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[Jeff Khoury]

#ygrps-yiv-1269416941 p {margin:0;}My scariest side-wind incident was on Highway 1 in central California.  There is a place where 1 turns away from the coast hand heads over a mountain pass.  HUGE wind warning signs everywhere.  The wind was AT LEAST 40MPH and gusty as hell. There was a really stiff side-wind as I bore into the corner, gently passing a semi in the turn.  The wind was terrible behind the semi.  The buffeting was throwing me all over the place.  As I pulled up next to him, the bike nearly fell out from under me because he was blocking the wind.  The worst part was when I finally got around him.  40MPH wind, plus the "bow wave" from the truck nearly threw me off the side of the road.  As soon as I got my composure back, I rolled the throttle to put some distance between me and that truck! -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "mark ward" To: "David Hubbard Jr." , "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2010 7:23:02 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re:   SIDE WIND CAN MAKE YOU PEE YOUR PANT'S. last may I went down on my cruiser in AR. when i hit a branch on a wet curve. rode to NM. the Colorado springs, a week later with 1 broken and 3 cracked Ribs, I rode Home to Michigan, crossing Co. kansas etc. there were some STRONG side winds and i was leaning into them,, but every now and then they just stopped,  I felt like i was gonna fall over, like someone kicked a cane out from under me. then a 40mph gust would hit again and push me to the to the side of the road.  YEEE HA! (scary enough with out the ribs SCREAMING!) [b]From:[/b] David Hubbard Jr. [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Thu, March 4, 2010 7:43:00 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re:   like to test that bike in high side wind. already know my klr is rock steady in mico bursts. just put the bike behind a double tractor trailer on the thruway at 80 mph in the trucks wind buffet that will tell alot.