Yesterday’s ride south from Plain WA to Carson WA was the west wind off of the Washington plains trying to kill me for 5 hours. From Carson WA to Oregon City today was a 42F 1 1/2 hour deluge like I’ve never ridden through before ever. A little hail an hour from home on the slab was the icing on the cake. Good times. Beautiful country though...
So, what did you think of the bike?
Yeah, he doesn't do hot or cold. Can't blame him. If I had the means, I would summer up in NH.
I have never missed up there. And never will.
If I can’t fix the severe buffeting I’m getting riding it on the highway our time together will be short. The bike I test rode had a VStream windscreen on it and that worked so I’ll try one of those. Was also testing out my new to me Arai XD-4 and am sure the beak wasn’t helping things. I’ve got a trip to Wyoming planned on it in June mostly highway miles and 4 hours home today on the slab kicked my ass. I kind of couldn’t believe it today that the buffeting was nonstop. I’ll try my Shoei Neotec on it next as that’s a quiet helmet.
Side winds are the worst. And that's one of the reasons I don't have a helmet with a visor. Did you try raising/lowering the windshield?
Pugi touring for me in the highest setting. Might do the clip/bolt on to take it to another level.
Yup forgot to mention the yamaha winglets def help.
Or only travel on East/West roads.
Our winds are usually heavy out of the South. When they're not, they're heavy out of the North. Lucky for me, I don't end up on too many East/West roads.
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