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A mature individual but only been riding for 7 years. Gone from GS (air cooled) to GSLC (not impressed - fell to bits!) to RT then finally to an RS after having tested 20 plus bikes in between. Only got the RS after been given one as a courtesy bike while the RT was being serviced and loved it (not a fan of sports bike riding position sat 6'3" and a lean 100kg!). made some mods and removed most of them back to a stock bike. Only misgiving is I've yet to find a screen that stops helmet buffeting (been through puig, sport, 2 MSA and a powerbronze!) any ideas??

Hi Matt, there’s a thread on here called “New Screen”, take a look at that for options, in the meantime here’s my review of the Ergo extension to the stock screen, I’m 6’1” :
After a week’s touring in France I thought I’d update my findings on the Wunderlich Ergo extension screen. Overall I am pleased with it, the wind deflection is good and I have no buffeting with the standard screen in the uppermost position with this extension on top and adjusted to suit my height (185cm and using sports seat). There is however still wind noise around the helmet, I can drastically reduce this with a small “tuck” of my head, but that is not realistic for longer rides, oddly I could find no position of the extension screen that creates the same noise reduction without tucking - pity but I can live with it. On shorter rides during the trip I put the standard screen in the lower position and the extension neither improved or worsened the airflow in that position (adjusting the angle involves spanner work so nothing you want to mess with day by day), which is good as I enjoy the airflow and quietness in the lower position.
Now that I’m home and my riding will go back to 1-2 hour trips at the weekends I will remove the extension as I enjoy the sporty look of the standard screen set-up. So for me the Extension will generally get fitted on trips where I’m also adding panniers and top box, its a 5 minute job at most to attach to the standard screen, especially as I have now “fixed” the height and angle that suits me best.

Matt,

Did you or the prior owner modify the bags (panniers) to mount on the RS?

Bought them second hand from Motobins, originally from F800GT. They only need slight adjustment of the pannier bottom bracket fitting which can be done from inside the pannier (undo two screws, jiggle for a good fit and then tighten), as you would to get a snug fit on the F800. Only downside is that the cutout for the exhaust is on the wrong side so a bit of reflective thermal stick on padding was applied to pannier bottom on the exhaust side and have had no problems. You can use panniers from K1300 but require some proper work on them to make ‘em fit. They won’t take a helmet but then I use a GS vario topbox - They fit without modification, much to the surprise of my dealer when I asked for one!

Going to test MRA’s new sport screen with variable extension screen built in and see how I go (https://www.mrashop.de/com/model-based-p...2015?c=90004195)