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Originally Posted by redyaris
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It is important to differentiate between a 220 lb bicycle & rider steamliner and a 660 lb motorcycle & rider steamliner. The additional mass alone will make the motorcycle move less and move slower in a side wind. Although most of what is learned in reducing side wind effects on bicycles is transferable to motorcyles, as you suggest.
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The other thing to remember is that a motorcycle will travel much faster than a bicycle, so that most side winds won't interact with a motorcycle at a perpendicular angle, but rather at an angle more akin to a headwind.