My wife got a few hours off of work Sun. afternoon.She says she wants to go to the Casino about 45mi.south of where we live near Pittsburgh. Looked at the weather radar,no rain in sight.The remains of Hurricane Ike where coming through Pa. It was windy but I thought no big deal.Things weren't too bad until we got on Interstate 79.Things got pretty hairy after that.I found out later wids gusting to 75 mph. The wind would slam me to left and then istantly slam me back to the right. Felt like the helmet was going to be ripped off of my head.It was white knuckles all the way there. Went 55 mi. per hour when there was traffic and 40 when there was none. A guy on a sport bike passed us at about 70 mph.he was laying down on his tank. We arrived safely and thought our problems were over,just stay there til the winds died down and ride back safely. My wife and I were sitting at slot machines when a security guard comes up to me and asked if I was Mike.I said yea and he says your motorcycle has been blown over in the parking lot.The only damage was to my helmet,it was destroyed. Moved it to a safer place and rode home after midnight. A crazy night.
Orignal From: Riding in high winds
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