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My aching back...
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11-09-2013, 10:18 PM
I put the NC deflector shield on the bike this week... and am heading out on a good long ride down to Sarasota and along their beach area. The weather is GREAT (will be in the 70's to low 80's all day), the bike is great, my back feels good, so it'll be interesting to see if the shield helps! Ride report later tonight!
11-10-2013, 12:20 PM
Ok... other than I wish the Deflector Shield was a bit bigger (should have bought the next one up..), it was a dramatic improvement in comfort vs. no shield. I left this morning at 8:00, road south over the Skyway Bridge, out to Anna Maria Island, down through Longboat Key, St. Armonds Circle, Siesta Key, then out to Sarasota and up through Bradenton on 301 before picking I275 back up and riding north into St. Pete and then back to Treasure Island. Other than a morning stop for coffee, lunch on Siesta Key, and a stop at the Harley dealer in St. Pete (no one else is open on Sundays), I was on the bike from 8:00 until about 4:00. Just short of 200 miles... and NO back pain! The shield really helps... although I bet the problem I had last week wasn't the wind, but just a problem with my back... and not bike related. The bike ran GREAT. The weather was GREAT. My best day on her yet!
11-10-2013, 12:41 PM
11-11-2013, 06:03 AM
Good points here.
Stock seats rarely cut it. Wind deflection is pretty significant for long rides at least for many. Good posture and having the right ergonomics for the individual rider is probably the most important part of "picking" a bike or at least setting it up from individual use. I had a BMW one time and the leg position was what I refer to the "jockie position" at the time I had a knee that was giving me some trouble and my knee would get so stiff and sore in about 30 minutes that I was afraid I'd be unable to straighten it out when stopping. Had to sell the bike. Lastly getting older isn't a help at all but the alternative is worse.
11-11-2013, 01:44 PM
(11-11-2013, 06:03 AM)bubblerboy64_imp Wrote: Good points here. Amen to that!!
11-25-2013, 03:59 PM
I'm 6 feet tall, and have taken the bike out twice for trips in excess of an hour. As soon as the bike hits 60mph I become a drag-chute, a lot of pressure on the chest. It's nothing like my old Vstrom which would buffet me like crazy, but it is tiring. My low back also gets sore after an hour on the stock seat. Fly-screen is on order and I'm trying to decide on a new seat. I, too, find myself sliding forward into the tank. The solution is to travel at 60+mph so the wind can push me back into the seat
11-25-2013, 11:51 PM
When I first got into motorcycling the national speed limit was 55mph. The need for a fairing was a bit exaggerated. Today, somewhere between 65 and 70 some sort of shield is almost a requirement. I would not want to tour on this bike at 75-80 all day without at least a small chest shield or rearsets.
And a quiet helmet! 
11-26-2013, 12:55 AM
I find anything up to and including 65 to be very doable without a shield and I have ridden this bike straight through, on the freeway, from North Carolina to Ohio without a shield at 75 + for hours.
My trip to/from West Virginia with a shield at 65-70 though, was certainly more relaxed. It's funny though, it is WHERE the 65 mph is, which makes it tiring....on the freeway ...tiring, on the back roads thru the curves .... you never notice it. For me a removable windshield is the best solution. I prefer riding a naked bike 95% of the time, but for the occasional trip some kind of wind breaker is nice. The tricky part is finding the right shield that blocks wind, but doesn't induce buffeting/ noise. Like CIP57 sometimes you just have to alter one to make it suit you. |
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