blackfin31
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Hi Everyone,
I was on my way to the Rally from San Francisco via San Antonio Texas and finally to the Rally in Minneapolis when I got a call saying I needed to get home for a family situation. So I'm about 600 miles short of the rally when I take a turn on Hy 80 to head due West. I rode 8 days straight and had a few 700 mile days on this trip...Total trip 4,408 miles.
Then on the 7 day from the Bonneville Salt Flats all the way to Winnemucca Nevada a 240 mile stretch I ran into a constant 28 mph head wind with gust up to 40 mph from the South through the Valleys on the left....I was going about 70 mph and dare not go much slower for fear of getting rear ended by all the 18 wheelers on Hyway 80....More trucks than cars on this road.
My question is this...Are these wind conditions something a good rider shrugs off and rides through...Or were these extreme conditions?...
Link to the Weather History of that day...http://www.wunderground.com/history...Carlin&req_state=NV&req_statename=Nevada&MR=1
My bike a 2009 R1200Rt....,my riding experience...less than 2 years and about 20,000 miles of riding....
Thanks for your opinions in advance....
I was on my way to the Rally from San Francisco via San Antonio Texas and finally to the Rally in Minneapolis when I got a call saying I needed to get home for a family situation. So I'm about 600 miles short of the rally when I take a turn on Hy 80 to head due West. I rode 8 days straight and had a few 700 mile days on this trip...Total trip 4,408 miles.
Then on the 7 day from the Bonneville Salt Flats all the way to Winnemucca Nevada a 240 mile stretch I ran into a constant 28 mph head wind with gust up to 40 mph from the South through the Valleys on the left....I was going about 70 mph and dare not go much slower for fear of getting rear ended by all the 18 wheelers on Hyway 80....More trucks than cars on this road.
My question is this...Are these wind conditions something a good rider shrugs off and rides through...Or were these extreme conditions?...
Link to the Weather History of that day...http://www.wunderground.com/history...Carlin&req_state=NV&req_statename=Nevada&MR=1
My bike a 2009 R1200Rt....,my riding experience...less than 2 years and about 20,000 miles of riding....
Thanks for your opinions in advance....
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