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Originally Posted by Ironside
Just a quick update on the 'storm strip' installed on the recumbent Honda.
I've recently returned from a trip to France for the D-day anniversary, we covered over a thousand miles, and I can report that the stability of the little Honda is acceptable.
It does squirm around when slipstreaming trucks, until a 'sweet spot' is found, but is no worse than a bike equipped with a conventional fairing, although the guys following said it looked a little scary.
At one point we were crossing a high bridge, the guy in front of me was riding a faired Honda 200 Benly and he said later that he had trouble keeping it within his lane, I had no real issues.
Ironside.
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I just recently threaded the needle across the San Francisco Bay Bridge in high (~50 MPH) and gusty cross-wind conditions... that takes every bit of concentration you've got to keep from smacking into cars. You have to sort of anticipate what the wind will be like as you move from open areas (no vehicles) to areas between vehicles (especially as you move ahead of a large truck upwind, with a small car just ahead and downwind). I did it so I could get a feel for how the wind "feels" in those situations... the more you learn, the more you know, and all that.