RE: New screen - 2

Zitat von mattblack000 im Beitrag #15

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Having been through 5 screens

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That's what I'm getting ready to try. A short screen for better airflow during the warmer weather. I can vouch for a quiet ride behind the California Scientific XL screen. Aesthetically not everyone's cup of tea, but it works very well.

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #17

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Zitat von mattblack000 im Beitrag #15

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Having been through 5 screens

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Have you tried a short screen?

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The one reasons I chose the MRA Mult-X-Creen (MXC) is that you can put it in "Off road" where the spoiler is completely folded in behind the windscreen changing it to a short "sport" type screen. I still have to try it in summer.

Most success with short screen, I agree due to upper torso being in clean air. However, not much protection when it rains!!! I think its more to do with the front profile of the bike, narrow taper of the upper screen and lack of deflection winglets between screen and handlebars. I'd love to take one in a wind tunnel and see how it goes. I did know of someone who had a similar problem with a GS and he reported to cutting a 3 inch circular hole in the lower half of the screen. Turns out he was an aerodynamics engineer at the local airport! Can never find an aerodynamicist when you need one!!

On a slightly different note: Dear BMW Motorrad, wiling to give up my current career and start a well paid job (with benefits) in your wind tunnel as a tester (willing to relocate if no expenses spared). Although i have no experience in this role, i really don't think i can do any worse than your current employee(s)!! You're welcome!

have you(or anyone) tried the AeroFlow sport or touring screen? Comments?

Difficult to get hold of in the UK as no direct importer. Otherwise I’ll have to pay a fortune in import tax, duty, etc. Unless anyone else knows better?

Zitat von mattblack000 im Beitrag #23

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Difficult to get hold of in the UK as no direct importer. Otherwise I’ll have to pay a fortune in import tax, duty, etc. Unless anyone else knows better?

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I have the same MRA screen with built-in deflector that Bacaruda shows. I have it screwed into the lower mounting holes.
I like it a lot. No buffeting with my Schuberth C3 helmet. Also I get a lot of choices to accommodate weather conditions. The screen can be high or low, the deflector can be high or low, or in an intermediate position. All accessible just by pushing or pulling, no loosening screws or turning knobs.

It always seems like its a balance of directing the wind over your helmet for a quiet and smooth ride vs. having a screen as big as a barn door in front of you on a sport touring bike. I've tried big and small screens. Small screens look great but don't provide a quiet ride. Big screens are quiet, hotter for summer riding and look terrible on the RS. My current solution is to use a medium sized wind screen with a Laminar Lip attached using 3M Duo Locks. The laminar lip is not that visible when the screen is in the lower position and provides a quiet ride with the screen in the upper position. You can attach the laminar lip higher or lower on your windscreen depending on your height and degree of wind control you desire. www.laminarlip.com

My previous K1200GT had an electric wind screen that could be raised or lowered with a switch. My only complaint with the RS is that it takes two hands to elevate the screen - which means I can't easily raise it while riding. Fortunately, it can be lowered with one hand while underway.

Ride safe,
Richard
Trinidad, CA

Has anyone tried the AeroFlow screen?

anyone got / tried Wunderlich Windscreen RS-MARATHON screen??? any good for tall bods??

No Aeroflow yet. When I got a wider screen back in 2016 they did not have RS screens yet. However I have used their products in the past. They make a special effort to manage air (and rain). I will likely replace my existing screen with one of theirs. They are high quality, well designed products ...

Just a note to reinforce Gruppy's noise comment. I too have found that the quietest configuration for minimal helmet noise is "clean" air. ie a naked bike or very close to it.

I alway size my wind screens so I easily look over the screen, both for visibility and as much clean are as possible. For me the screen serves two purposes, reduced wind buffeting and fatigue on long days, and keep rain from directly hitting my body at the range of normal riding speeds.