Re: Windshield Add-Ons

["Mike Wilson" <oilheads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My R850R has the OEM screen. I'm 6'1", have the seat at the highest setting 
and the buffeting hits my helmet at about nose level. The buffeting is not 
strong enough to be felt but it makes a huge noise and riding above 80km/h 
without earplugs is not an option - even if I wanted to risk hearing damage 
the noise is just too loud to tolerate. In an attempt to quieten things I 
added a laminar lip to the screen. That raised the turbulence to the top of 
my helmet where it is much quieter, but excessively violent and tugs at my 
head with some force. This is obviously also intolerable for any length of 
time, so I removed the lip and ride with earplugs.

Mike Wilson

Lilydale, Tasmania

1999 R850R
GSX-R750 K3

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Liddell" <cliddell@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <oilheads@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:43 AM
Subject: RE: Windshield Add-Ons


> Mark,
> To add a thought to Tom's good info:
>
> On my '96 R I was getting a lot of buffeting from the standard screen.
> After some experimenting I found that dropping the rear of the screen (by
> shortening the two rear supports by ~33mm) gave me a smoother airflow off
> the screen eliminating the buffeting.  As Tom writes the edge of wind
> contact is now  at just below neck level.  In this regard note that my 
> seat
> is at the top position with a firm filler cushion levelling the excessive
> hollow in the seat - a very comfortable riding position BTW.
>
> Regards
> Clive Liddell
> Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
> '96 R850R ~81k.km
> '01 R1100RT ~65k.km
>
>>
>> Mark:
>>
>> I don't have an R1100R, but I once had a Ducati ST4.   It has a 
>> windscreen
>> that does exactly what yours does.  It throws a lot of wind at
>> the bottom of
>> my helmet making my bike really loud.   I solved it with a
>> SHORTER windscreen.
>> It made a huge improvement.   I don't think add-ons will solve
>> this problem of
>> your.  Either get a big touring windscreen, like an Aeroflow,
>> that will flow
>> the air over you or go with a "sport" windscreen that will throw
>> the wind at
>> your chest instead of at your neck and head.

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