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...from the times of the old, plain text email-list... ;-)...just to mention a few!
...from the times of the old, plain text email-list... ;-)...just to mention a few!
News to me too, the ST gets a bit buffeted behind big trucks alright or going through a high mountain pass not far from me when the wind is strong from a certain direction,it gets a bit interesting trying to keep her stable on days like that,doesn't happen very often though.I've been on this forum for almost three years. First time I've heard of the Stefi Plate and belly fairing fillet. Thanks Phil! any other great tidbits of knowledge you can pass along? Now I've got more mods to do!
Could it not be that the one "push" you experience is coming at the point of the initial largest amount of turbulence that is being created off the rear of the truck you are passing? Once through that point and beside the truck, the turbulence will change to something less dramatic. Just as large aircraft produce dangerous (to smaller aircraft) vortices of wind from the tips of their wings, those vortices are very defined in the airspace and are capable of severe turbulence in a very small area behind the aircraft, although, in still air, those vortices can linger for quite some time. I doubt the belly pan is making little, if any difference, in this situation.What I find with the belly pan is you get one 'push' then the bike pretty much stabilizes at a particular angle, depending on the direction of the 'wind'.
Forrest - Try one and then tell me what you experience ... ;-) You never know til you try it for yourself.I doubt the belly pan is making little, if any difference, in this situation.