I am not sure I would use the same terminology but it works.

I ride mine almost daily on the highway and it seems that half the time it is at least somewhat windy.

Tucking to the point that your eyes are just peeking out above the cluster may look silly but will for sure make it less of an issue. No only that but you will fined that you will need to left off the throttle a little so as not to speed up.

You can do what I am doing for a more permanent solution: Get a road bike

 

holy batman's mother..you definitely got your money's worth on those tires...you are well well well beyond the wear indicator on those tires...i'm is not even close to that and i've been little worried about changing my tires soon...over 8,000 miles...

 

For me, left hand crosswinds at 25 - 30 mph is when things start to get "interesting". Just gotta do the leaning thang and anticipate the start or end of windbreaks and be the one doing the passing, not vice versa. Praying helps, too...

 

I just wanted to contribute, now that I've got a different bike...

The DRZ is all over the place in the wind... it's a lot taller of a bike than the SF is.

I'd say there was moderate wind today, compared to the super high winds I rode the SF in... and I was being thrown around twice as much on the DRZ as the SF.

It's got to be the height of the bike...

I guess people riding S models probably have almost the same issue.

 

@deej "Note to self, always check tires before riding 3500 miles in 7 days*'"

^^^YES! *It's very easy to underestimate the amount of rubber you are going to burn through *on a road trip. *It's happened to me on a couple of 3-5000km road trips. *The long days and sustained high speeds promote heat buildup which chews through tires at a much faster rate than would occur with little day-jaunts.

This suggestion goes against all best practice of ensuring your tires are in good shape prior to departure, and calling for towing assistance immediately upon wearing your tire so the cords are visible, but if you're stuck, you'd be surprised how well duct tape or electrical tape works to get you to the nearest tire shop! *In my case, I applied several circumferential layers of electrical tape which I packed in my tool kit. *I rode VERY cautiously back to civilization. Tape required reapplication every 100km or so, but I was able to limp ~500km to the next town large enough to have a motorcycle service shop at it...

I suspect tape wouldn't hold up so well off road with knobbies, but it worked for me on the highway with a rear street tire...

Typographical errors by*iPhone

 

well..my reply was at over 8,000 miles...i was lazy and kept on riding...last weekend i was out riding with the big cc bikes..they were looking at my rear tire ...today i finally installed my new shinko ds tires that i picked up for $40...rode them another 1,000+ miles and changed tires at nearly 9,300 miles!..haha

 

new to the dual sport world. but in rideing my klx i have noticed that the handle bars did't seem to be wide enough so swithched them to a CR high
bend. and it is more stable. but like they say don't death grip.