Windy out there !!

Suasdaguna1

To the brave soldiers that ply the roads in this sh!t weather I salute you. Im lucky to have a cage as back up as it's forecasting gusting over 80kph tomorrow.

Give those bloody trucks a wide berth if you have to go out.

Cienciano

Yeah, have the car as back up too. I'm a fair weather biker since after the summer.

MonstaMash

Gave up my car license in '93, two wheels only for me

BlackWizard

It's been okay for me in Dublin lately. Maybe I just get lucky and go out when it's calm. It's a bit cool but the heated grips make me feel warm.

ZX7R

BlackWizard wrote: »

It's been okay for me in Dublin lately. Maybe I just get lucky and go out when it's calm. It's a bit cool but the heated grips make me feel warm.

I invested in a set of heated grips myslef this year,sometimes i find they lull me into thinking riding conditions are better than they realy are but a great investment all the same,i also take off the side fairn this time of year that also helps in windy conditions

Suasdaguna1

Just came off the m50 and it's bloody gusty re cross winds.....didn't see one biker thank god whom I'm sure have taken to the back roads for cover.

RosieJoe

The commute home for me starts in a few minutes, nothing like filtering in this weather

Roadtoad

slow lane the whole way for me today, 40 km. be very careful or scab a 4-wheel lift home today. Expect it bad for Sat and Sun too.

BlackWizard

I take what I said back. Coming home was difficult.

Blondie919

Sick of all this wind, rain, hail and whatever else the gods are throwing at us! Haven't been out on my bike in 3 weeks!!

I'm not a fair weather biker but I won't ride in gale force winds.

The first good day I get I'm going for a long long spin.

minidazzler

I got supremely lucky today. Had no choice but to take the bike so threw on the overall, rained heavy but wind was eased.

Then 4 am this morning going home there was a dead calm around the place, then 5 minutes after getting in lightning, thunder, hail, the wrath of Titan. It all flew down.

MonstaMash

Braved the winds home last night at approx 21.00...few brown trouser moments trying to counter steer against the winds constantly attempting to blow me in an opposite direction :eek:

Cienciano

It's like someone with their hand on your shoulder constantly trying to push you.

BKtje

I had the exact opposite problem on Wednesday coming home from a comedy gig here in Switzerland. Could have used a little wind. On the motorway doing about 130 and out of nowhere a fog bank brings visibility down to about 5m. It continued like that all the way for the 90km back home. On top of that it was around -2 so with the moisture and the cold my hands were soon turned into ice claws. To top it all off I had the motorway pretty much to myself so not even a cage to follow to help guide me.

BKtje

I had the exact opposite problem on Wednesday coming home from a comedy gig here in Switzerland. Could have used a little wind. On the motorway doing about 130 and out of nowhere a fog bank brings visibility down to about 5m. It continued like that all the way for the 90km back home. On top of that it was around -2 so with the moisture and the cold my hands were soon turned into ice claws. To top it all off I had the motorway pretty much to myself so not even a cage to follow to help guide me.

Cienciano

BKtje wrote: »

I had the exact opposite problem on Wednesday coming home from a comedy gig here in Switzerland. Could have used a little wind. On the motorway doing about 130 and out of nowhere a fog bank brings visibility down to about 5m. It continued like that all the way for the 90km back home. On top of that it was around -2 so with the moisture and the cold my hands were soon turned into ice claws. To top it all off I had the motorway pretty much to myself so not even a cage to follow to help guide me.

Fog freezing on your bike jacket is cool. As long as your lining is in and neck warmer is on.

MonstaMash

Cienciano wrote: »

Fog freezing on your bike jacket is cool.

Cool...it's fookn freezing