shoved me clear across the lane did freak me out but hey, I'm still here!

Andrew13 wrote:

ZooTech wrote:Sorry to hear it. My bike is virtually immune to wind.

I don't know what Ohio wind is like. I'm curious to know if you have a lot of experience with the 'Gusting to 50+' kind of weather I would consider windy.

I live in the windiest part of the state (a tornado blew through just yesterday). It's nothing but corn and soybean fields from here to Indiana. My commute to work consists of 13-miles of interstate flanked by perfectly flat fields. When I had my NightHawk, this meant riding with a constant lean into the wind. The Streak, on the other hand, is completely unmoved by the same winds.