It does take some time to get used to and comfortable with the wind......practice, and seat time will do wonders....you should also consider looking at your route during windy conditions and try to find routes that would permit you to go a little slower ...which will reduce your having to fight the wind..hate to see you limit your ride...but do what you feel comfortable and safe....that's the main thing

 

Just don't ride close to big trucks - or really anything - when it's blowing hard. Get past and away from any danger.

 

My comment was half truth half joking.

Lots of good advice received....will work on getting more comfortable in the Wind.

 

Everyone's suggestions have merit. As was said stay loose and try not to fight it, an unbelievable amount of energy is consumed if you fight it too hard. I'm from Wyoming and am accustomed to riding in the wind which was generally 35-45mph. There were times where there 50+mph days and my judgment was to leave the bike parked but that was just me.

 

As others have stated, stay loose, and give the bike room to do what it needs to do. Gyroscopic forces will keep the bike from blowing over. With time in the saddle you will come to trust in your machine and its innate ability to stay upright when moving. Keep the bike pointed in roughly the correct direction, give yourself a bit more time and soldier on riding

 

Was in a very large Veterans Day group ride once from Memphis Harley down to a casino in Tunica Ms where several hundred bikes were all leaning nearly what seemed like 45 degrees just to go straight! It happens!!! Just have to pay attention.

 

I don't know what kind of bike you are riding. There is wind, there is buffeting and then there is strong head wind. I ride a Road King without lowers or fork fangs. Most times for me the normal wind and buffeting can be illuminated by 90% just by turning my feet inward on the footboards and squeezing the tank with my thighs. I have highway pegs and only use them when the wind isn't too terribly bad. The parachute affect makes it worse, for me.

On the highway, the best thing I have found to do is put my feet up on the the top of the crash bars which eliminates all the wind coming up from the bottom and redirects it right into the intake and into the engine. I keep two 12" pieces of large pipe foam insulation in my saddle bags. I wrap one around the top of each crash bar to rest my ankles on. I can literally go for hours on the highway in that position. The key as for me as previously stated by others is to just relax. I rode 427 miles today. Zero issues.

 

 

This is probably a long shot, but I discovered a while back that the progressive lenses in my glasses were throwing my visual perception off enough that it compromised my sense of balance and I never felt fully comfortable on the bike, especially at speed or in the wind. I rode one day with non-prescription glasses and it made a big difference so I started using plain glasses and accepted the speedo being blurry. Fortunately I see well enough at a distance that I can ride without correction. I've had two different pairs of glasses that were like that.