Was it windy today?

175 miles Bristol to Manchester.
My waterproofs are waterproof (yay).
I feel like I've been punched in the *brain*; I had to slipstream an HGV
round Birmingham.
I want something with a fairing.

 

When I was doing a few pre-Frankfurt test runs on the Z200, I was getting
about 40mph into a headwind on the M4. First truck that came by, I
slipstreamed like a motherfucker, got 55 all the way to Jn 13. Also, coming
back from Montmort-Lucy some years ago on the Drifter, again into a
headwind, I was able to get a decent increase in mph by tucking in behind
Paul Carmichael's hard luggage. And back when I owned a Beetle, I
slipstreamed everything in sight.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

*Please* reassure me that is not a euphemism.

 

Well, there were three separate bits.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<pukes>

 

and they were travelling in close formation.

 

There's a definite calm spot about 50 to 60 feet behind a container
lorry travelling at 60mph, so you don't have to be up close to
slipstream on a small bike.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

Not a good idea on a small autolubed 2-stroke as the oil pump is
controlled by the throttle cable. Trucks and vans pulling you along the
motorway at 60-65 is great until the engine on your ex-girlfriend's
KE100 seizes because you've had the throttle only 1/4 to 1/2 open and
not allowing much oil through. "No I wasn't thrashing it, I only had
the throttle half way when it seized" is not a good enough excuse,
apparently.

--
Lozzo
Suzuki SV650S K5
Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

 

I was much closer than that - I'd picked up a German who was going maybe
three or four MPH faster than all the other trucks, and I didn't want to
lose him. I'd guess I was about 20 ft back

 

it was so fucking windy that the felt roof covering on my shed 1/2
blew off, so I had to go out in the pissing rain and nail it back
down.

Which was a bit of a **** of a job first thing on a bank-holiday
Monday.

 

One sticking out either side and a slightly larger
one hanging in the middle?

 

The slightly larger one in the middle was higher than the other two, and
sticking out a bit.