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fanowater

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  1. So I added the Puig clip on visor (medium - 250mm wide) to my Parabellum Flyscreen and it is a HUGE improvement. Haven't fine tuned it yet, but I am very happy with the airflow now. Roar and windblast are gone, but I still get air to my deltoids - where my jacket vents are. Will wash the bike this weekend and get a picture up. Cheers Here is the pic: http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Flyscreen%20wVisor_zpstbmzqy8n.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
  2. Sounds about the amount of time it takes to enjoy a good beer - so the change is quality time in the man cave. ;>) Cheers
  3. Glad you commented on the lack of airflow to the body as well as to the head. It gets hot here too and I need my jacket vents to work.
  4. I called the US Puig office this Monday and was told the screen was not being imported into the US yet. Also called Tucker Rockie and Western Power sports and neither had heard of it. If any US members got it, I would love to know from where. The wind chart does make it look like a great screen. Cheers
  5. For those who haven't decided on how they are going to solve the lousy stock screen issue - more options to ponder. http://www.laminarlip.com/products.php I ran across them, but know absolutely nothing about them. Cheers
  6. I hit a deer almost 20 years ago, Bambi actually, and could barely walk for the next few months. I stayed on the bike, but almost blacked out. Glad you are ok. Only cell phones scare me more than deer.
  7. Try the Parabellum screen. Their screens seem to be custom tailored to each bike.
  8. Alejandro - The touring screen is the 24" Parabellum screen. I am 5'8" with a 29 inch inseam. The screen is pretty quite, no buffeting and offers a huge amount of wind protection. Too much for a hot California summer, but should be great this winter.
  9. Thanks, that is really good info. I am considering the Angel GT's too.Cheers
  10. So I finally finished my luggage racks, got the phone mount on, dialed in the touring screen and am now ready to go. Just got to wait for my vacation to come. Sorry for the poor photo quality - dropped the camera while backpacking 2 weeks ago and it just isn't focusing perfectly. Racks - square aluminum tubing, with plastic end caps http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Luggage%20racks%20-%20finished_zpsqjpzwlqq.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1 Luggage on - Nelson-Rigg CL-855's were bigger than I expected, but will work great for fall trips: http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Saddlebags%20amp%20Tailpack_zps7syxma06.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3 My baby all dressed up with nowhere to go (yet!): http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Ready%20for%20touring_zps1vyoalyc.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2 Cheers
  11. Gth742g - try playing around with the angle of the screen. I angled both of mine back and it was a vast improvement. Perhaps due to your height you should angle it out. Good luck. After some fiddling I have become very happy with both of my Parabellum screens. Cheers My touring screen is the 24 inch one and after angling it back my eyes are 7 inch above the top of the screen. I get a very gentle breeze touching the visor, no buffeting and absolutely no roar like with the stock screen. Will keep the fly screen on for the rest of summer.
  12. Wish I had the time to be putting on my first set of new tires. Have you stuck with the Roadsmarts II's or moved to something else? Cheers
  13. FJay09 - If you go to page three of this link you will see what DeerSlayer made to keep his soft bags from swinging in. Straighforward and effective.http://fj-09.org/thread/312/soft-luggage-bags?page=3 Cheers
  14. I have the Parabellum flyscreen and am also very happy with it.
  15. It is good, meaning not too much. Not as quiet as the double bubble on my Daytona, but much, much better than the stock one. No wind roar at all. In the low position the wind blast hits me just above the bottom of the visor. In the high position about eye level. (5' 8" 29 inseam)I am going to run some tests to see if the same shape but a few inches taller, would send the blast over my head, but allow air to the jacket. Cheers
  16. I just got my two Parabellum screens today and gave each a quick test on the highway. The flyscreen is great, but also much more like what I am used to. The touring screen was "wind roar" free, but I had some buffeting noise around the top of my helmet. I say buffeting noise, because my head was NOT being buffeted around. The fact that my torso had no wind on it at all was kind of trippy and awful since it was 91F here when I went out. Have never had a screen like this and not sure what to make of it. Do I save it for winter? Here in northern California I need my jackets vents working 6-7 months out of the year. Both screens are well made, the material is flawless and the mounting hardware is easy to use.
  17. Someone posted about this company earlier - Parabellum. I liked what I saw and based on their recommendation ordered the 24" touring screen and the flyscreen.I am 5'8" with a 29 inch inseam. http://parabellum.com/FJ-09-Parabellum-Flyscreeen-P125.aspx
  18. I just got my Penske shock today, so I installed it tonight. Will test it asap.Not thrilled with where I had to mount the reservoir, but it will do for now. It doesn't intrude into the wheel well anymore than the passenger footpeg bracket did and has the same clearance to the swingarm, so it should be good for awhile. http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Penske%20mounted_zpsyslznsr9.jpg.html?o=1 http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Pensky%20mounted%20looking%20down_zpsbxb9xy5h.jpg.html?filters[user]=143425774&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0 Tested - shock is awesome and reservoir mounting locations works perfectly. Nothing touches. Cheers
  19. So I am playing around with screen angle and height with limited success.Angling it back has seemed to help more than lowering it, but will try some more this coming weekend.I added two 1/2 inch spacers to the bottom two holes of the plastic sub frame and then 3/8 inch spacers to the lower holes between the screen and the plastic sub frame.Gentle buffeting around the shoulders and reduced (but not gone) wind roar.Next I drill holes in the screen to lower it another two inches. Did not seem to change anything. http://s296.photobucket.com/user/daleh627/media/Angled%20lowered%20screen_zpsjfrtli8a.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 I think a very bowed front is going to be required. Not sure a flat screen will work.
  20. Have 280 miles of twisty road riding in and the brakes are bed in. Plenty of power, but not easy to modulate. I think I have grown so used to a radial master cylinder that I will take some time to get used to this one. Just like it took awhile to get used to the Daytona's radial master cylinder. Too bad I am such a slow learner. ;>) Absolutely love the motor! I'd forgotten how easy passing becomes with all that midrange grunt. I will be replacing the suspension. The roads here are too crappy for what it comes with. on smooth roads it is fine, we just don't have enough of those here. Cheers
  21. Having just got the bike today, all I have done is ride it (Way Fun!), remove the lame gas tank warning sticker, remove the passenger pegs (wow, those babies are light!) and try to angle the windscreen back a little (put a few washers behind the screen at the lower mounting holes). I noticed while riding that if I stood just 2, maybe 3 inches up on the footpegs, the roar was gone. So will be cutting the screen soon.
  22. So true Wessie and Ulewz. I will need to recalibrate a lot of things for this bike. Going to do some of that tomorrow morning.
  23. Picked up my Candy Red one this morning. Will update the Avatar very soon. Brakes are stronger than I expected, but don't have the best feel. Motor is a BEAST! Suspension will be replaced. ;>) Cheers
  24. Ordered Candy Red because motorcycles should be RED. The gray color is growing on me though. Had the white/blue combo been available in the US I would have been tempted.
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