[cvetter]

Airplanes act very differently than our land based motorcycles. Airplanes "crab" into the wind. In other words, the airplane thinks it is always going straight into the wind. A flag on the nose would always point directly towards the tail. Except rare times, like when landing and taking off, airplanes do not feel side winds.

Motorcycles are not that way. We are attached to the ground with a the front and rear tire which means we cannot "crab". Winds can blow us sideways quite quickly. Where I live in Central California, there are frequent cases where motorcycles and cars go off the road on Highway 1 (Big Sur coastline) killing the people. Winds can blow trucks over. Winds delay space launches.
We need to take winds seriously.
Sometimes it is prudent to stop riding until the winds subside. I have.

Craig Vetter