Yup. Try the Bay Bridge connecting Annapolis to the eastern shore of Maryland. Four miles long, and way too high to jump off of.

I stay near the center of the bridge and use vehicles to block the wind as much as possible.

 

I stay near the center of the bridge and use vehicles to block the wind as much as possible.

I had to do this on my big trip last fall. I was crossing the big bridges in Toronto and NY, 40+mph winds that day, first gust caught me off guard, went from line to line. I then ducked in next to a van and stayed put until I was all the way across. I should have known because I saw the lake white cappin' as I was sayin' "This would make a good picture", lol, never got the picture obviously, I was too busy hangin on.

 

H3 highway here in oahu, it's basically a highway suspended 300 ft above jungle and after you cross the tunnel wind hits you from all sides and from time to time you get some pretty **** strong gusts, but you learn to expect it after a while so it's not a surprise anymore.

 

although the SV doesn't have the rotational mass of larger bikes, it has a smaller profile than the larger bikes , I actually think larger bikes get blown around more cause of their profile, but you also have more stability & confidence as you get blown around cause the rotational mass dampens the abrupt wind changes

 

although the SV doesn't have the rotational mass of larger bikes, it has a smaller profile than the larger bikes , I actually think larger bikes get blown around more cause of their profile, but you also have more stability & confidence as you get blown around cause the rotational mass dampens the abrupt wind changes

Translation: Small bike bad in high wind.

I cross the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel quite often. The worst time was in about 40mph gusts. It was bad, but I had to get home, and it's the only way. Just tucked down and took it slow.

The Oregon Inlet bridge connecting parts of the OBX of North Carolina can be kind of bad.

This ferry ride was quite rough. Water was rough enough to bounce the bike off the kickstand with my fat a** sitting on it.

 

I was knocked off my road bike (bicycle) two summers ago in NM from what I guess was a 50 mph gust (they got up into 70 mph gusts that day).

 

It's not just big bridges that can catch a rider out. Passing the Pentagon, going over a low overpass in 35-40 mph gusts, and I catch my self leaning into the wind gusts. I weigh about 165 lbs, maybe 170 with 4 pairs of long johns and two coats.... Either I lean, or I tuck in and go with it, but either way, I don't end up in the lane in which I started...Yikes!

 

same problem along the coast here in Houston - crossing the ship channel bridge you better be ready for some wind gusts!!

I have an FJR also - wind hardly bothers it because of the weight. I've left the SV at home and rode the FJR because it is so much more stable in wind.

 

The faster you go, the less the wind will effect you (but the worse the outcome if it does manage to blow you off/ into something).

 

Heh, I used to ride down I-81. (The most populated trucking route on the east coast.) One windy days if you caught a good gust combined with the blast from a semi it would make you pucker so hard your tear a piece of the seat off. I remember the first time it happened. I was cutting through some bad wind and then a semi went racing past. Just as his tail went by me a big gust kicked up combined with the vortex behind the truck and I used the whole lane to keep upright.

 

Just lean into the stronger gusts and keep low to the tank to reduce you surface area.

 

we have a bridge that joins the two part of towns and when the winds get gusty i avoid riding the bike as i have been blown into other lanes before, fortunetly there was no traffic in that lane.

 

I cross over the Liberty Bridge in Pittsburgh everyday going into work, and do get blown around a bit. But I'm more concerned about oncoming SUVs and semis in my lane than the winds. (The bridge is three lanes in one direction and one in the opposite during rush hour, but the less than awake cagers tend to forget that doesn't start until 6:30 am, not an hour earlier when I'm crossing)

This one shows the scale of height a little better.

 

annapolis bay bridge - 40+ mph gust in a torrential downpour in traffic. I could barely see. I had locked up the front under braking. and then spun out the rear on a take off.
cheasapeake bay bridge tunnel - 2 lanes in a tunnel. one going one way, the other going the other way. Road was like a concreted grate. 18 wheeler passed me in opposite direction. almost hit the wall because of the wind gust that thing brought in.

 

Andrea and I were riding through South Dakota on the way to Wisconsin last summer and managed to ride under a front with 50mph gusts, 30 mph constant. The bikes were fully loaded so they had a lot more surface area. Anyways, we came off of a bridge in south central S.D. and got nailed by a gust at the transition. I was leading and got pushed to the yellow line. I had to hang off to keep form crossing it. When I got back over I looked in the mirror and saw that Andrea had gotten pushed all the way into oncoming. It seemed like it took her for ever to get the bike back over, but it was probably about 5 seconds. Thank god there was no oncoming. That gust must have been over 60. We pulled over at the next possible spot to unclench. It still freaks me out to this day.

 

heavier bike the bike is the less prone to wind gusts, but it really depends on the direction of the wind and how much surface area the wind has to blow on(Fairing, screen, bodywork, rider, luggage, etc).

With my wife's Ninja 250R, anything over about 25mph would move the bike around even with me on it, and I'm 240#. My old GS500E with fairing would move from about 30-35mph winds. With the SV650S, it takes about a 40-45mph gust to move the bike around. With My Superhawk, it takes 50-55+ gusts to move the bike around. The best I ever experienced in wind was an old Buel S3 THunderbolt. 60+ mph winds were no problem with that bike (really bad winds along the PCH coast near San-Fran)

 

Astoria, Oregon! Scary stuff.