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I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this strange problem.
Here in Kansas it's common to have 25~30 plus winds. When I am riding with a cross wind coming from the right, every once in a while a gust of wind will cause the bike to stall. The harder the wind is blowing the more pronounced the stall.
If I turn into or with the wind, or even turn around and have the same cross wind only from the left, the bike runs fine. No loss of power, no symptoms. This only happens when the wind is from my right.
I'm wondering if the shape of the air box is causing a vacuum at the intake. Kinda like blowing across the top of a straw in a drink. At first I wasn't sure it was really happening, but I've actually been able to reproduce the effect by going out & finding a road that is angled the right way with the wind. It's Kansas, wind is easy to find.
Here in Kansas it's common to have 25~30 plus winds. When I am riding with a cross wind coming from the right, every once in a while a gust of wind will cause the bike to stall. The harder the wind is blowing the more pronounced the stall.
If I turn into or with the wind, or even turn around and have the same cross wind only from the left, the bike runs fine. No loss of power, no symptoms. This only happens when the wind is from my right.
I'm wondering if the shape of the air box is causing a vacuum at the intake. Kinda like blowing across the top of a straw in a drink. At first I wasn't sure it was really happening, but I've actually been able to reproduce the effect by going out & finding a road that is angled the right way with the wind. It's Kansas, wind is easy to find.