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I tried the Yamaha touring screen but did not like it or how it looked, so fitted an MRA shorty which was good with nice smooth air and looked great but I was covered in dead flies, so I am now running the MRA touring with the spoiler which has solved all my problems. I did play around with the spoiler till I found the sweet spot for me.

Go for the MRA touring with the spoiler and it will sort your problem. I tried a few screens and settled on this one, the madstad also sounds good and has the advantage of being able to easily mount a GPS off it, however it is expensive.

Check out the following post Sat Nav mount sorted

When I first started trying the screening I did try earthing the foil but did not notice much difference, however once I had completed the screening I ran a new earth wire directly back to the battery with a good connection to my copper screening, I felt it did give me an improvement and certainly was not detrimental. I also thought that it would be good practice given the advice I was given on the forum.

Standard road riding for 4500 miles is all I have done, not sure how many of you read Dave Moss articles but he had a similar oil condition on his GT. The oil was really gloopy and a bit strange really. I have found the front end a good bit firmer with a lot less diving when you hit the brakes, I was also able to wind the damping off quite a bit from what I had with the factory oil.

Changed my fork oil out a few weeks ago during lockdown and was amazed at the state of it after 4500 miles. Photo shows it after it had been sitting in the containers for a couple of weeks settling out. replaced with valvoline 10w in the rebound and 15w in the compression and the bike seems a lot more composed at the front end. I can get the viscosity if anybody is interested

There is a link to photos at the start of this thread showing the screening I did, there is a lot of aluminium and copper tape there which I connected directly back to the battery negative.

Yep the TomTom sounds like it is less susceptible however I’m not keen on the high level gps mount. Personally prefer the look of having it just above the TFT display

I also have the Evotech one and its good quality and fit. Mike

Distance plays a big part on the level of interference, I tried moving mine about and it did change depending on how close to the display it was. If you bring up the satellite page showing signal strength you can see how much of an effect it has. I had to get mine a good distance away for a decent signal hence why I went down the screening route. Perhaps there is something about the garmin. I made my mounting bracket which bolts on to the main structure at the front of the bike to try and eliminate any bouncing and position the gps in what I felt was the optimum position for me. A bit of work but well worth it in my book. Mike

This was my solution, see post (sat nav mount sorted) Yes the TFT display plays havoc with the satnav, l removed It and screened it with copper and aluminium foil tape then connected to the battery earth. The display was then wrapped with black tape and you can’t tell it’s been done. The RF interference emanating from the display made my gps totally unusable, but now it works great, still loses a small amount of signal strength but nowhere near as much as before. Mike

See the tech tips section, there was a recent thread on this topic

I have fitted one of the X systems and it works a treat, neat little unit fitted in the space between the frame and left hand side rear panel. I just used a small piece of foam underneath it to increase the angle. The idea with the scotoiler is to keep the oil to a minimum, it’s a very low tack oil so dirt won’t stick to it like some spray on lubes that have to be sticky. It’s the dirt that eventually wears the orings down. I have been using dry lube on my other bike and so far it seems ok but I still have to remember and apply it unlike the scotoiler. However you have to fill it up every 1200 miles. I think there was another post about this with pictures If you fancy it go for it Mike

Larz It mounts straight on to the Original Yamaha bracket.

Finally got round to taking a photograph