This time around, I went with the MRA Vario :
its big feature =you can adjust height up / down
and there's a vent pocket that allows air pressure to balance out.
Being a shorter rider the Dart Fly screens work really well and look decent.
I used the Piranha for cruising around and the Marlin for longer trips.
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I just took my bike out for a quick ride with and without Puig screen. I definitely need a screen especially after 60mph.
National Street Shield EX for highway cruising.
Easy to take on and off, and makes a big difference for me.
(03-11-2019, 07:05 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Nope. on rainy days i take the concours. thats what its for. and grocery runs. CB is for being naked and free.
Hard to disagree with that.
I’m 5’10” and riding highway speeds without any shield was definitely like being the sail on a ship. Taller windscreens always seem to put turbulence right at my head. I have a cafe screen from Samurider and it does a great job of reducing wind drag to a tolerable level while keeping the noise and vibration away from my head.
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I can see why The Ferret has his custom (?) windshield that is part way between a small instrument cluster size and full-size. I reckon it is all round good balance.
Used a Dart Marlin for about four years and it functioned and looks okay. Then replaced my Arai Quantum II with a Shoei Quest and that helmet was so quiet I discovered I didn't need the screen anymore. The bike looks a bit better too.
And like others have said, without the screen, there is less "bike awareness" on the road. Just seems like I see more of everything.
(03-11-2019, 03:21 AM)jedd_imp Wrote: [ -> ]This time around, I went with the MRA Vario :
its big feature =you can adjust height up / down
and there's a vent pocket that allows air pressure to balance out.
Vent pockets.
For me, that's the ticket. I have the NC Defender on my 2013. I adjusted it all over the place but until I raised it 1 1/2 inches above the headlight it wasn't good. After raising it and playing with the angle, I found a sweet spot.
I have since bought a 2016 CB500X, lo and behold it came with a raise spot on the bottom and 2 holes cut in the bottom half of the screen.
With that, both screens are good enough for me. Not perfect but pretty darn good. No bugs
Mike
(03-11-2019, 03:19 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: [ -> ]VLJ's opinion captured quite a bit.
I use a Dart Marlin on the CB and it is great for speeds up to about 120 km/h. After that, I don't think it makes a difference. Impact on bike "looks" is minimal.
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I have used large windshields on other bikes are they are great for long freeway cruising, albeit with some side effects mentioned by VLJ. I suppose the biggest beef I have for large shields are:
* They are hot in summertime,
* They get murky to see through, especially at night and in the rain,
... and some VLJ missed ...
* They can trap birds, garbage and wasps in the negative pressure vortex between you and the screen,
* If you are tall, your helmet can sometimes hit the top of the screen, usually in stop-and-go traffic because you might be standing up to stretch, and generally hacking around because you can't lane split.
One other 'con' to windshields that I missed...
-their nasty tendency to sever your carotid artery in a crash
GoldOxide, I tried the Classic and Marlin options from Dart for my XSR900. They both worked, in terms of giving me back the five-to-seven miles-per-hour on the freeway I lost when I added bar risers, but they both also added buffeting and noisy turbulence.
The solution was Yamaha's factory flyscreen, which makes even the Dart Classic look like a Vetter Windjammer. It's barely any taller than the instrument gauge. That little guy added no noise or buffeting, and it restored my normal cruising speeds.
Perfect.
I rode the CB1100 for a decent while today, with this thread in mind. Nope, that bike absolutely does not need any windshield at all. Smooth, quiet freeway speeds are a doddle. The wind pressure at seventy-five mph is entirely negligible. No fatigue whatsoever.