Motercycle cover+high wind=bad irony

So after my morning ride the sky started getting a bit cloudy. Wind picked up a bit too but not too bad. Covered up the bike with a protective motoercycle cover... to protect the bike. The wind picked up while I was at work and the cover that was in place to protect the bike caught the wind and blew over. Got a call from my woman's son and, being a responsible man with priorities in perfect order, ran out the door at work, jumped into my car and broke about 15 major traffic laws to come rescue poor Road Rash.
Aside from a busted up hand grip (nice chrome deal I've seen more than one of you equipped with) I had gas in the crank case, all over my tank, oil soaking my breather filter and oil in other weird places. Everything is back to normal except for slightly bent handlebars (very slight but I notice it because I am extra picky) and busted grip and throttle sleeve.
So the protective cover that caused the bike to blow over was severely punished and executed.
I am going to go with lower profile handlebars now (unless I have to change all of the cables and brake lines), some different, but really wicked cool grips, and different mirrors. I am thinking bar end mirrors even.

 

Sorry to hear about that misfortune Chuckles. I liked your set-up. And those mirror's were not cheap. Did they break? How did the tank fare with gas soaking on it?

Rob

 

thats turrable

 

Says Schooter"Charles"Barkley turrble! just turrble!

 

You just have all the luck...


just the wrong kind 8O

 

Feel bad for you , my friend...

skillet

 

Well the tank ended up fine after cleaning it up. Used some swirl remover after cleaning it up and it looks perfect again. The mirrors actually survived the insanity but the bars and grip didn't. The bar barely bent... just slightly but i feel a huge difference in hand position. I am actually thinking about getting different bars. Lower but not drag bars

 

Sorry to hear about all that. I had the same thing happen before with my Seca. We had some really high winds here last night and I went out and cut some vent holes in my cheapie $15.00 cover so it wouldn't happen. I need to spend the money and get a good cover with vents. You should do the same!

 

Yep, bike cover = big sail in a wind storm, them mini-max has been blown over twice in freak storms last year.... 1st time no damage, just spiled gas and bent the side stand a bit, 2nd time I had the shoie fairing on and had mounted my signals to the fairing, 1` broken light and cracked fairing, and dented the muffler (seemed like a good idea at the time :/ )

 

Sorry to hear that. Sounds similar to the damage from a minor get off. I came home work on a windy day and found my bike cover had blown off the bike and into the middle of the front yard - lucky the bike didn't go over.

I've wondered which is better to leave the bike on the centre stand or side stand in high winds? I'm using the side stand for now.

 

When it happened to me the first time, most agreed here that the side stand would be more stable since the lean provides a lower center of gravity. I leave both bikes on the side stands if they are outdoors now.