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RE: CB1100 and Wind - Cormanus - 01-21-2019
(01-21-2019, 01:44 AM)postoak_imp Wrote: I am perfectly fine! Discretion is the better part of valor. I didn't go down or anything, but the almost instantaneous and unexpected 10 inch move to the left was a wake up call that I heeded.
Wise man.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - the Ferret - 01-21-2019
Here are two consecutive pics I took maybe 30 secs apart on our trip to Cali. My buddy on a Vstom 1000 was riding the left tire track and I was riding in the center on my ST 1300. We are in in eastern Colorado at this point, headed north with a west wind. Look at his wheels, look at his body posture. I have a dozen pics of him fighting the wind like this.
![[Image: 5187592bad7403d9a59b197a3f5f5e92.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201901/5187592bad7403d9a59b197a3f5f5e92.jpg)
Look how far a wind gust pushed him in this second pic ...lol.. from the left track to the right track almost to the white line. It was a hoot to watch, but no fun to ride in.
![[Image: df909e97412c886a7e8c449c6143c98b.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201901/df909e97412c886a7e8c449c6143c98b.jpg)
Like I said by 3 PM we were bushed. Normally we would have ridden until dinner, but that day we got off the road at 3 PM, exhausted.
edit: found another where it pushed him all the way to the white line lol
![[Image: 78d5df244b01c65bc36c476c7558c54d.jpg]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201901/78d5df244b01c65bc36c476c7558c54d.jpg)
RE: CB1100 and Wind - postoak_imp - 01-21-2019
Yeah and just imagine if it had pushed him the other way, into traffic.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - the Ferret - 01-21-2019
Yea no kidding, that could have been really bad.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - LongRanger_imp - 01-21-2019
With wind like that, I'm impressed you had the confidence and presence of mind to even take photos.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - GoldOxide_imp - 01-21-2019
Lanyard worked overtime that day.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - the Ferret - 01-21-2019
I think I took about 1200 photos on that 11 day ride. This is a big country. Spend 10 hours or so a day in the saddle and sometimes there's not a lot to do except take pictures lol.
RE: CB1100 and Wind - GoldOxide_imp - 01-21-2019
... and many times it is the images that took the least thought end up having the precious instance in time (never to be again).
RE: CB1100 and Wind - the Ferret - 01-21-2019
Very insightful GO
RE: CB1100 and Wind - Paris_imp - 01-24-2019
(01-18-2019, 07:59 AM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: Same here. Without unnecessary body work, my CB11 is quite stable in a crosswind. The only exception being when you load up the rear seat and rack with luggage and camping gear. Then it can get a bit tricky if the crosswind gets above 30 mph or so.
![[Image: ad7988b14f0cf5a0f1ed640c22804d63.jpg?1]](https://cb1100forum.net/forum/uploads/imp/201901/ad7988b14f0cf5a0f1ed640c22804d63.jpg?1)
One of the first things I did was put the same Plexifaring on my CB that Flyrider shows in his picture. I can't say whether the wind effect on the bike is more or less with that large fairing, but the wind effect on me is reduced tremendously.
Wind, however, wasn't the reason I installed it. About fifteen years ago I had to ride through a vicious Piedmont rain storm at night on US 40/85 on a Honda CB750F. I was riding through grey curtains of rain and spray from passing trucks worse than I can describe, trying to keep up at 60MPH. That night, that big fairing was my best friend. I don't see how I could have made it through without it.