Hello from Central Iowa!

[GainingTheCOVID19]

After putting 13k on my (third) FZ6, I decided an upgrade was in order.  

Being 5'8 with a 29 inch inseam the buffeting above 60mph is a big deal. Even with a windscreen extender/deflector. Waiting on a puig racing and MRA sport to come in. Also I find the shifter to be too short (the rubber bit that contacts your boot). It extends out only 1/3 the footpeg...my fz6 was 2/3rd the footpeg. It's feels uncomfortable to shift without having more leverage, it barely contacts the side of my boot. Anyone know of a replacement shift lever that is longer? 

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by GainingTheCOVID19
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[betoney]

1 hour ago, GainingTheCOVID19 said:

Being 5'8 with a 29 inch inseam the buffeting above 60mph is a big deal. Even with a windscreen extender/deflector. Waiting on a puig racing and MRA sport to come in.

It sounds like you are going in the right direction with a "sport" screen on order.  I have tried different screens as well as a deflector but get the smoothest air with a shorter screen.  Hopefully the sport screen works for you.

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, GainingTheCOVID19 said:

... buffeting above 60mph ...Even with a windscreen extender/deflector.

Try raising your deflector. I am also 5'8" and this cheap $30 deflector works great for me at high setting. 

I have clean air up to the top of my visor. If I wear earplugs and close top vent on helmet it is very quiet, with top vent open there is more noise but no buffeting. Previously it was impossibly bad with buffeting.

I can see over this, with the top of deflector lining up about 40 feet in front of the bike which works well for most windscreens. I don't like to look through them. This should "pull" the air up higher than a typical windshield, where the oncoming air blasts down the air coming up from the windscreen to turbulent garbage.

[GainingTheCOVID19]

Thanks for the help guys. Lone wolf, the issue is that any higher and I can't see over the top of the deflector. I think the solution is just going to be getting a much shorter screen so smooth air hits me starting at my shoulders, similar to how my FZ6 is laid out. 

[Kenny A.]

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