03-11-2019, 02:59 PM
(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.