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Anyone read the article in the latest AMA mag about the guy who rode the FJR cross country on Hiway 50? Pretty good article. I don't think he was being honest though. He didn't use any profanity when referring to the (f@$king) wind here in KS.

Otherwise, it was a good read. Looked like he was on an 05, so he has good taste!

Is the author a member here per chance?

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I'll check that out, thanks for the heads up.

Yea, the wind...I felt like someone had spent the day beating me up on one side of my body after dealing with "f@$king wind" on I-70 during last summer's ride out to Colorado. The gal at the truck stop was saying 50-60mph sustained with 80mph gusts or something like that...all of it crosswind, lol. All I know is that my fuel mileage went to shit during that part of the trip, lol.

I crossed Kansas on US50 once. I was hoping it would be less windy than crossing on the Interstate. Boy was I wrong. Battling the wind really can tire you out. From trial and mostly error, I learned that the further north you are in Kansas the less wind there is.

Still, looks like a cool way to cross the continent. 'Cept for the boring, flat, straight and windy part in Ohio... er, I mean Kansas.

Geezer wrote:I crossed Kansas on US50 once. I was hoping it would be less windy than crossing on the Interstate. Boy was I wrong. Battling the wind really can tire you out. From trial and mostly error, I learned that the further north you are in Kansas the less wind there is.

That's because Oklahoma really sucks.

Actually, I grew up in SW Nebraska, and it blew there all the time too. I remember more than a few times when 80 mph straight line winds were reported. A grain wagon was once deposited in the top of a very old oak tree and stayed there until harvest that fall.

The Midwest really blows.

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Surely there must be better ways to get across than Hwy 50. It's not quite "super slab," but it's pretty slabby IMHO.

I once passed a sign in eastern Nevada that read "Strong Wind Gusts Possible Next 15 Miles" (it might have been 20 or something, can't say). I thought to myself, "Boy, self, once I get past that 15 (maybe 20) mile mark, I'll be in fat city. No strong wind gust will even be possible out there.

And here's a cool site for you guys who like to know about wind. Just click where you want more detail and it keeps zooming tighter. http://hint.fm/wind/ If you hover the cursor anywhere, a box pops up with the latitude and longitude and the wind speed right there. Real time.

silverback wrote:

Geezer wrote:I crossed Kansas on US50 once. I was hoping it would be less windy than crossing on the Interstate. Boy was I wrong. Battling the wind really can tire you out. From trial and mostly error, I learned that the further north you are in Kansas the less wind there is.

That's because Oklahoma really sucks.

Actually, I grew up in SW Nebraska, and it blew there all the time too. I remember more than a few times when 80 mph straight line winds were reported. A grain wagon was once deposited in the top of a very old oak tree and stayed there until harvest that fall.

The Midwest really blows.

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I spent my life in Kansas. Oklahoma both blows and sucks. I'd trade for Kansas any day if my family wasn't all there. Looking at N Carolina now though
50 is a decent road and I have a bud about to do it on the FJR. He wants to meet for part. I've done 3/4 on US2 and would do 50 instead....