Salish900 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 With summer near I can put the big barn door windscreen away for a while and so went ahead and pulled out the old OEM. Given that it sucks, I went ahead and cut off about 2-3" just down to the widest point, which I measured would put the wind right below my neck for good air. I managed to scratch it slightly while cutting it, using a diamond tipped jigsaw blade meant for tile, and so went ahead and spray painted it. I first thought black, like every other one I've seen, but went with my bike color of gray. I have to say, I think it looks great. I should mention I'm 6'2"and this height of screen puts really nice air just where I need it for cooling. I went for a highway ride up to, someone might say, a bit more than the posted limit, and it was smooth air reaching my helmet. The bike itself is still a wobbly beast compared to my Connie or FJR, but I can live with that. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamajank Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I plan to experiment with mine soon by cutting a “cal-sci” vent in the middle of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salish900 Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Yamajank said: I plan to experiment with mine soon by cutting a “cal-sci” vent in the middle of it. So I confess my biology background and have a wild idea that if you put a serrated edge on the tip of the scree, just as barn owls have on their wings, it should break up the flow of wind in a way to should reduce turbulence and noise. Barn owls have these perfect little feathers that face forward on the leading edge of their wings, and if you take a barn owl wing that is taxidermied and flap it, the wings are silent! Not so with a great horned. But I realize that a serrated edge might present other problems besides looking outrageous. I don't find my current cut screen above puts any turbulence on me, so I'm not motivated. By the way, I'm sorry but I posted this here not realizing there are two different spots for posting pics and I don't belong here in the rarified air of this GT spot, having a lowly plain 900 myself. Any mod feel free to move this out of this spot so I don't lower the property values...🤑 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tktplz Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Heck Yeah and the color of mat grey you used almost matches perfect. Good Job! Ain't no fun when the rabbit gets the gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salish900 Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, tktplz said: Heck Yeah and the color of mat grey you used almost matches perfect. Good Job! Why thank you. It somehow feels more like my bike with that little bit of personalization. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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