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VFRJohn
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Based on some comments I've read, I decided to install a Slipstreamer
S-06 Spitfire windshield on my '97 DR650.
I ordered it from Motorcycle Accessory Warehouse - mawonline.com. Good
service - easy to order, shipped and arrived as scheduled, well packed
with a box inside a box. Price was 45.95 plus 10.21 shipping.
Installation was a little bit fiddley for me - mostly in trying to
find the best location for the mounting brackets on the handlebar.
I'm 5ft 8in, average build.
I first tried the windshield in what I would consider the "normal"
position. Bottom of the shield center was about 5.5 inches above the
top of the headlight glass. The slope was about the same as the fork
tubes. At 65 mph, the wind noise was almost deafening. The airflow off
the top of the shield hit just about at my helmet chin bar. Not good.
Next, I tried tilting the windshield back, so it is almost parallel
with the front of the plastic headlight nacelle. The wind noise was
just slightly better. Another problem is, whenever I lean forward, as
to reposition myself on the seat, I tend to hit my chinbar on the edge
of the shield - kind of a shock the first time I did it.
Finally, I left it tilted back and slid it down in the brackets about
1.5 inches. Now the airflow hits me about neck level, and the wind
noise is tolerable. If I stand up so I am in clean air, it is a little
quieter. I don't hit my chinbar quite so often now.
The shield takes most of the wind pressure off my chest, so riding at
highway speed feels less tiring.
At one point, I followed the instructions and adjusted the shield so
the bottom rested against the headlight nacelle - "to keep it from
fluttering". Well, within about 2 miles it dug some nice gouges into
the nacelle plastic! Bummer. Now it is mounted so that it is supported
only by the metal brackets, and it works just fine.
Summary:
It's ok for the price. I was looking for something that would give me
some relief from wind noise. I sort of wish I had paid a little more
and gotten a taller shield.
S-06 Spitfire windshield on my '97 DR650.
I ordered it from Motorcycle Accessory Warehouse - mawonline.com. Good
service - easy to order, shipped and arrived as scheduled, well packed
with a box inside a box. Price was 45.95 plus 10.21 shipping.
Installation was a little bit fiddley for me - mostly in trying to
find the best location for the mounting brackets on the handlebar.
I'm 5ft 8in, average build.
I first tried the windshield in what I would consider the "normal"
position. Bottom of the shield center was about 5.5 inches above the
top of the headlight glass. The slope was about the same as the fork
tubes. At 65 mph, the wind noise was almost deafening. The airflow off
the top of the shield hit just about at my helmet chin bar. Not good.
Next, I tried tilting the windshield back, so it is almost parallel
with the front of the plastic headlight nacelle. The wind noise was
just slightly better. Another problem is, whenever I lean forward, as
to reposition myself on the seat, I tend to hit my chinbar on the edge
of the shield - kind of a shock the first time I did it.
Finally, I left it tilted back and slid it down in the brackets about
1.5 inches. Now the airflow hits me about neck level, and the wind
noise is tolerable. If I stand up so I am in clean air, it is a little
quieter. I don't hit my chinbar quite so often now.
The shield takes most of the wind pressure off my chest, so riding at
highway speed feels less tiring.
At one point, I followed the instructions and adjusted the shield so
the bottom rested against the headlight nacelle - "to keep it from
fluttering". Well, within about 2 miles it dug some nice gouges into
the nacelle plastic! Bummer. Now it is mounted so that it is supported
only by the metal brackets, and it works just fine.
Summary:
It's ok for the price. I was looking for something that would give me
some relief from wind noise. I sort of wish I had paid a little more
and gotten a taller shield.
